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F33 - Connection with a water creature.
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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 or group of women take a water animal or water monster as their lover. The husband(s), brother(s) or (adopted) children of the woman(s) kill or maim the lover and (in some cases) the woman(s).Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology 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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F53 | 97.21% | An unattractive man marries, but hides his face. When he is seen, the marriage is dissolved. |
| M11 | 97.10% | The character gives others food extracted from his or someone else's body or contaminated with bodily secretions, without revealing the source of the food. |
| B29 | 96.56% | People turn into animals, birds or stones, living beings acquire their current characteristics at a general meeting, festival, after a festival, after performing a ritual or after defeating a common enemy. |
| F51 | 96.56% | Someone under cover of night/incognito approaches a person of the opposite sex. The marriage partner deliberately (to determine who it is) or accidentally (thereby exposing the visitor) makes a mark on his/her body (clothing). See motif A31. |
| K10 | 96.45% | A monstrous bird (bat) attacks people, heroes engage in battle with it. See motifs K10A – K10G. |
| G26 | 95.97% | After swallowing or hiding food in their mouth, the character brings it to earth (passes it on to people). |
| M8A | 95.45% | Animals, and more often birds, find it difficult to break through a rock from the outside or inside, make a hole in the tree, in the body of an absorber creature, tear fetters, etc., to help a character or get out of the confined space by yourself. The list <b><i>includes</i></b> groups whose texts deal with the exit of the first ancestors to earth from a confined space. |
| M76 | 95.00% | A woman cuts off a man's leg when he climbs a tree; a man cuts off a woman's leg when she climbs a tree. See K13A motif. |
| K13C | 94.89% | The cannibal's daughter takes revenge on her husband for her mother's death and manages to cut off his leg. See motif K13A. |
| M8 | 94.56% | Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables. |
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This motif has been recorded in 46 traditions: Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu), Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Hawaii, Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Tahltan, Tanana, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Eyak, Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Arapaho, Crow, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane), Caddo, Yana, Navajo, Jicarilla, Sicuani, Cuiva, Yaruro, Trio, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Urarina, Karijona, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Cubeo, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tariana, Andoque, Witoto, Ocaina, Asurini, Parakana; Arawete, Tenetehara, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Bororo, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Selknam