Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K62A1 — A man nurses a wounded eagle.
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Summary of motif
OverviewA man saves (spares) and nurses a wounded bird. Having regained its strength, the bird puts him on its back and carries him to a distant land or to the sky.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
K62 has 2 other sub-motifs
RelatedK62. Animals, birds, etc. fight or play with each other, divided into two hostile camps. The stakes are high, often life itself. {Data incomplete}. ATU 222. B261, war between birds and animals. ATU 222A. B261.1, the bat joins first one side, then the other. K2323.1, the raised tail of a fox serves as a signal.
K62a. A mouse (rat, mole, etc.) and a bird quarrel after failing to divide their winter supplies. (This episode usually serves as the beginning of a story about a war between birds and animals).
K62a1. A man saves (spares) and nurses a wounded bird. Having regained its strength, the bird puts him on its back and carries him to a distant land or to the sky.
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| B52B | 98.25% | The character regurgitates the earth hidden (usually in his mouth), thereby creating mountains, swamps, and other inconveniences. See motif B52. |
| K120A4 | 98.19% | The character must fill a vessel with tears (pour them on the floor). |
| K15B | 98.16% | By secretly switching the vessels containing living and dead (giving and taking away strength) water (rarely: oil, etc.), from which the combatants drink during a duel, the hero defeats his opponent. |
| B35A | 98.09% | The tree asks not to be cut down and fulfils the man's wishes. When they go beyond what is reasonable, the tree turns the man into a bear. |
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Traditions
30 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 30 traditions: Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Ireland, England, British, Bretons, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Setu, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Georgians, Armenians, Kalmyk, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Udmurt, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Khakas, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Russian Federation
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