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I23 - Slamming door, K736.
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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 door of the house opens and slams shut by itself, crushing those entering or leaving. See motif I22.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
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 |
|---|---|---|
| C16 | 96.55% | Contrary to human desire, processed skins, tools, and (meat) food (again) turn into (those) animals (from whose body parts they were made). Cf. motif M84. |
| H36FF | 95.18% | The raven (crow) or other large bird of prey tries to kill people and/or is responsible for the fact that humans (tigres: domestic animals) are mortal or susceptible to disease. |
| K27A | 95.12% | Test: spend the night in the cold (the antagonist tries to destroy the hero in this way). See motif K27. Compare motif M35: two zoomorphic characters compete to see which of them will sit out the night in the cold. |
| M29X1 | 94.70% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| M49 | 94.48% | The hero meets a character from the enemy camp and, taking on his form, penetrates enemies. Usually, the hero kills the person he meets and puts on his skin. |
| L56 | 93.82% | A large animal or monster perishes from a fire kindled in its belly. See motif K8A. |
| B85 | 93.55% | The wind blows too strongly, it is forced to calm down. |
| K27O3 | 93.30% | Two groups of characters compete in overcoming trials or play a game, divided into two teams (at least two episodes with different characters on both sides). The participants are either anthropomorphic but possess different unusual abilities, or they are different animals (natural phenomena, elements, etc.). Cf. motif K27xy (Characters with different properties in opposing camps). |
| M84B1 | 92.51% | A person enters a country from where fish come to people (and comes back). |
| B44E | 92.44% | First ancestors (usually birds or animals) argue with each other about the length of time periods in the calendar or daily cycle, or about the desirability of the dominance of cold and dark or warm and light times. See motif B44. |
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This motif has been recorded in 20 traditions: Semang, Senoi, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Sicily, Sicilians, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug, Georgians, Chukchi, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), North Alaskan Inupiat, Netsilik, Baffin Land Inuit, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Chilkotin, Comox, Pentlatch, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Tillamook, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)