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F34A - The common husband of the first women.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
All women of the community of the first ancestors or all Amazons have a common lover of non-human nature or simultaneously mate with animals of a certain species, summoning them with a conventional signal.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
F34 has 2 other sub-motifsF34. A woman takes a large land animal as her lover. Her husband, brother or (adopted) children kill or maim the lover and (sometimes) the woman herself. Sometimes there is mention of a group of women and their husbands. (Unlike motif K102, "The Demon's Mistress," the lover is not dangerous to the hero and plays a passive role, and the woman, if she becomes hostile and dangerous, does so only after the lover's death. Unlike motif K76, the woman and her husband/lover of non-human nature are clearly evaluated negatively). F34a. All women of the community of the first ancestors or all Amazons have a common lover of non-human nature or simultaneously mate with animals of a certain species, summoning them with a conventional signal. F34b. A girl, woman or group of women voluntarily take as their lover a penis that exists as a special creature, snake, moray eel, lizard, worm, crab, large aquatic animal or aquatic monster, or large terrestrial mammal. People kill or maim the lover, the woman and/or her offspring, or she herself loses her human nature. The woman's behaviour is condemned. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F34's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B24 | 99.60% | People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries. |
| B63 | 99.60% | 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. |
| E19 | 99.60% | Narcotic plants arise from the body of a human being torn to pieces by others. |
| F75 | 99.60% | A hunter sees a tapir summoning a woman who lives in the water with a secret signal; she emerges from the lake or river, and the tapir mates with her. The hunter himself summons the woman and becomes her lover. |
| J9 | 99.60% | Even before they are born, children speak from their mother's womb, showing her the way. |
| K27YY3 | 99.60% | The hero must bring the fruits growing on a tree that is dangerous to approach. |
| L76 | 99.60% | When a female cannibal attacks a man, she devours or tears off his testicles. |
| J15B | 99.59% | While travelling, a woman finds herself in the house of a frog or toad. See motif J15. |
| J6 | 99.56% | A pregnant woman is killed (and eaten). Twins are taken from her womb, who are usually also destined to be eaten, but they escape, live (secretly) in the house of their antagonists, and take revenge on them. |
| L5D | 99.48% | The rolling head suffers from thirst. See motif L5. |
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This motif has been recorded in 2 traditions: Culina, Paumarí, Arauá, Apurina, Cuniba, Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)