Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
J14 — The flute player.
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Summary of motif
OverviewTo find the man of her dreams, a woman follows the sounds of music or singing; she usually distinguishes imposters by listening to their clumsy performance. See motif J12.
Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| L26A | 95.32% | During the (first) initiation, men kill supernatural characters (reproducing their appearance and/or voices during rituals from that moment on). |
| J59 | 93.83% | To reach the sky, one must shoot an arrow that will pierce the vault of heaven. See motif J58; see motif J59A: a man flies after or on an arrow (without the motif of an arrow piercing the vault of heaven). |
| L40A | 92.80% | An unattractive woman sees the reflection of a young man sitting in a tree in the water and thinks that she has become beautiful. |
| I37D | 91.58% | Mushrooms are the excrement of a mythological character. See motif I37. |
| I66 | 91.08% | The Milky Way is ash or smouldering embers. |
| J58 | 90.55% | Characters shoot arrows (darts) that stick into each other and form a chain. They usually climb up the chain to the upper world. |
| F56 | 90.51% | Upon seeing the vagina of his mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, niece, or mother-in-law, a man or boy thinks about incest or commits it. |
| J12 | 90.30% | A girl or two sisters wander, usually in search of a suitable groom or husband who has left or lives far away. Along the way or upon reaching their destination, they encounter false suitors. (Traditions in which two heroines travel rather than one are highlighted in bold (motif j13). |
| F52 | 90.05% | The first ancestor bird puts pubic hair or part of a woman's genitals on its head; since then, birds of this species have had a crest. |
| J3 | 89.80% | A woman conceives a son or twins in a way that is incomprehensible to her; the reason is that when she sits on the ground, a male character (animal) creeps under the ground and fertilises her from below. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
16 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 16 traditions: Maka (Makaa), Baya, Kaka, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Sinhalese; Vedda, Owens Valley Paiute, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Southern Paiute, Serrano, Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos), Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai), Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa, Papago, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Makka, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay), Toba (incl Pilagá), Japan
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