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C34 - The Flood: the wounded creature.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The flood begins after people kill (harm, maim) some kind of creature (usually aquatic).Berezkin category: Disasters
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
C34 has 1 other sub-motifsC34. The flood begins after people kill (harm, maim) some kind of creature (usually aquatic). C34a. A supernatural character goes with people to catch fish or lives on the sand by the river; he is buried in the sand or thrown into the river, into a swamp, or otherwise persecuted. Usually, he himself or his father sends a flood. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of C34's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L5C | 96.94% | The monster head pursues celestial bodies, people, or attaches itself to someone else's body. See motif L5. |
| F53 | 96.45% | An unattractive man marries, but hides his face. When he is seen, the marriage is dissolved. |
| K10 | 96.36% | A monstrous bird (bat) attacks people, heroes engage in battle with it. See motifs K10A – K10G. |
| B29 | 96.31% | People turn into animals, birds or stones, living beings acquire their current characteristics at a general meeting, festival, after a festival, after performing a ritual or after defeating a common enemy. |
| L48 | 95.75% | The hero (usually somewhere on high ground - on a tree, rock, at the edge of a precipice or well) kills and/or throws one of his opponents down from there. The other opponents do not recognise their comrade and believe that the slain man is the hero they are pursuing. |
| M8A | 95.75% | Animals, and more often birds, find it difficult to break through a rock from the outside or inside, make a hole in the tree, in the body of an absorber creature, tear fetters, etc., to help a character or get out of the confined space by yourself. The list <b><i>includes</i></b> groups whose texts deal with the exit of the first ancestors to earth from a confined space. |
| J44 | 94.52% | The hero lures the enemy onto a rickety bridge. The enemy falls into the water, into the abyss (see motif J46). See motif J52. |
| B27 | 94.48% | The characters ponder what object or creature they should transform into, and once they have made their choice, they undergo metamorphosis. |
| L61 | 94.31% | The character eats himself, guts himself, or kills himself in order to be eaten. |
| J12 | 94.28% | A girl or two sisters wander, usually in search of a suitable groom or husband who has left or lives far away. Along the way or upon reaching their destination, they encounter false suitors. (Traditions in which two heroines travel rather than one are highlighted in bold (motif j13). |
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This motif has been recorded in 44 traditions: Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku, Rawang, Dulong; Anong, Drung, Chukchi, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Tsimshian, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Mandan, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Kalapuya, Shasta; Chimariko, Yurok, Caddo, Alabama, Koasati, Yana, Mono (Monache), Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Serrano, Luiseño, Juaneño, Navajo, Jicarilla, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Kandoshi (Murato, Maina); Iquito, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Chayahuita , Witoto, Ocaina, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Moseten, Chimane, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Bororo, Umotina (Umutina), Craho, Chamacoco (Ishir), Palau