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E14 - Knowledge from the dead.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Rituals received from the spirits of the dead.Berezkin category: The origins of people and culture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
E14 has 1 other sub-motifsE14. Rituals received from the spirits of the dead. E14a. People kill demons, examine their bodies, make ritual costumes and masks, reproducing the appearance of the slain. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of E14's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L63 | 96.44% | The character eats food with the womb or anus. See motif F9A. |
| E14A | 96.23% | People kill demons, examine their bodies, make ritual costumes and masks, reproducing the appearance of the slain. |
| F28B | 95.32% | A woman uses a penis made of wax, wood, fruit or root. Usually her husband or male relative smears it with pepper, and the woman is maimed or killed. |
| F96 | 95.29% | A girl or wife rejects an unattractive man. He becomes handsome (usually after encountering a supernatural being), and those who treated him badly are punished. |
| M73 | 95.05% | Two characters compare their excrement or vomit to learn about each other's diet and decide which of them is the more powerful beast. One of them manages to replace the selections. (Traditions in which vomiting is substituted are greasy). |
| C11 | 94.92% | A father with magical powers destroys people (all or many) who have insulted or harmed his son. |
| E3 | 94.92% | After the destruction of the previous world, new people (rarely: new earth) are made from the remains of the dead. |
| B27 | 94.73% | The characters ponder what object or creature they should transform into, and once they have made their choice, they undergo metamorphosis. |
| K13C | 94.52% | The cannibal's daughter takes revenge on her husband for her mother's death and manages to cut off his leg. See motif K13A. |
| M12 | 94.38% | Unable, unwilling or unable to obtain game (fish), the hunter (fisherman) cuts flesh from his own body, removes his own entrails and collects his blood. He usually offers this to others under the guise of animal meat or fish. Alternatively, a woman cuts flesh from her own leg to feed her husband. |
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This motif has been recorded in 16 traditions: Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Burusho (Hunza), Winnebago, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Kutenai, Hupa, Chilula, Pomo, Papago, Cuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Amuesha, Ashaninca (Campa), Bakairi, Kamayura, Cook Islands