F44 — Quarrel between men and women.

In the community of the first ancestors, women and men quarrel, leave, kill, maim each other, 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.

This motif has been recorded in 45 traditions: Somali, Hadza, Melanesians and Papuans of Northern Solomons: Buka, Bougainville (Siuai, Buin), Czech, Czechs, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Armenians, Tillamook, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Yana, Navajo, Jicarilla, Hopi, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama), Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Seri, Lacandon, Rama, Guatuso, Trio, Kaxuyana (Warikyana, Arikena), Akawai, Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tacana, Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Trumai, Rikbaktsa, Kayabi, Iranxe, Paresi, Bororo, Caraja, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Suya, Txukarramae, Shavante, Makka, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay), Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda, Matses (Mayoruna), Greece, Halkomelem (Snaymuk)