Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
L77 — The girl seems like a pineapple.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe character devours people because he sees them as a delicacy.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| G12A | 96.36% | Cultivated plants arise from drops of blood or flow like blood from cuts on the body of a human or animal. |
| B80 | 96.17% | The process of creation includes measuring the dimensions of the earth or the world as a whole. |
| I80 | 95.68% | A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind. |
| C7 | 93.15% | Initially or after the flood, an earthen or stone barrier, the body of a character or creature prevents the flow of water. Later, this barrier is removed or destroyed. |
| A32A | 91.58% | The figure or imprint of a rabbit or hare is visible on the lunar disc. |
| E33 | 91.16% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
| J21 | 91.02% | Gods, ancestors of humans, and founders of dynasties are born from eggs. |
| M57B | 90.58% | Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. |
| D1A3 | 90.58% | A man marries a woman who is fire. She is mistreated, or her husband does not like her, and the marriage breaks down. |
| G9A | 90.58% | The field that was cultivated the day before turns back into virgin soil by morning. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
9 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah, Santali, Turi, Mahli, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography outside of Yucatan, Cuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Kofan, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)
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