Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
N10C — The insides are visible
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Summary of motif
OverviewA girl is described, through whose body you can see her internal organs or the food she has swallowed. This is a sign of beauty.
Berezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 13, Formulae.
N10 has 3 other sub-motifs
RelatedN10. A woman or (rarely) a man with a transparent body is described. This transparency is a sign of beauty.
N10a. A woman or (rarely) a man with a transparent body is described - bones are visible through the skin, bone marrow is visible through the bones. This transparency is a sign of beauty.
N10b. A girl or (rarely) a young man with a transparent neck is described, through which you can see the drinks and/or food that this girl or boy swallows. This neck is a sign of beauty.
N10c. A girl is described, through whose body you can see her internal organs or the food she has swallowed. This is a sign of beauty.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| K56A3 | 100.00% | A wandering girl or young girl should not tie her shoelaces or the laces on her shoes or clothing. If she does so, she will get into trouble. |
| M74AB | 99.91% | Travelling in a boat or on a sledge, animal person (always the fox) steals food supplies or ruins objects and accordingly to his deeds, names different places. These names seem strange to the person’s companions (“River of broken arrows” and the like) |
| K25A5 | 99.83% | The older brother is a hunter, the younger brother (rarely a sister) is a housekeeper. Learning that bird maidens come down to the younger brother, the older brother teaches the younger brother what he must do so that the older brother can catch one of them and make her his wife. The wife finds feather clothing and flies away (often the younger brother, out of simplicity, gives it to her), and the husband sets off in search of her. |
| L65C | 99.83% | The eldest of three or more sisters turns out to be a cannibal, devouring her younger sisters and other people. |
| L42K | 99.71% | A demonic character regurgitates an axe (adze) to cut down a tree. |
| K89 | 99.45% | After getting married, the heroine and her rival (witch, frog) must bring gifts from their relatives. The heroine finds her brother, brothers or sister who went missing at the beginning of the story and receives rich gifts from them, while the gifts brought by her rival are worthless. |
| K56A8A | 99.23% | A girl goes to another world, behaves correctly, returns with an animal or an object, inside which her groom is found. Usually, another girl behaves incorrectly and suffers damage. |
| L5G | 99.23% | Only the head remains of one of the sisters. It rolls after the other sister or sisters, or they take it with them; in the end, the head finds a place where it wants to settle. |
| B109A | 99.00% | Originally, the (human) bear lived in the sky, then descended to earth (and became a bear). |
| M60B1 | 99.00% | The crow promises to cure the fish, and eats it herself. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
11 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Kazakh, Mansi, Nenets, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Nanai, Negidal, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
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