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G10 - The tree is suspended from the sky.
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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 tree whose trunk has been cut down remains hanging because it is held up from above.Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| G8C | 99.76% | The first ancestors try to cut down a tree (less often a high rock) to get useful plants hanging on the branches (at the top) or water or fish in the trunk. The damage disappears as soon as the workers are distracted from their work, or periodically. |
| J22D | 99.51% | Foreigners or animals of two different species emerge from a single person or animal cut in half. |
| L1E | 99.26% | A monstrous bird is created from a small amount of human or animal flesh (usually from the heart) or from lumps of manioc starch. |
| G11 | 99.24% | The squirrel plays an important role in cutting down a giant tree (usually chopping or trying to chop the vine that holds it, see motif G10). |
| B7D | 99.03% | Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth. |
| I129 | 99.03% | The rainy season is associated with the appearance of the Heron constellation in the sky. |
| L7B | 99.03% | While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, he mistakenly throws himself after a calabash floating down the river. |
| B66 | 99.00% | Characters climb to the sky using a rope or chain of arrows; when it falls to the ground, it turns into forest vines. See motif J47. |
| C15 | 99.00% | A monstrous jaguar (puma) is locked in a cave or tree trunk. |
| C34A | 99.00% | A supernatural character goes with people to catch fish or lives on the sand by the river; he is buried in the sand or thrown into the river, into a swamp, or otherwise persecuted. Usually, he himself or his father sends a flood. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Bacop, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan, Sicuani, Cuiva, Guayabero, Yaruro, Makiritare (Yecuana), Piaroa, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Hixkariyana, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Waorani, Kofan, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Andoque, Witoto, Ocaina, Yagua, Caraja