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F92 - A pair of pederasts.
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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 male character allows himself to be used as a sexual object.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B59 | 97.42% | A group of people (usually children, brothers or sisters) play, dance, rise to the sky and turn into the Pleiades or another small constellation. |
| B65 | 96.49% | A mischievous character imitates other animal-people. As a result, his belly is torn open and his spilled intestines turn into vines. |
| L68 | 96.33% | Left alone (usually at night in a deserted place) with his companion, a man undergoes a monstrous metamorphosis. |
| L29 | 93.76% | A person catches fish where it should not be, usually in a small forest pond isolated from running water; those who eat this fish die, undergo metamorphosis and/or are attacked by monsters. See motif L28. |
| K10A | 92.18% | Heroes kill a dangerous bird; during or before the battle, they hide in a shelter (hut, cage, vessel, sack, well) or cover themselves with an object that protects the body. |
| M8B | 92.18% | Animals, and often birds, struggle to break through the rock to get water or honey hidden inside it. |
| C12A | 91.69% | The dog warns of an impending global flood or fire and advises what to do. |
| L31B | 91.43% | Upon discovering a reptile on land, people touch it or sit on it, stick to it, and it crawls away with them into the water. See motif L31. |
| B27B | 90.08% | The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become a celestial object. |
| L31 | 89.52% | People are forced against their will to follow an object, person or animal (usually sticking to it) that carries them far away (usually into water or into the sky). |
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This motif has been recorded in 18 traditions: Batak (Toba, Dairi), Svans, Arapaho, Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Arikara, Pawnee, Assiniboine, Crow, Ute, Guajiro, Cuiva, Tenetehara, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Tapirape, Mataco, Toba (incl Pilagá)