Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
E2 — People on trial.
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Summary of motif
OverviewWhen creating humans, the creator does not immediately achieve perfection. The first versions of the creation are rejected, then the appropriate form and material are found. See motif E1A.
Berezkin category: The origins of people and culture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part of group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| M57B | 92.14% | Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. |
| L19A | 90.22% | Creatures (any except ornithomorphs) with an even number (but not more than ten) of heads at one end of the body are described or depicted, except when such creatures are mentioned among others and the series ends with an odd number or a number greater than ten. |
| K15A | 89.48% | The hero secretly replaces the weapon or magical tool of a powerful character with a worthless fake. Traditions in which the replaced weapon belongs to Grom are highlighted in bold. |
| I48 | 89.16% | The character is deprived of the ability to move, after which he acquires cosmic dimensions: he supports the earth (sky) or his movements cause earthquakes (less often - storms). |
| I80 | 88.24% | A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind. |
| I8E1 | 88.22% | The sky or earth is supported by four objects or beings located at the four cardinal points (either four groups of beings, or four at the corners and a fifth in the centre). Th A841. See motifs 8A, 8D. |
| K16 | 87.88% | Taking the form of a bird, bat, insect, small animal, or fish, the man enters the young woman's home (her father's house). |
| I8G | 87.77% | A single giant holds up the earth or the sky. |
| H28 | 86.90% | A creature that has been killed and destroyed (often burned) (usually a cannibal, a ferocious animal, or a powerful shaman) turns into stinging insects or other harmful, unpleasant, or dangerous creatures. |
| A8B | 86.85% | Setting beyond the horizon, the sun shines on the anthropomorphic inhabitants of the underworld – the dead, dwarves, etc. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
30 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 30 traditions: Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong, Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken), Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong, Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei, Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi), Nepali; Tharu, Lepcha, Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Western Ukrainians, Ingush, Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Creols of Russkoye Ustye, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Athna, Koyukon, Pomo, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Tzotzil, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Yupa (Yukpa), Guajiro, Sicuani, Guayabero, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Nepal
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