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F54E - Unintentional killing of a father.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Not knowing who is in front of him, a young man kills his father.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
F54 has 5 other sub-motifsF54. Unaware of this, the son and mother (Konkani: daughter and father) engage in sexual relations and later learn of the incest they have committed. Cf. motifs c8c, f54e. F54a. In her husband's appearance, the woman discovers signs that are not immediately noticeable, indicating that he has hidden his true nature from her and is not the right marriage partner (he is an animal, or her son, brother or father); or the husband discovers in the same way that his wife is his sister. F54b. A young man or boy copulates with his mother or sister. This becomes known from the remains of paint or feathers with which he was covered during sexual intercourse. F54c. A husband sees someone's fingernail marks on his wife's body and gathers the men to find out who left the marks. F54d. A woman gives birth to a boy after accidentally drinking animal urine, or a female animal gives birth to a boy after drinking a man's urine. F54e. Not knowing who is in front of him, a young man kills his father. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F54's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A23C | 99.64% | Birds argue about which of them will fly higher or arrive first. The winner is the one whose victory seemed unlikely (he hides in the feathers of a strong bird and flies away with it). |
| K131D | 99.54% | Mention is made of footwear that allows the character to quickly cover enormous distances. |
| M157A5 | 99.44% | A person finds a golden (rarely marble, etc.) mortar (bell) and brings it to an authoritative figure. Instead of gratitude, the latter demands that the pestle (the tongue of the bell, etc.) also be brought. |
| K160 | 99.41% | The hero is given the task of bringing back the hair, feathers, scales, etc. of a dangerous character. He does this with the help of the character's wife or mother. |
| M120B | 99.37% | The character is looking for a nanny (nurse, wet nurse, shepherd, husband) and consistently rejects those whose voice he does not like. He settles on the one with the most beautiful voice, but the choice turns out to be unsuccessful (usually the nurse eats the child, the sick person, the sheep, etc.). |
| K61C1 | 99.36% | A person will die if they cannot find the answer to the demon's question. A person or their acquaintance accidentally learns the answer by overhearing the demon talking to himself or to another demon. See motif C29. |
| K100F1 | 99.34% | A man (king) catches a strange (anthropomorphic) creature. His son releases the wondrous captive (after which he flees from his father's wrath or is banished). The freed captive helps him. Cf. motif K161. |
| K56A7 | 99.28% | In winter, a girl (rarely a boy) is sent to bring something that is normally only available in summer. She brings it. |
| M106A | 99.25% | The character who caused the damage calls himself by a fictitious name such as "Nobody," "I Myself," etc. Usually, others decide that the victim himself is to blame for what happened. |
| B113 | 99.24% | Due to certain events during the time of creation, women have cold backsides (and men have cold knees, or vice versa). |
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This motif has been recorded in 25 traditions: Arabs of Egypt, Bali, Lombok, Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por, Stieng, Chrau, Sre (Koho), Maa, Mnong, Li , Ireland, Portuguese, Portugal, Catalan, France, Czech, Czechs, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Latvians, 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), Uzbek, Gagauz, Anatolia Turks, Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights), Icelanders, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Sundanese