Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
M106B — "Last Year" in the demon's house.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe character who caused harm to the antagonist calls himself by a fictitious name such as "Last Year," and the other antagonists understand this to mean that everything happened a long time ago and there is no point in looking for the culprit.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
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.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| N28C | 99.74% | In a list of things that do not exist in the world, a pillar of the sky is mentioned |
| M38D3 | 99.22% | The character, who is a lump of earth (oatmeal, salt), blurred in the rain or after going to get water. |
| N1 | 98.98% | The fabulous and epic texts start from the beginning, which states that today's huge objects were tiny at the time. |
| M78F | 98.78% | When a woman falls asleep, a joker (usually a tiny boy) places an embryo or the entrails of an animal or something similar next to her to make the woman herself or others think she has a miscarriage or that her viscera has fallen out. |
| L95A | 98.78% | A person sees lungs or a liver lying on the ground or floating in the water. As soon as he touches them, a demonic character appears before him. |
| L95 | 98.43% | A person (usually a child or teenager) returns to a previous location for a forgotten item (often a toy) and finds a demon there, from which they struggle to escape. |
| N28H | 98.29% | In a list of things that do not exist in the world, horns of the horse are mentioned |
| I82H | 98.21% | The name of Venus sounds like Cholpan, Cholbon, Tsolmon, etc. (Δol- 'to sparkle, to shine' [VΓ‘mbΓ©ri 1879: 155]). |
| K12A | 98.16% | An unrecognised hero arrives at a place where his bride or wife is to be given to another man or turned into a servant. Contrary to expectations, he manages to draw a tight bow (raise a spear), with which he kills his rivals. |
| M91B | 97.88% | A person manages to fraudulently sell or exchange ash for gold and money. Others are unsuccessfully offering ash for sale. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
13 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 13 traditions: Oraon (Kurukh), Sinhalese; Vedda, Karachays, Balkar, Kazakh, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Bashkirs, Mordvins, Udmurt, Mongols (Khalkha), Nenets, Tlingit, Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan), Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
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