Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
F6 — Hollowed-out vagina.
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Summary of motif
Overview(The first) woman does not have a vagina at first. Usually, it is made for her by a bird, animal, fish, 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.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| G7 | 96.65% | The first ancestors need to cut down a giant tree or (rarely) a rock. Their axes become blunt or break, and/or they obtain a special axe suitable for such work. If not otherwise: a tree with cultivated plants at the top, see motif G5A. |
| I14 | 95.82% | Creatures without an anal opening are described. |
| A18 | 95.73% | The sun and/or moon make their daily and/or nightly (underground, in the land beyond the horizon, behind the mountain) journey in a boat. |
| L11 | 95.24% | Everyday objects take the form of fish, invertebrates, reptiles, dangerous predators, or objects that transform into these animals under special circumstances. |
| J22D | 94.98% | Foreigners or animals of two different species emerge from a single person or animal cut in half. |
| G10 | 94.71% | A tree whose trunk has been cut down remains hanging because it is held up from above. |
| K6 | 94.65% | A vine or rope emerges from tears, snot, urine, saliva, and chewed substance. See motif K1A. |
| F37 | 94.62% | To summon her lover, the character taps on a calabash placed on the water. |
| K13B | 94.51% | A man crosses a body of water on the back of a caiman. The caiman bites off his leg. The cripple undergoes a metamorphosis, turning into a constellation or an animal. |
| F19 | 94.41% | After copulating with a frog, a man's penis is crippled (unless otherwise stated: it becomes long, see motif F18A). |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
22 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni, Juang, Bondo, Didayi (Gata'), Gutob (=Gadaba; cf Dravidian-speaking Gadaba), Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga, Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Bacop, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan, Poles, Czech, Czechs, Kekchi; Mopan, Yupa (Yukpa), Sicuani, Guayabero, Makiritare (Yecuana), Sanema, Locono, Wayapi, Emerillon, Karijona, Cubeo, Andoque, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Nambikwara
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