Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
L29 — Fish from a puddle.
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Summary of motif
OverviewA person catches fish where it should not be, usually in a small forest pond isolated from running water; those who eat this fish die, undergo metamorphosis and/or are attacked by monsters. See motif L28.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
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 |
|---|---|---|
| F92 | 93.76% | A male character allows himself to be used as a sexual object. |
| L123 | 93.71% | In order to confuse the pursuer, the character leaves traces leading in all directions before running away. |
| J19 | 93.54% | While her husband or brother is hunting, an evil spirit comes to his wife or sister; he kills her or takes her away. Her sons, who were torn from her womb or born at that time, are saved. |
| L28 | 93.45% | A person who eats unusual or forbidden meat or fish, or touches something forbidden, turns into a reptile or a fish. |
| F93 | 93.23% | After a person performs a certain action, his penis begins to speak (often repeating what the person has said). |
| L31B | 93.23% | Upon discovering a reptile on land, people touch it or sit on it, stick to it, and it crawls away with them into the water. See motif L31. |
| M24A | 92.25% | turtle man goes to war, kills people (usually a woman). He gets caught or killed. In his animal form, he continues to live on. See M24 motif. |
| L68 | 92.23% | Left alone (usually at night in a deserted place) with his companion, a man undergoes a monstrous metamorphosis. |
| B52A | 92.11% | Flying over the world, a bird (usually a vulture) dries the earth after a flood with its wings or otherwise gives it its present appearance. |
| D4J | 91.96% | The thief, the thief's assistant, or the owner of fire is a rabbit, a hare, or (ofaye) a guinea pig. See motif D4A. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
17 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Eastern Cree, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Plains Cree, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Hitchiti, Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell, Pomo, Makiritare (Yecuana), Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
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