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G15 - Corn girls.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
In another world or in the past, products or materials used by humans look or looked like people.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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C14 | 96.82% | During or on the eve of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness), animals or monsters attack people. (See motif C13A (rebellion of things: animated objects and/or domestic animals threaten people, attack them).) |
| E1A | 95.31% | The first humans are made of fragile materials (clay, wax, fire, honey, etc.) and prove to be unviable. |
| A11B | 94.94% | The sun or moon has one eye (usually the second eye is knocked out or sucked out, but sometimes the reason is not explained; among the Munduruku, the sun of the rainy season has lost both eyes, while the sun of the dry season has retained both). See motif 11A. |
| A11A | 94.07% | The visible sun or moon are their eyes; if the eyes of the luminaries were not damaged, it would be much brighter and hotter. |
| D1A3 | 93.55% | A man marries a woman who is fire. She is mistreated, or her husband does not like her, and the marriage breaks down. |
| G9A | 93.55% | The field that was cultivated the day before turns back into virgin soil by morning. |
| L58 | 93.42% | A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature. |
| A24 | 93.27% | The first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones. |
| L26 | 92.35% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 92.35% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
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This motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu), Juang, Bondo, Didayi (Gata'), Gutob (=Gadaba; cf Dravidian-speaking Gadaba), Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Mandan, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Karok, Zuni, Huichol, Yucatec, Itza, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Guajiro, Aguaruna, Huambiza, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Aimara, Machiguenga, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga