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G20 - A woman turns into plants.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Edible (cultivated or wild) plants emerge from the body of an old woman, a young woman or a girl.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 |
|---|---|---|
| E27 | 94.45% | People arise from drops of blood from a wounded anthropomorphic creature. |
| J64 | 93.85% | Without touching the fire or burning, the character rises into the sky or crosses the river on clouds of smoke. |
| G23A | 92.74% | Parts of the body and organs of living beings are transformed into various plants (teeth into corn, testicles into yams, etc.). |
| H9B | 89.80% | People have become like plants, which, although mortal, live on in their descendants (shoots). |
| I96 | 89.62% | A rainbow consisting of blood either heralds war and death. |
| M7 | 89.34% | The character goes to the lower world, to the sky, to the country on the horizon, etc. and waits for someone to give him a ride to his goal. Usually, some animals/birds or celestial bodies follow by, and the last (often the Sun or Month) delivers. |
| E5E | 89.04% | People or animals come out from under the ground or descend from the sky. The two-headed creature following them gets stuck in the opening or is not allowed to come out. |
| A12E | 88.81% | The spider attacks the sun or moon (usually causing lunar eclipses). |
| I33 | 88.78% | The soul on its journey to the afterlife stops at a certain tree. |
| M115 | 87.94% | The character kills an animal that is dangerous to him by cunning. Relatives or friends of the killed animal find out about this and come to take revenge. The character escapes. |
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This motif has been recorded in 39 traditions: Yao, Makua, Sandawe, Papua-NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island), Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru, Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores), Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong, Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei, Sinhalese; Vedda, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Ainu, Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah, Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh), Natchez (incl Avoyel), Alabama, Koasati, Cherokee, Yana, Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture, Waiwai, Wayana, Aparai, Chayahuita , Witoto, Ocaina, Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kayabi, Caraja, Suya, Txukarramae, Lisu, Lolo (incl. Bai), Achang, Yi, Axi, Nasu, Jino, Taungyo, Papua-New Guinea Northern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Komba, Gimi, Susure, Orokaiva, Bogadjim, Ngain, Sentani, Bargam, Imonda, Nankina, Yupta Valley, Urawa Valley, Warupu (Barupu), Pondoma (Anam), Mukulu (Mokilko), Sundanese