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F45A - Intentional conception by the wind.
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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 female animal conceives by deliberately exposing her genitals to the wind.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
F45 has 4 other sub-motifsF45. There are or were settlements where only women lived or live (cf. motifs F8, F45C). F45a. A woman or female animal conceives by deliberately exposing her genitals to the wind. F45a1. A woman, against her will, conceives from the wind. F45b. A woman gives birth to a son conceived by (the rays or light of) the sun. F45C. There were men who lived separately from women. See also motif F8. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F45's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A46A | 98.94% | The sun and moon (Rigveda: only the sun) are associated with the eyes of an anthropomorphic being (the motif of their emergence from the eyes of this being may be absent). |
| A46 | 98.86% | The sun and moon (Rigveda: only the sun) emerge from the eyes of an anthropomorphic creature. |
| I8H | 98.79% | The earth is supported by a man and a woman in the underworld. |
| K33A3 | 98.79% | A woman, turned into a turtle because of her rival's intrigues, tries to establish contact with her children or husband. |
| K27ZZ2 | 98.31% | Several wives of one man (several sisters) go blind – the older ones in both eyes, and the younger one in one eye. |
| I81A1 | 98.08% | The struggle between the crab and the snake (eel) determines the features of the relief of a particular area or has cosmic proportions. |
| M29O1 | 98.06% | As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the monkey dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| J47B | 97.90% | When a character runs away from a pursuer, a strong rope (chain, etc.) is lowered (thrown) to him. A rotten rope is lowered to the pursuer, it breaks, and the pursuer crashes (drowns). |
| M152D | 97.87% | The elephant and the tiger (lion) engage in combat (usually competing to see who can roar louder). The tiger wins and is about to eat the elephant, but a small animal saves it. |
| B3D | 97.83% | The earth is obtained by a worm; it arises from worm excrement, extracted from the worm. |
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This motif has been recorded in 18 traditions: Tonga, Samoa, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru, Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik, Central Taiwan: Bunun (Vonum), La'arua, Tsou, Kanabu, Kanakanabu, Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar, Koreans, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Ancient Greece, Ainu, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Nivkh, Menominee, Plains Ojibwa, Egypt