Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
I80A — Junior Thunder.
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Summary of motif
OverviewUpon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them.
Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part of group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature.
I80 has 2 other sub-motifs
RelatedI80. A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind.
I80a. Upon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them.
I80b. Man is allowed to control the weather in his own interests. He sends rain at the right time, but cannot take all factors into account (he usually forgets about the wind). The bread will not grow or will be unpalatable.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| K10B | 94.16% | A huge bird carries away to its nest a cage, bag or other container in which people are located. See motif 10A. |
| L30 | 91.28% | The one who broke the food taboo experiences terrible thirst and drinks a huge amount of water. |
| M56A | 89.07% | A weak character hits a crocodile, but the crocodile is safe. He says he would be killed if the attack hit a specific location. Next time, the same character hits this place and kills a crocodile. |
| L28A | 88.27% | People (or a certain person) eat the meat of a snake (dragon, unusual fish). This results in a flood, landslide, or the appearance of a river or lake. |
| I4B | 84.73% | A person helps thunder defeat the enemy. |
| K10A | 84.38% | Heroes kill a dangerous bird; during or before the battle, they hide in a shelter (hut, cage, vessel, sack, well) or cover themselves with an object that protects the body. |
| M8B | 84.38% | Animals, and often birds, struggle to break through the rock to get water or honey hidden inside it. |
| J22E | 81.70% | The second character emerges from the afterbirth of the first. |
| L69 | 81.39% | A monster attacks a person; a puma, jaguar or dog fights the monster, kills or drives it away; the person returns home. |
| J40 | 78.98% | The sky is inhabited by creatures that descend to kill people. Usually, the creature carries away a person or many people, or a human head. The hero (usually a close relative of the deceased) avenges the killer and/or returns the kidnapped person (persons; the carried-away body part). |
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Traditions
11 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Lunda (Alunda), Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Huron (incl Wyandot), Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Tuscarora, Popoloca; Tlapanec, Gulf Nahuatl, Tzeltal, Sicuani, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
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