Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
K77C — Those hiding in the house frighten the enemy.
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Summary of motif
OverviewVarious objects and/or animals hide in the house where a strong enemy is expected to appear. They take turns attacking or frightening him, and he either dies or flees. See motifs K77a and K77b.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior.
K77 has 5 other sub-motifs
RelatedK77a. Various objects and animals (rarely: only animals, but including those that are safe in reality) defeat a strong enemy (usually joining the hero who is going to take revenge on the strong enemy for an insult and hiding in the house where the enemy is supposed to appear), attacking him in turn; he dies or flees. Either someone or the attacked character himself places objects in his dwelling that then harm that character.
K77b. Having left their owners, domestic animals find an empty house or build a house. Robbers or predatory animals come there. Domestic animals attack or simply scare them away. Predators do not understand who they are facing and flee.
K77b1. When they see predators, domestic animals consciously or accidentally behave in such a way that the predators flee in fear.
K77b2. The goat (goat, ram, etc.) responds to the predator's questions in the sense that parts of its body are weapons and other objects designed to kill the questioner, or that the goat is actually armed.
K77b3. Goats encounter a wolf. One goat has one stomach, the second has two, the third has three, and so on. The goat with the most stomachs kills or scares away the wolf.
K77c. Various objects and/or animals hide in the house where a strong enemy is expected to appear. They take turns attacking or frightening him, and he either dies or flees. See motifs K77a and K77b.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| B43A | 98.71% | The character is created from many materials or objects, or from materials brought from different places. |
| H46A | 97.70% | The possibility of using cereals for food is determined by the behaviour of the dog in the era of creation. See motif H46. |
| B52C | 97.57% | When the earth and sky were created, they turned out to be different sizes. The earth was compressed, and mountains appeared. See motif B52. |
| K103A | 97.00% | A suddenly grown plant (tree, vine, lotus) bends (raises its branches, etc.), allowing only the hero or heroine to climb it or pick its fruits (flowers). |
| M75B3 | 96.87% | Enemies are shown a life-size or larger image of a horse or bull. Not realizing that this is a ruse, they bring the figure to their own territory and are defeated as a result. |
| K33G | 96.85% | The person who eats the fruit (leaf, etc.) grows horns (long nose, etc.) or turns into an animal, while the other fruit (leaf, etc.) returns to its normal appearance. |
| H49 | 96.71% | A dog or other animal kills a creature that threatened a small child. The owner or other people mistake the saviour for an aggressor and kill it. |
| K76G | 96.66% | The son or foster son of a married couple â a crab. He marries a princess and turns into a handsome man. |
| I110A | 96.59% | Orion (rarely - another constellation) - plough. |
| L19B2 | 96.48% | A creature with nine heads is mentioned â either singly or at the end of a series of creatures with fewer heads. |
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Traditions
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