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F18C - Girls across the river, K1391.
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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 character sees a girl on the other side of the river and copulates with her in an unusual way (sends his penis across the river; turns it into a bridge for the girl to cross the river; into a dam that blocks the river in front of her; dives, swimming up to the girl underwater; sends an object into the girl's vagina). See motif F18B.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
F18 has 3 other sub-motifsF18a. The penis of a male character is much longer than normal or becomes so. During intercourse, it usually crawls towards the woman like a snake. (Only texts with a focus on authenticity are included, not anecdotes). F18b. After intercourse with a forbidden partner (incest, intercourse with an animal or spirit), a man's penis becomes so long that he is forced to carry it in a basket, etc. F18c. The character sees a girl on the other side of the river and copulates with her in an unusual way (sends his penis across the river; turns it into a bridge for the girl to cross the river; into a dam that blocks the river in front of her; dives, swimming up to the girl underwater; sends an object into the girl's vagina). See motif F18B. F18d. Female genitals were enormous in size. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F18's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L1B1 | 99.13% | A woman comes into conflict with her brothers and turns into a dangerous demon. |
| D4M | 98.89% | The thief comes to the owners of fire or light. They feast or dance. He joins them and steals their valuables when the moment is right. See motif D4A. |
| L33F | 98.67% | A rock or boulder pursues a character. The character calls for help, and the nightjar splits the rock into pieces. |
| F64 | 98.63% | The character is presented as another person in order to mate with a close relative in the descending or (less commonly) ascending line. |
| K21A | 98.58% | A celestial being marries an earthly woman. She longs to return to earth and secretly descends from her husband. |
| A32B1 | 98.36% | A woman sits (jumps) on the face (back) of the Moon Man and is now visible in the silhouette of the moon spots. |
| K25D | 98.19% | After digging up the root, a person pierces the sky or the earth, sees the world below, and descends there. Usually, the hole is made by a woman who has fallen into the sky; her husband, a sky dweller, or his relatives forbid her to dig up a certain root; breaking the ban, the woman sees the earth below and decides to descend. See motif K19B. |
| I105 | 98.17% | One of the constellations is associated with the hand (with five marked fingers). |
| F64A | 98.15% | Leaving or pretending to be dying, the character gives instructions to a relative regarding what he or she should do to get married, indicating a partner with certain characteristics, or the character indicates the place of a future meeting with this partner; or (Philippines) describes a person who should be accepted as a guest; comes himself under the guise of the person mentioned. See motif F64. |
| F28C | 98.14% | A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. |
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This motif has been recorded in 20 traditions: Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Karachays, Balkar, Miami, Illini, Winnebago, Blackfoot, Arapaho, Iowa, Pawnee, Gros Ventre, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Nez Perce, Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh), Tillamook, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Shasta; Chimariko, Hupa, Chilula, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet