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F39 - Women's time.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
In the past or in distant lands, women dominated men, were the active party in marital relations, and engaged in male activities. Men engaged in female activities. Later, the situation changed. Either women missed the opportunity to gain superiority. See motif F38.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 |
|---|---|---|
| I3 | 94.51% | Lightning (and thunder) is produced by an object (sword, arrow, whip, mirror, etc.) in the hands of a character; lightning is an object. |
| M29K1 | 93.59% | A turtle (toad, frog) gets into unpleasant situations due to its own stupidity or carelessness. See the motives in square brackets. The character is named if it is a toad or frog; otherwise, a turtle. |
| H24 | 92.95% | A vessel or other small container with valuables or living beings (creatures) is opened (prematurely). Its contents get out of control or disappear. |
| J7 | 91.78% | A woman or girl sets off to her husband (beloved) or relatives, or a man sets off to find a bride. She or he loses their way after a certain character substitutes the signs indicating the way. See motif J12. |
| M21 | 91.76% | The character runs away from his pursuer. The person, animal or object that the character asks for help hides him (and kills the pursuer). |
| A3 | 91.61% | The Moon is female or hermaphroditic, the Sun is male or, possibly, male. |
| K17 | 91.39% | A male character in the form of a winged creature approaches a girl and either magically or unnoticed by her impregnates her. See motif K16: taking the form of an animal or bird, he enters the girl's house. |
| B2E | 91.19% | The Earth or the world as a whole is a male character (alone or alongside a female character). |
| J26 | 91.13% | The character or that from which he arises is found in a river, lake, sea, or on the riverbank. The future hero emerges from the body of water into which he was thrown. |
| A14 | 90.82% | The meeting of the sun and the moon is the cause of eclipses or lunar phases. |
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This motif has been recorded in 47 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Somali, Tsamai (Tsamako), Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji, Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Dogon, Hadza, Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku, Khmer, Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Czech, Czechs, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Western Sami, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Ossetians, Nogai, Kara Kalpak, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Turkmen, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Nganasans, Karok, Yurok, Yana, Kawaiisu, Zapotec, Chatino, Guajiro, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Aguaruna, Huambiza, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Cubeo, Puinave, Tariana, Yagua, Maue (Mawe), Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Rikbaktsa, Selknam, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Senufo, China