Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
M94A — Mountain riding: antagonist victims
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain.
Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 10, Adventures.
M94 has 4 other sub-motifs
RelatedM94. One character invites the other to roll down the mountain to destroy him. Cf. Motive L42C.
M94a. The demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain.
M94a1. By stupidity or negligence, a zoomorphic character rolls down a mountain and as a result dies or suffers damage (attacks the edge, falls into the water, etc.).
M94b. The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed.
M94b1. The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed.
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| K51 | 94.34% | The husband feigns death, disappears or leaves home for a long time. The wife learns that he has married another woman, finds and, as a rule, kills her husband and/or rival, who often turns out to be a creature of non-human nature. |
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Traditions
10 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Dogrib, Slavey, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Han, Tagish, Kaska, Athna, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux)
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