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F44 - Quarrel between men and 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
In the community of the first ancestors, women and men quarrel, leave, kill, maim each other, etc.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 |
|---|---|---|
| F42 | 99.23% | Feeling wronged, men leave their wives or sisters. |
| B13A | 98.66% | A stream of water (with a predator in it) rushes after a character who is trying to escape from it. |
| J60 | 98.07% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| E13A | 98.04% | Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals were first obtained by humans from the inhabitants of the underwater world. |
| F43 | 97.87% | The women of the community of the first ancestors kill or abandon the men. |
| F88 | 97.81% | Female genitals are initially fragrant or odourless, but then acquire an unpleasant odour (they do not acquire a fragrant odour). |
| H24F | 97.64% | The character has the ability to put a large amount of meat or fish into a bag or container that is easy to carry. |
| J36 | 97.43% | The turtle drags the hero's parents under water. |
| D13C | 97.34% | Two companions or brothers live together. The older one has a wife, whom he hides. To discover her, the younger one, left alone in the house, makes her laugh. |
| I28A | 97.34% | Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes. |
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This motif has been recorded in 38 traditions: Somali, Hadza, Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Badu, Waraber, Wet, Warei, Dauar, Badu, Moa, Melanesians and Papuans of Northern Solomons: Buka, Bougainville (Siuai, Buin), Czech, Czechs, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Ancient Greece, Tanana, Tillamook, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Yana, Navajo, Jicarilla, Hopi, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Seri, Lacandon, Rama, Guatuso, Taino of Haiti, Trio, Akawai, Wayana, Aparai, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Kamayura, Trumai, Rikbaktsa, Kayabi, Paresi, Bororo, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Suya, Txukarramae, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)