Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
J22A — Two of one.
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Summary of motif
OverviewTwo men or a brother and sister emerge from a single body or embryo cut in half, or the second emerges from a part of the body or from the secretions of the first. Cf. motif M37.
Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
J22 has 4 other sub-motifs
RelatedJ22a. Two men or a brother and sister emerge from a single body or embryo cut in half, or the second emerges from a part of the body or from the secretions of the first. Cf. motif M37.
J22b. A woman is cut or torn in half, and two new ones appear.
J22c. There is a demonic character in the form of Siamese twins â two semi-fused women.
J22d. Foreigners or animals of two different species emerge from a single person or animal cut in half.
J22e. The second character emerges from the afterbirth of the first.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| F56 | 99.36% | 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. |
| K18B | 99.15% | Men or women approach the little boy one after another or take him in their arms. The person who makes the boy stop crying is recognised as his parent. See motif K18. |
| J52 | 98.76% | A character (usually zoomorphic and female) treacherously kills another. The victim's children take revenge by killing the murderer's children. |
| J53A1 | 98.72% | The children of the murdered man kill the murderer's children, luring them to a place where they perish from heat or smoke. |
| H20A | 98.70% | A woman or several women keep fish or water in some kind of container; a man releases all the fish into rivers or the sea, releases the water. See motif H20. |
| B28D | 98.54% | Not understanding who they are dealing with, the characters respond to the wandering Transformer that they are preparing weapons to kill so-and-so or a hiding place to escape from so-and-so. The Transformer kills them himself or turns them into animals. |
| D4E | 98.44% | The thief or giver of fire, light or sun is a coyote or fox (indicated in square brackets). See motif 4A. |
| F21 | 98.42% | While the character copulates with a woman, she turns into a tree or a rock. His penis gets stuck in her. |
| J53 | 98.35% | The children of a character associated with a hoofed animal (deer, antelope) come into conflict with an enemy associated with a predator or a larger hoofed animal. They kill his children and/or run away from him. See motif J52. |
| M71 | 98.33% | A character (usually carried away by a river or fallen from a height) turns into a piece of wood. Someone is picking it up. The character then takes on his true form, usually in the absence of the hosts. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
36 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 36 traditions: Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei, Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan, Khmu (Kammu), Puoc, Chukchi, Kiowa, Lillooet, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Twana (Skokomish), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Tillamook, Takelma, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Coos, Klamath, Modoc, Pomo, Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki, Sierra Miwok, Lake Miwok, Plains Miwok, Coastal Miwok, Achomavi, Chumash, Owens Valley Paiute, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Northern Shoshone, Ute, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi, Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Andoque, Caduveo, Mbaya, Terena (Tereno) , Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet, Halkomelem (Snaymuk)
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