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G12C - The fox brings plants 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
The fox or coyote ascends to the sky and, upon returning, spreads plants across the earth that previously only existed in the sky.Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
G12 has 3 other sub-motifsG12. A huge tree bearing various fruits and/or containing water in its trunk grows out of a human body or is a transformed human being. G12a. Cultivated plants arise from drops of blood or flow like blood from cuts on the body of a human or animal. G12b. Cultivated plants – a gift from a male star or female star. G12c. The fox or coyote ascends to the sky and, upon returning, spreads plants across the earth that previously only existed in the sky. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of G12's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| J3 | 94.28% | A woman conceives a son or twins in a way that is incomprehensible to her; the reason is that when she sits on the ground, a male character (animal) creeps under the ground and fertilises her from below. |
| I37D | 92.45% | Mushrooms are the excrement of a mythological character. See motif I37. |
| K46 | 92.39% | In a fit of fear or shame, a woman or girl runs to the sea, throws herself into the water or hides on the shore. The suitor tries in vain to catch up with her. |
| F96 | 91.96% | A girl or wife rejects an unattractive man. He becomes handsome (usually after encountering a supernatural being), and those who treated him badly are punished. |
| K18A | 90.96% | The boy's father is recognised as the man whose bow or arrows he chooses. See motif K18. |
| M12 | 90.81% | Unable, unwilling or unable to obtain game (fish), the hunter (fisherman) cuts flesh from his own body, removes his own entrails and collects his blood. He usually offers this to others under the guise of animal meat or fish. Alternatively, a woman cuts flesh from her own leg to feed her husband. |
| J60 | 90.23% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| K11A1 | 89.51% | Pieces of flesh or feathers from a monstrous/unusual bird turn into present-day birds (or their plumage). |
| D13C | 89.44% | Two companions or brothers live together. The older one has a wife, whom he hides. To discover her, the younger one, left alone in the house, makes her laugh. |
| I28A | 89.44% | Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes. |
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This motif has been recorded in 3 traditions: Aimara, Atacameño, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete