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J16 - Refuses to eat insects.
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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 character perishes because, being forced to look for insects in the head of another, he refuses to chew insects, spits them out in disgust, or is suspected of doing so.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B27B | 99.59% | The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become a celestial object. |
| M73 | 98.20% | Two characters compare their excrement or vomit to learn about each other's diet and decide which of them is the more powerful beast. One of them manages to replace the selections. (Traditions in which vomiting is substituted are greasy). |
| K18A | 97.66% | The boy's father is recognised as the man whose bow or arrows he chooses. See motif K18. |
| L9A | 96.54% | The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. |
| C12A | 95.04% | The dog warns of an impending global flood or fire and advises what to do. |
| B27 | 94.95% | The characters ponder what object or creature they should transform into, and once they have made their choice, they undergo metamorphosis. |
| L68 | 93.75% | Left alone (usually at night in a deserted place) with his companion, a man undergoes a monstrous metamorphosis. |
| L31 | 93.62% | People are forced against their will to follow an object, person or animal (usually sticking to it) that carries them far away (usually into water or into the sky). |
| E14 | 93.48% | Rituals received from the spirits of the dead. |
| E13A | 93.25% | Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals were first obtained by humans from the inhabitants of the underwater world. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Menominee, Blackfoot, Comanche, Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Pomo, Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Machiguenga, Yuracare, Chacobo, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Trumai