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F51A - Aggressive sister.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
After incest is discovered, the sister openly demands her brother as her husband, turns into a monster, and kills people.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
F51 has 4 other sub-motifsF51. Someone under cover of night/incognito approaches a person of the opposite sex. The marriage partner deliberately (to determine who it is) or accidentally (thereby exposing the visitor) makes a mark on his/her body (clothing). See motif A31. F51a. After incest is discovered, the sister openly demands her brother as her husband, turns into a monster, and kills people. F51b. To find out the nature or location of a character's locus, another person secretly attaches a long thread to it and follows it. F51c. Upon learning that her unknown lover is her own brother, the girl shows him her genitals or bare breasts, offering him what he so desired. After that, she runs away, and he rushes after her. F51d. Ginseng roots – boys or girls who help the hero. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F51's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K42 | 98.47% | A young bird woman energetically searches among a group of men for one she likes, takes him by force and makes him her husband; she turns into a monster, pursues and kills men, but is ultimately killed herself. |
| H14 | 98.25% | A woman who has returned from the world of the dead flies back, becoming a bird or a fly. |
| F28C | 97.98% | A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. |
| F82 | 97.07% | The son-in-law resorts to trickery to sleep with his mother-in-law, or the mother-in-law with her son-in-law. Usually, the son-in-law insists that his mother-in-law, rather than his wife, accompany him on a hunt. |
| M41 | 96.61% | The character throws his eyes (an inhaler has a tooth) up or into the distance. At first they return to the eye sockets, but then they disappear. |
| M52 | 96.39% | The character (by deception) kills an ungulates. He asks another to refresh the carcass, looks for a knife to do it, or a fire to fry the meat. The other freshens the carcass, gives fire or a knife, but takes or tries to take all the meat for himself. |
| M11C | 96.01% | Without harming himself, a male character cuts off, pierces, roasts, holds over a fire, etc. a part of his body (or his wife's body). The character cooks the meat, fat, etc. obtained in this way and treats his guest to it. This food is not perceived as unclean (cf. motifs M11B and M38). |
| J56 | 95.31% | A son or sons come to their father. He subjects them to trials in order to find out whether they are really his children. |
| J38 | 95.30% | A mighty bird sinks its claws into a huge aquatic creature. The claws get stuck in its body. The bird is dragged underwater or struggles to free itself. |
| H24B | 95.15% | The character must open the vessel containing the soul of the deceased when he reaches the place or after a certain time has passed; if he opens it before the time is up, the soul flies away. See motif H24. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Assiniboine, Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki, Atsugewi, Achomavi, Suya, Txukarramae