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F28C - Bear penis in the hands of an old woman.
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Summary of Motif
A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
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 |
|---|---|---|
| I105 | 99.18% | One of the constellations is associated with the hand (with five marked fingers). |
| J39 | 98.90% | The antagonist makes the woman his slave. Other characters secretly come to her and kill a small animal or bird for her. The antagonist suspects that the woman could not have caught the game herself, but she insists that she did. |
| A32B1 | 98.68% | A woman sits (jumps) on the face (back) of the Moon Man and is now visible in the silhouette of the moon spots. |
| D4M | 98.67% | 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. |
| B44D | 98.45% | Night and day alternate because the slain beast was black and white, spotted. |
| I37E | 98.45% | Tree mushrooms cry out like people. |
| K27V | 98.45% | The character must hit the bird with an arrow or a stone. (Cf. motif K27M, where it is not the accuracy of the archer that is important, but the unusual appearance of the creature that needs to be caught). |
| L1C | 98.45% | Those fleeing from the monstrous bear ascend to the sky and turn into stars. |
| M29D | 98.45% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| L33F | 98.26% | A rock or boulder pursues a character. The character calls for help, and the nightjar splits the rock into pieces. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Menominee, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Alcea, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Ofaie, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet