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F28A2 - Penises grow in the field.
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Summary of Motif
The owner of the field, either intentionally or having misheard the question, replies that he grows penises. After that, penises grow in the field instead of crops.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
F28 has 9 other sub-motifsF28. There is a separate penis character with whom the first women, Amazons, or simply some woman copulate. F28a. A penis grows out of the ground or out of the water in a lake. Women summon it as needed. F28a1. The living penis is a dangerous creature that attacks people. F28a2. The owner of the field, either intentionally or having misheard the question, replies that he grows penises. After that, penises grow in the field instead of crops. F28a3. A girl (woman) possesses an object that is pleasant (useful). Once in the hands of others, it becomes harmful (dangerous). F28a4. The fruits or stems of plants are penises. F28A5. The penis and vulva (in the singular or plural) are separate beings and characters. F28b. 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. F28c. A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. F28d. By masturbating with an artificial penis, a woman conceives children. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F28's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F28A4 | 99.41% | The fruits or stems of plants are penises. |
| C35 | 96.22% | It becomes known that if characters representing natural phenomena and parts of the universe marry, it will lead to disaster. The marriage is broken off. |
| B40B | 94.28% | The horse changes with the cow, gives up its horns and/or gets teeth. |
| B98A | 94.22% | The bat becomes an outcast among other creatures (usually after trying to join either the animals or the birds). |
| M185 | 93.80% | A fast-footed animal (a flightless bird) and a slow character agree to compete in running or jumping. The slow character secretly clings to the fast-footed one (or to a vehicle) and at the finish line pretends that he has run at the same time as him (jumped just as far) or before him. |
| K65B | 93.72% | Spirits (deities) or unpleasant animals (snakes, frogs, worms, etc.) are generated by the same first anthropomorphic pair or the same pair of first ancestors as humans (deities). |
| B89 | 93.34% | The eagle owl (owl) was the chief among birds, claimed this position or behaved badly when choosing the head of the birds; now he avoids other birds and/or other birds chase him. |
| K73A6 | 93.14% | Malicious women kill (throw away) her wonderful children. Trees (flowers) grow from their remains, later reincarnating into humans. |
| C18A | 92.62% | The hidden sun is lured out by the rooster, or people believe that without the rooster's crow, the sun will not rise. |
| K76A | 92.38% | A frog or toad marries a beautiful woman, or a handsome young man marries a frog. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Soqotri, Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Gagauz, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Russian Federation