Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K88C — The blood of a dog will cure the princess.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe character learns that the blood (brain, etc.) of the dog guarding the neighbouring herd will cure the princess (prince). He uses this medicine and is rewarded.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
K88 has 3 other sub-motifs
RelatedK88. Two people set off on a journey or argue about which is stronger: truth or falsehood (stinginess or generosity, etc.). The evil one abandons the good one, crippling or robbing him, but the good one regains his health and achieves success. The villain usually perishes.
K88a. The stepmother (aunt, rival) blinds a young woman. The latter regains her eyesight (often by exchanging them for some valuable item).
K88b. The character suffers from thirst or hunger. His companion promises to share water or food with him (to make him rich) if he allows himself to be blinded.
K88c. The character learns that the blood (brain, etc.) of the dog guarding the neighbouring herd will cure the princess (prince). He uses this medicine and is rewarded.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| L37B4 | 100.00% | From a conversation between spirits or animals, a man learns that the meat (brain, blood) of a neighbouring shepherd's dog has miraculous properties. |
| M198B3 | 98.06% | A supposed fortune teller accidentally finds the missing items, is rewarded and brought close to the ruler. One day, for some reason, he rudely pushes him (or people in general) out of the room. Immediately afterwards, the roof of the building collapses. Since then, no one has doubted the fortune teller's abilities. |
| I82E | 96.48% | It is said that Venus or another star sold her mother or father in order to adorn herself luxuriously and dress up. |
| K14B | 96.48% | A man is advised not to do anything until he is expressly asked to do so. He unwisely offers to let someone use his knife and is subsequently accused of a crime. |
| M168B | 96.48% | A bird or a person who becomes a bird is given the task of bringing a stick that is neither straight nor crooked. This bird is still searching for it. |
| N25 | 96.48% | said that characters spend a long time (days, weeks, months, years) on the road, but end up walking a journey as long as a grain, needle, or other small object. |
| I13E | 96.21% | The snake agrees to let the man go on condition that he does not tell anyone about their meeting. Under threat of death, the man breaks his promise. The snake teaches him to drink a broth made from its flesh and takes revenge not on the man, but on those who forced him to break his word. |
| F70F | 96.13% | Finding themselves in a deserted place, people accidentally change their gender. |
| M39A5 | 94.34% | fool led the goats to the fruit tree and killed them because they ate the fruit he had thrown. |
| I95A | 93.21% | Orion (probably always Orion's Belt) is Libra. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
11 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Saudi Arabia, Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Arabs of Egypt, Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot, Persians, Laks, Armenians, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights), Sundanese
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