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F29A - The worm is scalded with boiling water.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
To kill a woman's lover, who has the appearance of a worm or snake and crawls into her vagina from under the ground, boiling water, resin or hot coals are poured on him.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
F29 has 1 other sub-motifsF29. A girl (woman) sits on the ground and copulates with a snake, worm or eel that crawls out of the ground towards her. This usually happens when she is busy with housework (cooking, weaving, etc.). F29a. To kill a woman's lover, who has the appearance of a worm or snake and crawls into her vagina from under the ground, boiling water, resin or hot coals are poured on him. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F29's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A1A | 100.00% | Before the sun appeared, the world was lit by a large bird with bright colours (a parrot or toucan). |
| A26 | 100.00% | The bird embodies the sun, daylight; it can be caught, released, killed. |
| B25 | 100.00% | Characters who climb trees or vines and then fall turn into wild pigs or other game animals. |
| B75D | 100.00% | The sound of leaves or grass rustling in the wind has been heard since the time of creation. |
| J12C | 100.00% | A girl meets her fiancé at a dance and then follows in his footsteps. See motif J12. |
| K8F | 100.00% | The swallowed one discovers a living deer in the belly of the monster. See motif K8A. |
| B56 | 99.70% | The crocodile/caiman is left without a tongue after swallowing or losing the fire (which it previously possessed); something associated with heavenly fire (lightning, sunbeams, etc.) emerges from the crocodile's severed tongue. |
| F19 | 99.59% | After copulating with a frog, a man's penis is crippled (unless otherwise stated: it becomes long, see motif F18A). |
| M9A | 99.59% | A character who eagerly sucks honey from a hollow and/or gets stuck in a hollow turns into a tree frog. See M9 motif. |
| L78 | 99.50% | In the images, the character has the features of a jaguar and a toad; the toad/frog turns into a jaguar; the toad/frog is the mother or wife of the jaguar. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Sicuani, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Colorado (Tsachila), Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Witoto, Ocaina, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Chacobo