Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
F18B — Long penis after forbidden sex.
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Summary of motif
OverviewAfter intercourse with a forbidden partner (incest, intercourse with an animal or spirit), a man's penis becomes so long that he is forced to carry it in a basket, etc.
Berezkin category: Gender and sex
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.
F18 has 3 other sub-motifs
RelatedF18a. The penis of a male character is much longer than normal or becomes so. During intercourse, it usually crawls towards the woman like a snake. (Only texts with a focus on authenticity are included, not anecdotes).
F18b. After intercourse with a forbidden partner (incest, intercourse with an animal or spirit), a man's penis becomes so long that he is forced to carry it in a basket, etc.
F18c. The character sees a girl on the other side of the river and copulates with her in an unusual way (sends his penis across the river; turns it into a bridge for the girl to cross the river; into a dam that blocks the river in front of her; dives, swimming up to the girl underwater; sends an object into the girl's vagina). See motif F18B.
F18d. Female genitals were enormous in size.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| J43 | 99.12% | To destroy his antagonists, the hero creates edible bait for them, usually a fruit tree on the other side of the river. |
| M107 | 99.12% | A small character kills or maims a large four-legged animal by clinging to its genitals. |
| L78 | 98.59% | In the images, the character has the features of a jaguar and a toad; the toad/frog turns into a jaguar; the toad/frog is the mother or wife of the jaguar. |
| L22A | 98.58% | Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or strange character, people fall into a deep sleep and wake up in the morning blind. See motif L22. Among the Watut, Khmou and Trumai, a spirit eats out a person's eyes and they die immediately without waking up). |
| L39A | 98.58% | A supernatural character emerges from the underworld and attacks a man who has climbed a tree. |
| A25 | 98.47% | When coming out onto the earth (for the first time or after a global catastrophe) or witnessing the first sunrise, people should not look directly at the light. |
| J68 | 98.47% | Characters who have been chasing an animal for a long time see increasingly fresh droppings on the trail and finally catch up with their prey (usually the droppings correspond to how long they have been lying there); or the pursuers see areas where less time has passed since sowing. |
| L24 | 98.37% | Demons (or one of them) attack people and then hide. People destroy the demons' lair and kill all or most of them by spreading a smoky fire around the demons' refuge. |
| A1A | 98.19% | Before the sun appeared, the world was lit by a large bird with bright colours (a parrot or toucan). |
| A26 | 98.19% | The bird embodies the sun, daylight; it can be caught, released, killed. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
32 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 32 traditions: Central Australia: Kaitish, Warramunga, Arunta (Aranda), Loritja (Kukatja), Pijandjara (Pitjantjara), Adnjamatana (Andjamathana, Wailpi), Aluridja, Walpiri (Walbiri), Aluridja, Matuntara (Maduntara), Nambutji, Wamma (=Wommana?), Chukchi, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), North Alaskan Inupiat, Yurok, Yana, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Eastern Shoshone, Chemehuevi, Huichol, Bribri, Cabecar, Terraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Sicuani, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi, Wayapi, Emerillon, Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon), Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena , Tariana, Andoque, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Tacana, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Trumai, Paresi, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Guarani of Paraguay and Brazil: Caygua, Mbia, Apapocuva, Nyandewa, Chiripa
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