Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
J2 — Tree husband.
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Summary of motif
OverviewHusband or lover – tree (temporarily transformed into a human).
Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
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 |
|---|---|---|
| D2 | 94.81% | A woman gives birth to a son who is very hot. |
| I29 | 94.81% | A character climbs into an animal's burrow and finds himself in the underworld, or digs a deep hole and finds himself in a world inhabited by burrowing animals. |
| E18 | 94.41% | People learn to make or decorate ceramics or baskets (usually learning to apply patterns) thanks to a water creature. |
| L20 | 94.27% | Two characters hunt or fish. One turns out to be or becomes a cannibal, which is revealed when he/she begins to eat the prey raw. |
| M18A | 94.27% | The character becomes the object of fishing or hunting, presenting himself as a target for enemies. Numerous arrows, darts, and harpoons stick into his body without causing harm, and he carries them away. See motif M18. |
| M11A | 93.43% | The character gives others the fish extracted from his body. |
| M14A | 93.05% | To take revenge on his wife or her relatives for (allegedly) causing him offence, the husband roasts his wife alive. See motif M14. |
| M33 | 92.38% | The character plugs or seals his anus tightly (with wax, clay, grass, etc.), or someone else does it. See M32 motif. |
| I14A | 92.25% | People without anuses regurgitate what they have eaten through their mouths or other (marked) orifices. See motif I14. |
| E5D | 92.02% | The first people to arrive on earth and settle within a limited space are threatened by a predator or monster. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
11 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Khmu (Kammu), Puoc, Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi, Koreans, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), North Alaskan Inupiat, Warao, Harákmbet (=Mashco), Yuracare, Makka, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay), Chorote
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