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F32 - The snake son gathers fruit.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Small children or a single infant, who temporarily transform into adult men and/or emerge from their mother's womb, or a snake living in a woman's womb, climb a tree and help her gather fruit, bark, tree mushrooms, etc.; or a father discovers his daughter's connection with a snake when he climbs a tree to gather fruit for her.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M29W | 99.94% | As a result of their stupidity or antisocial behavior, a jaguar (puma, ocelot) dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. The character is named if it is a puma or ocelot; otherwise, a jaguar. |
| L5D | 99.88% | The rolling head suffers from thirst. See motif L5. |
| J15B | 99.87% | While travelling, a woman finds herself in the house of a frog or toad. See motif J15. |
| F29 | 99.80% | 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.). |
| B22A | 99.67% | Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys. |
| E9K | 99.67% | The husband or wife is the embodiment of honey or a human bee. |
| F84 | 99.67% | A guest or younger brother has sexual intercourse with the wife of the host or older brother. Wanting to demonstrate long abstinence, the character sprinkles ash on the head of his penis or smears it with fruit juice. |
| J48 | 99.66% | A character climbs up to the sky or descends from the sky to the ground on a rope. A parrot cuts the rope, and the character falls. |
| B24 | 99.59% | People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries. |
| B63 | 99.59% | Children lie to their mother, pretending to work in the fields. When the deception is revealed, they are left without a harvest and are transformed into atmospheric phenomena or celestial objects. |
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This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Bribri, Cabecar, Terraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography, Sicuani, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Trio, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Cubeo, Tariana, Maue (Mawe), Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Rikbaktsa, Paresi, Bororo, Umotina (Umutina), Craho, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda