Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K175 — The wind blew away the flour, ATU 759C.
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Summary of motif
OverviewA man was carrying flour, but the wind blew it away. The man complains to an authoritative figure and usually receives compensation. Cf. motif M57d3 ("The Wind-Giver").
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| M199N | 99.84% | A man offers a demon to fill his hat, bag, etc. with money. The demon does not notice that there is a hole in the hat and gives the man much more than he intended to give. |
| M197E1 | 99.82% | The demon claims that the harvest in a field belonging to a human belongs to him. But if the human brings him an animal unknown to him, he will renounce his claims. The man brings his wife, smeared with something sticky and covered in feathers, standing on all fours, with her hair loose, etc. The demon admits defeat. |
| K171 | 99.81% | The heroes fight, but the number of enemies does not decrease, because someone is constantly weaving (forging) new warriors. |
| K80A3 | 99.68% | Members of the same family (girls, young women or children) go to the forest to pick berries and kill (bewitch) the one who is the object of their envy. |
| M81E | 99.67% | young man undertakes to herd cattle and is warned not to cross the borders of a giant, dragon, witch, etc. The young man violates the ban and kills a giant. |
| K93B4 | 99.67% | When a woman gives birth to a son, at the same time a mare (dog, and/or other domestic animals) give birth to a boy. These boys grow up together and then set off on a journey. |
| M29Z2 | 99.66% | Being smart and witty, the Gipsy overcomes strong adversaries |
| B33E1 | 99.64% | It is said that the cold, which is stronger than anything else, can freeze boiling water, a foetus in the womb, etc. |
| I114 | 99.64% | Describes a ram or sheep with golden wool or the skin of such a ram. |
| L73A | 99.64% | The fugitives make sure that darkness spreads behind them, hindering their pursuers (while light pours in front of them). |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
20 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 20 traditions: Poles, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Latvians, Estonians, Setu, Karelians, Vepsians, Norwegians, Danes, Danish, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Tats, Armenians, Kirghiz, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Mordvins, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Lutsi (Ludza), Russian Federation
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