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D1A2 - A borrowed object does not burn.
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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 house of the person who insulted the fire burns down, but the property inside it or the child of another person (or that person himself) who treated the fire with respect is not harmed.Berezkin category: Fire and Laughter
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
D1 has 6 other sub-motifsD1. A woman (usually elderly) is the embodiment of fire – alone or together with her husband, the master of fire. Cf. motif D5 (woman possesses fire). D1a. A girl marries a man whose mother is fire. D1a1. Because a woman offended the fire, its mistress takes her child away. D1a2. The house of the person who insulted the fire burns down, but the property inside it or the child of another person (or that person himself) who treated the fire with respect is not harmed. D1a3. A man marries a woman who is fire. She is mistreated, or her husband does not like her, and the marriage breaks down. D1a4. Two fires from different dwellings meet and converse. D1b. The man is the master or embodiment of fire (alone or alongside the woman-fire). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of D1's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B42I | 98.20% | Cassiopeia is associated with a deer or elk. |
| K89D | 97.65% | Left alone in the house or finding herself in a stranger's house, a girl (less often a male character) hides by turning into a needle (a pin) or another tool for sewing or spinning. |
| D4H | 96.23% | The swallow obtains fire for people. See motif D4A. |
| K125 | 95.32% | The pursuer asks various objects where the hero is hiding or where he has run. Everyone remains silent, but one of the objects betrays the hero. |
| B3C | 95.28% | When the creator, having created the land, lies down to rest, the antagonist tries to drown him, dragging him to the edge of the earth. As a result, the earth expands, and the antagonist is unable to reach its edge. |
| K47B | 94.48% | A woman marries a man who originally had the appearance of a dog. The birth of children from a dog is not essential to the plot. |
| K56A | 94.28% | Two or three sisters successively go to a powerful character. The first or the first two act incorrectly, perish or fail to achieve their goal. The last one acts correctly, is saved or rewarded. |
| M38D7 | 93.82% | Person who represents something fat (a sausage, a piece of fat, etc.) prepares a rich soup adding to it its own fat. Another person tries to repeat the trick and dies |
| I38 | 93.41% | There are creatures that combine the characteristics of dogs and humans (usually people with dog faces or heads). |
| B94 | 92.58% | Trees (and animals) used to talk, asking people not to cut them down or kill them. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Lithuanians, Setu, Finns, Western Ukrainians, Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Daur (Daghur), Uilta (Orok), Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians