Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
F78 — Toothy anus.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe character has teeth in the anus or a second head in place of the anus.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| L44A | 98.55% | The demon demands that the man hiding in the shelter give him parts of his body. The man gives the demon parts of the body of a dead animal. The demon does not understand the deception and dies, giving parts of his own body in return. |
| K19C | 98.44% | A man brings home a small creature with which he makes love at night. The man's mother, sister or wife finds the creature in his bed or purse. |
| I5A | 97.18% | The tapir is associated with the upper world (thunder, sky, moon). |
| K13D | 97.18% | A group of boys reaches the sky, the last one's leg is cut off or torn off. |
| K19F | 97.18% | A star or many stars descend from the sky to work in the fields. See motif K19B. |
| M139 | 97.18% | The fox caught the birds and put them in a bag. Another character secretly replaced them with thorns. |
| B99 | 97.16% | A person or their head left on a tree turns into an insect nest. |
| L88 | 97.13% | A man kills a demon, but when he touches its remains some time later, it comes to life. |
| J11 | 97.13% | The son in his mother's womb asks her to pick flowers or fruit for him (usually when a woman picks flowers, she is bitten by an insect). See motif J9. |
| J15A | 97.08% | Setting off on a journey (usually in search of a fiancé, husband, or relatives), a woman finds herself in the lair or settlement of large dangerous predators - pumas or jaguars. See motif J15. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
7 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Batak (Toba, Dairi), Reindeer Koryak, Maritime Koryak (Alyutor), Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Marubo, Toba (incl Pilagá)
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