Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K66A — The flying ship as a condition of marriage, ATU 513B.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe princess (inheritance) is given to the one who builds (obtains) a ship capable of moving on land (flying through the air).
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
K66 has 4 other sub-motifs
RelatedK66. Each of several companions or brothers excels others in some way (sees, hears, runs, etc. better than anyone else). Cf. motif K2B, "Gorynya and Dubyna".
K66a. The princess (inheritance) is given to the one who builds (obtains) a ship capable of moving on land (flying through the air).
K66b. Travelling from one place to another, the hero leaves one of his companions in each place (usually marrying them to the princesses he has received as a reward), and continues on his way. When he gets into trouble, his companions come to his aid.
K66c. A bear (lion) takes a woman away, or a she-bear takes a man away. They have children who are either human or bear-like in appearance. Less commonly, a woman gives birth to a son in a den because she was pregnant at the time of her abduction by the bear.
K66d. A boy who grew up (was conceived) in a bear's den (lion's cave) becomes a bogatyr.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| K101A | 99.93% | A man spends several nights next to a dead girl who has become a dangerous demonic creature. As a result, the girl is exorcised. |
| K56E1 | 99.93% | A man sees dwarves (spirits, witches) having fun. Their song mentions the names of the days of the week. The man sings along, naming the days that the dwarves like. He is rewarded. (Usually, someone else tries to get the same reward, but names the wrong days of the week and is punished). |
| K100D | 99.92% | At the end of the story, the animal helper (horse, lion, etc.) turns into a prince (princess) itself. |
| K27G1 | 99.92% | The character must quickly clean the stable or barn of the manure that has accumulated there over a long period of time. |
| B87C | 99.91% | Alcor (the faint star next to the second star of the Big Dipper's handle) – rider, driver, coachman. |
| J51A1 | 99.91% | To retrieve an object from a hard-to-reach place, the girl orders it to be dismembered (or just have its fingers cut off) and then reassembled, after which it comes back to life. |
| K32H1 | 99.91% | The antagonist is executed by being placed in a barrel (with nails) and rolled down a hill or tied to a horse. |
| L129A | 99.91% | The wolf or demon is asked why its body parts and organs are the way they are. It explains sequentially. |
| N8 | 99.91% | fairy-tale text ends with a formula that says that the characters placed the narrator in a gun or gun and fired a shot, or he jumped onto the core himself and thus arrived at the place where the fairy tale was performed |
| I110B | 99.91% | Orion – people or agricultural tools associated with harvesting or haymaking. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
40 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 40 traditions: Bengali, Ireland, England, British, Bretons, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Portuguese, Portugal, Catalan, Maltese, Sicily, Sicilians, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, France, Dutch, Flemish, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Poles, Kashubians, Czech, Czechs, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Setu, Finns, Karelians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Danish, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Chuvash, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Wallons, Picardie, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Germans: South (Upper German dialects): Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Bawaria, Swabia, Switzerland, Bohemia, Sudeten, Austria, Frisians, Bosnians, Russian Federation
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