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I28A - Animals cause earthquakes.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes.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
I28 has 1 other sub-motifsI28. Wild or domestic animals live inside a mountain, in a cave or in the underground world, or once came out of there into our world; often animals take on human form underground and have an owner. See motif H18. I28a. Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I28's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| D13C | 100.00% | 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. |
| J36 | 99.65% | The turtle drags the hero's parents under water. |
| J60 | 99.44% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| C9A | 99.00% | During the flood or when crossing a river, those who drowned or were saved turn into aquatic or amphibious animals. |
| E13A | 98.52% | Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals were first obtained by humans from the inhabitants of the underwater world. |
| L9A | 97.63% | The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. |
| F44 | 97.34% | In the community of the first ancestors, women and men quarrel, leave, kill, maim each other, etc. |
| F42 | 97.17% | Feeling wronged, men leave their wives or sisters. |
| F96 | 96.94% | 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. |
| F43 | 96.24% | The women of the community of the first ancestors kill or abandon the men. |
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This motif has been recorded in 3 traditions: Blackfoot, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)