Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
L30 — He who eats a snake wants to drink.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe one who broke the food taboo experiences terrible thirst and drinks a huge amount of water.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
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 |
|---|---|---|
| K10B | 94.01% | A huge bird carries away to its nest a cage, bag or other container in which people are located. See motif 10A. |
| M56A | 93.62% | A weak character hits a crocodile, but the crocodile is safe. He says he would be killed if the attack hit a specific location. Next time, the same character hits this place and kills a crocodile. |
| L28A | 93.47% | People (or a certain person) eat the meat of a snake (dragon, unusual fish). This results in a flood, landslide, or the appearance of a river or lake. |
| I80A | 91.28% | Upon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them. |
| F36 | 90.61% | (Adopted) children of a woman or man kill the lover (or spouse of non-human nature) of their father or (adoptive) mother. |
| D4D | 87.92% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| I4B | 87.92% | A person helps thunder defeat the enemy. |
| J40 | 87.19% | The sky is inhabited by creatures that descend to kill people. Usually, the creature carries away a person or many people, or a human head. The hero (usually a close relative of the deceased) avenges the killer and/or returns the kidnapped person (persons; the carried-away body part). |
| E33 | 85.93% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
| I17A | 84.97% | Creatures without an anal opening or mouth - dwarves. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
14 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Viet, Muong, Svans, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Tuscarora, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Kekchi; Mopan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, China
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