M57A3 — The female character exudes values

Instead of common body discharges a a woman urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular female person. See motif m57a

Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes

This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part of group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects.

M57a.  Instead of the usual secretions from the human body, beads, flowers, gold and other valuables pour in.
M57a1.  When a beautiful woman walks on the ground, jewels appear under her feet, flowers bloom, etc.
M57a2.  Instead of common body discharges a a man urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular male person. See motif m57a
M57a3.  Instead of common body discharges a a woman urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular female person. See motif m57a
M57b.  Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity.
M57c.  An animal (donkey, bull, horse, goat, bear, leopard) or inanimate object makes gold or food stand out, or a character makes others believe that this is the case.
M57c1.  A man fights a bear or (Malayali) leopard and makes another person believe that this animal is defecating with gold.
M57d.  A person consistently receives magical items that bring wealth. Others replace them or take them away. A person returns what has been taken - usually by receiving another wonderful object (baton, whip) that hits the kidnappers.
M57d1.  bird consistently gives a person magical objects (or gives one, with which he receives the rest) or consistently fulfills his wishes.
M57d2.  The man was about to cut down a tree. It himself, or the creature living on it or in it, asks not to do so and fulfills the person's wishes.
M57d3.  A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with the wind. Cf. Motive K175 (“The wind carried away the flour”).
M57d4.  A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with frost.

This motif has been recorded in 111 traditions: Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.), Algeria Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Masai, Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega, Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate, Ceram: Alune and Wemale (West Ceram), Patasiwa (Ceram), Honitetu (West Ceram Highlands); Nusawele, Hatuolu, Huaolu, Patasiwa; Ambon; Buru, Burmese, Intha, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani), Kashmiri, Nepali; Tharu, Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area), Rajasthani (Radjasthan and Madhya Pradesh), Konkani (incl Goa), Sinhalese; Vedda, England, British, Bretons, Spain, Spaniards, Portuguese, Portugal, Basques, Catalan, Maltese, Sicily, Sicilians, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, 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, Poles, Kashubians, Slovakians, Slovaks, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Croatians, Croats; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians), Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Albanians, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Karelians, Norwegians, Danes, Danish, Western Ukrainians, Uzbek, Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi, Tajik, Pashto, Persians, Karachays, Balkar, Laks, Tats, Svans, Georgians, Armenians, Kalmyk, Anatolia Turks, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kurds, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Reindeer Koryak, Maritime Koryak (Alyutor), Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Western Woods Cree, Eastern Cree, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Blackfoot, Arapaho, Iowa, Kiowa, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Comox, Pentlatch, Kutenai, Klamath, Modoc, Alabama, Koasati, Pomo, Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki, Achomavi, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Chorote, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet, Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali, Wallons, Picardie, Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,, Icelanders, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Transylvanian Saksons, Bosnians, Tunisia, Russian Federation, Halkomelem (Snaymuk)