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F36 - Children against the lover.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
(Adopted) children of a woman or man kill the lover (or spouse of non-human nature) of their father or (adoptive) mother.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 |
|---|---|---|
| D4D | 96.85% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| A24 | 95.78% | The first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones. |
| B62 | 95.63% | Man believes that vultures live better than humans, changes his appearance to that of a vulture. The former vulture lives with the man's wife, and the man usually does not like his new life. |
| L26 | 95.44% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 95.44% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
| G14 | 95.33% | A man swallowed by a water monster is carried away to an underwater or overseas world, obtains plants, and returns to people. |
| K11 | 95.33% | Brothers (brother and sister) kill a monstrous bird. Its eyes turn into heavenly bodies (among the Oaxacan Indians) or something else (among the present-day Condors of the Yokuts). |
| J24 | 95.25% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| L58 | 95.14% | A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature. |
| B2B | 94.71% | The earth feeds on the people buried in it. See motif B2A. |
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This motif has been recorded in 31 traditions: Tahltan, Koyukon, Menominee, Arapaho, Mandan, Arikara, Pawnee, Kiowa, Plains Ojibwa, Crow, Flathead, Alabama, Koasati, Jicarilla, Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Pipil, Zapotec, Chatino, Chorti, Kekchi; Mopan, Sibundoy: Kamsa, Ingano (Inga), Sicuani, Yaruro, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Karijona, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tariana, Witoto, Ocaina, Paresi, Chamacoco (Ishir), Berbers of Algeria