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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 character embodying fertility and life, who first disappears and then (periodically) returns.Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I75 | 94.04% | Before the emergence of the present world or present humans, there were others (at least two worlds or races). |
| M63 | 93.16% | Before reaching the part of the body that is most suitable for certain purposes, others are named or tried. (Cf. Motive F22: The enumeration is related to finding the partner's genitals). |
| K22 | 91.81% | The inhabitants of a distant land, who differ from (ordinary) people, occasionally fight off enemies of a non-human nature who attack them. |
| F9A | 91.71% | There are teeth, blades or sharp stones in a woman's vagina or on the inside of her thighs; the vagina is a toothy mouth. (Only texts with a focus on authenticity are taken into account, not anecdotes). |
| K27C | 91.69% | Test: to remain alive when coming into contact with piercing, cutting, or crushing instruments. See motif K27. |
| H32A | 90.86% | A young woman is the embodiment of fertility; she comes to live with people, and food becomes readily available. The woman is wronged, she leaves, and the superabundance ends. |
| A17 | 90.70% | Having travelled halfway across the sky or the underworld, the Sun stops to rest. |
| E1B | 90.24% | A character made of unsuitable material and turns out to be short-lived or poorly suited to performing his functions. |
| J4 | 90.21% | The heroes avenge the death (enslavement) of their father, uncle, grandfather, or mother and father, or in general their descendants, with the loss of men being the most painful. |
| F94 | 89.99% | A man ascends to the upper world, where he can choose a wife associated with either life or death. |
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This motif has been recorded in 35 traditions: Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Ugarit, Phoenicia, Dogon, Early Chinese written sources, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Ancient Greece, Karelians, Western Sami, Karachays, Balkar, Ainu, Athna, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Lenape (Delaware), Blackfoot, Shawnee, Kiowa Apache, Crow, Tillamook, Pomo, Yokuts, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Hopi, Zuni, Papago, Huichol, Kekchi; Mopan, Rama, Guatuso, Boruca (Brunka), Guayabero, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Puinave, Mustang, Lao, Ingrians, Phoenicia