Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif

F35 — Feeding meat from a lover.

169 Myths, legends and folktales

169 Unique narratives for motif F35

98 Cultures & traditions where F35 is told

1 Sub-motifs of motif F35

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Summary of motif

Overview

A character offers another person the meat of his sexual partner, and the other person, unaware, eats or cooks it.

Berezkin category: Gender and sex

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.

F35 has 1 other sub-motifs

F35. A character offers another person the meat of his sexual partner, and the other person, unaware, eats or cooks it.
F35a. The character, unaware of this, eats or prepares meat (slowly kills) a member of his household (a relative, rarely a servant or spouse) or feeds it to his acquaintances, or uses its bones for household needs.

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Phylogeny

Motif	Similarity	Motif summary
F34B	97.30%	A girl, woman or group of women voluntarily take as their lover a penis that exists as a special creature, snake, moray eel, lizard, worm, crab, large aquatic animal or aquatic monster, or large terrestrial mammal. People kill or maim the lover, the woman and/or her offspring, or she herself loses her human nature. The woman's behaviour is condemned.
G26	95.65%	After swallowing or hiding food in their mouth, the character brings it to earth (passes it on to people).
M8	94.91%	Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables.
L48	94.38%	The hero (usually somewhere on high ground - on a tree, rock, at the edge of a precipice or well) kills and/or throws one of his opponents down from there. The other opponents do not recognise their comrade and believe that the slain man is the hero they are pursuing.
L22	94.26%	Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or a strange character, people fall into a deep sleep; at night, while asleep, they are killed or maimed.
B54	93.51%	Wood chips, branches or pieces of bark that have fallen or been thrown into the water turn into fish and aquatic animals.
I34	93.48%	It is necessary to approach a tree that is surrounded by fire, spews fire, throws sharp splinters, etc.
F9E1	93.45%	A woman's womb is dangerous because it contains a toothy or stinging animal (not just its mouth) or many such creatures.
L22A	92.92%	Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or strange character, people fall into a deep sleep and wake up in the morning blind. See motif L22. Among the Watut, Khmou and Trumai, a spirit eats out a person's eyes and they die immediately without waking up).
C13	92.67%	During or before the onset of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness) or (surui) at night, household items and/or stones, trees, domestic animals, and cultivated plants turn into wild birds and animals or come to life.

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Traditions

98 recorded

This motif has been recorded in 98 traditions: Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu, Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku, Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Niue, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Khmer, Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi), England, British, Bretons, France, Dutch, Flemish, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Chipewyan, Tutchone, Tagish, Tahltan, Tsetsaut, Kaska, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Haida, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Northern Saulteaux, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario), Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree), Naskapi, Montagnais, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Blackfoot, Teton (incl Oglala), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Carrier, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Lillooet, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Klamath, Modoc, Caddo, Yana, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Popoloca; Tlapanec, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Tzutujil, Pipil, Gulf Nahuatl, Chinantec, Mazatec, Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo, Zapotec, Chatino, Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Chorti, Kekchi; Mopan, Muisca, Muzo, Yupa (Yukpa), Sanema, Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi, Wayana, Aparai, Wayapi, Emerillon, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Cubeo, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena , Tariana, Andoque, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua), Tacana, Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Kayabi, Paresi, Caraja, Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin), Craho, Suya, Txukarramae, Cariri, Makka, Chamacoco (Ishir), Ofaie, Guarani of Paraguay and Brazil: Caygua, Mbia, Apapocuva, Nyandewa, Chiripa, Selknam, Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf, Matses (Mayoruna), Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Greenland

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