Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K26A — A stone covers the opening.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe hole in the sky is covered by a flat stone. Moving it aside, the character sees the earth. See motif K26.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
K26 has 1 other sub-motifs
RelatedK26. Approaching an opening or making one, the character sees the world below (usually seeing the earth from the sky). See motif K25.
K26a. The hole in the sky is covered by a flat stone. Moving it aside, the character sees the earth. See motif K26.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| K10H | 99.16% | A bird carries a woman or boy to its nest, feeds them, but does not let them go. The captive runs away. |
| M68 | 98.29% | Because of his own stubbornness, the character suffers from an irrepressible gas eruption and scares away the game with a loud sound. Almost starves to death. |
| F30A | 97.84% | A woman nurses a worm (caterpillar, reptile, fish) instead of a child; people kill the monster. |
| K27N3C2 | 96.98% | The hero's father-in-law, the bear, sets him difficult tasks and trials. |
| M190 | 96.98% | The beaver carries the porcupine across a water barrier. Usually, he throws it into the water or leaves it on an island. |
| M53E | 96.98% | A character (always a raven) kills a whale and points others to imaginary signs that whale meat is not suitable for food. People believe and all the meat goes to the deceiver. |
| K54A | 96.95% | A man and a friendly giant live together. The friendly giant fights another giant and asks the man for help. The help consists of the man damaging the enemy's legs. |
| M46D | 96.87% | A small child cries and calms down only after being given a valuable item hidden in the house to play with. After receiving an item, a child or an associated character takes it away. |
| E9M | 96.65% | A man marries a bear (white or grizzly) that takes the form of a woman, or a woman who takes the form of a bear. |
| I133 | 96.64% | Star objects in different parts of the sky are associated with separate parts (as well as items of clothing, jewellery, etc.) of a single anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figure. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
12 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Yap, Chukchi, Central Yupik, Chugach, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Athna, Tanana, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Polar Inuit, Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
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