Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
M51 — The meat is on the tree
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Summary of motif
OverviewOne of the two characters gets meat. The weaker deceives the stronger one, hiding the meat in his absence to eat alone later.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| M52 | 97.47% | The character (by deception) kills an ungulates. He asks another to refresh the carcass, looks for a knife to do it, or a fire to fry the meat. The other freshens the carcass, gives fire or a knife, but takes or tries to take all the meat for himself. |
| M11C | 96.34% | Without harming himself, a male character cuts off, pierces, roasts, holds over a fire, etc. a part of his body (or his wife's body). The character cooks the meat, fat, etc. obtained in this way and treats his guest to it. This food is not perceived as unclean (cf. motifs M11B and M38). |
| F64A | 94.34% | Leaving or pretending to be dying, the character gives instructions to a relative regarding what he or she should do to get married, indicating a partner with certain characteristics, or the character indicates the place of a future meeting with this partner; or (Philippines) describes a person who should be accepted as a guest; comes himself under the guise of the person mentioned. See motif F64. |
| H14 | 93.66% | A woman who has returned from the world of the dead flies back, becoming a bird or a fly. |
| F28C | 93.54% | A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. |
| F64 | 93.42% | The character is presented as another person in order to mate with a close relative in the descending or (less commonly) ascending line. |
| K21A | 93.38% | A celestial being marries an earthly woman. She longs to return to earth and secretly descends from her husband. |
| J5 | 93.38% | The role of the victim is played by two or more brothers (friends). See motif J4. |
| H1A | 93.22% | The character decides that people should die. His or her child, mother, or some other being whose life is dear to him or her dies. Now the decision-maker agrees to make people immortal, but it is impossible to change the decision that has been made. |
| F18C | 93.02% | The character sees a girl on the other side of the river and copulates with her in an unusual way (sends his penis across the river; turns it into a bridge for the girl to cross the river; into a dam that blocks the river in front of her; dives, swimming up to the girl underwater; sends an object into the girl's vagina). See motif F18B. |
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Traditions
57 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 57 traditions: Bilin (Blin, Bilen), Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo), Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara, Bushmen (all groups), Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Sangir Islands, Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken), Palaung (De Ang, Deang), Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori, Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug, Tabasaran, Aghul, Avar, Andi, Akhvakh, Svans, Kirghiz, Bashkirs, Menominee, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Yankton/Yanktonai, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Tonkawa, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Assiniboine, Crow, Carrier, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Nez Perce, Okanagon, Sanpoil, Karok, Klamath, Modoc, Caddo, Cherokee, Pomo, Owens Valley Paiute, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Eastern Shoshone, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi, Navajo, Jicarilla, Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos), Zuni, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama), Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Lipan, Bakairi, Iranxe, Chamacoco (Ishir), Caduveo, Mbaya
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