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F28B - Penis made of wax.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
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.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 |
|---|---|---|
| K13C | 98.57% | The cannibal's daughter takes revenge on her husband for her mother's death and manages to cut off his leg. See motif K13A. |
| F12 | 98.51% | A husband kills his wife by inserting her lover's severed penis into her body. |
| F88 | 98.24% | Female genitals are initially fragrant or odourless, but then acquire an unpleasant odour (they do not acquire a fragrant odour). |
| E14A | 97.37% | People kill demons, examine their bodies, make ritual costumes and masks, reproducing the appearance of the slain. |
| B17 | 97.01% | Darkness is a special object that can be carried and transferred (usually brought from the original owner in a vessel or bag). |
| B13A | 96.99% | A stream of water (with a predator in it) rushes after a character who is trying to escape from it. |
| C11 | 96.04% | A father with magical powers destroys people (all or many) who have insulted or harmed his son. |
| E3 | 96.04% | After the destruction of the previous world, new people (rarely: new earth) are made from the remains of the dead. |
| F27 | 95.41% | It is dangerous for girls or women to approach water (water creatures drag them away or swallow them; a girl who approaches water dies; she becomes pregnant by a snake; through her fault, a flood or other disaster occurs; water spirits themselves come to a girl who has her first period). |
| E14 | 95.32% | Rituals received from the spirits of the dead. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands, Chukchi, Ute, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Hopi, Tzotzil, Warao, Trio, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Kamayura, Trumai, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)