F54B — Stuck feathers.

A young man or boy copulates with his mother or sister. This becomes known from the remains of paint or feathers with which he was covered during sexual intercourse.

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.

F54.  Unaware of this, the son and mother (Konkani: daughter and father) engage in sexual relations and later learn of the incest they have committed. Cf. motifs c8c, f54e.
F54a.  In her husband's appearance, the woman discovers signs that are not immediately noticeable, indicating that he has hidden his true nature from her and is not the right marriage partner (he is an animal, or her son, brother or father); or the husband discovers in the same way that his wife is his sister.
F54b.  A young man or boy copulates with his mother or sister. This becomes known from the remains of paint or feathers with which he was covered during sexual intercourse.
F54c.  A husband sees someone's fingernail marks on his wife's body and gathers the men to find out who left the marks.
F54d.  A woman gives birth to a boy after accidentally drinking animal urine, or a female animal gives birth to a boy after drinking a man's urine.
F54e.  Not knowing who is in front of him, a young man kills his father.

This motif has been recorded in 3 traditions: Iranxe, Bororo, Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)