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B7C - Sprinkled water.

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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.

Summary of Motif

Fresh water, which its sole owner hides in a vessel or pond, is scattered throughout the world.

Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment

This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature

B7 has 3 other sub-motifs B7a.  Someone possesses water or a drink. Another character swallows what is hidden, runs away and spits out what is hidden, making the water or drink available to everyone. B7b.  The sea (flood, river) flows out of a small container. B7c.  Fresh water, which its sole owner hides in a vessel or pond, is scattered throughout the world. B7d.  Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B7's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

Motif	Similarity	Motif Summary
G12C	83.33%	The fox or coyote ascends to the sky and, upon returning, spreads plants across the earth that previously only existed in the sky.
B20	76.38%	People ascend to the sky to hunt, fish, or gather honey; they do not give honey, fish, or good meat to the person who remained below; that person makes sure that they remain in the sky forever.
J58B	76.38%	With the help of a chain of arrows, the sky or the sun is pulled down or pushed up, or a hole is made in the sky.
I67	75.48%	The giant figure of an emu (in Australia) or a rhea (in South America) is visible in the Milky Way.
K46	74.62%	In a fit of fear or shame, a woman or girl runs to the sea, throws herself into the water or hides on the shore. The suitor tries in vain to catch up with her.
D13F	72.22%	Laughter causes the appearance or spread of fire or the sun. Usually, the owner of fire or the sun loses it after bursting into laughter.
K11A1	71.33%	Pieces of flesh or feathers from a monstrous/unusual bird turn into present-day birds (or their plumage).
I66	70.71%	The Milky Way is ash or smouldering embers.
J3	70.71%	A woman conceives a son or twins in a way that is incomprehensible to her; the reason is that when she sits on the ground, a male character (animal) creeps under the ground and fertilises her from below.
I134	70.50%	Along the axis of the Milky Way, a creature with a long neck (llama, emu, rhea) can be seen.

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Map of Motif Dispersal

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 4 traditions: Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Chemehuevi, Botocudo, Selknam

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