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J23B - Spears are placed along the path.
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Summary of Motif
To defeat the monster, the young man (twins) prepares spears in advance and leaves them along the supposed retreat route. Fleeing from the monster, the young man throws spears at it one after another and eventually kills it.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J23 has 6 other sub-motifsJ23. People in general or older brothers (siblings, older sister) disappear one after another. A woman raises a boy or twins from infancy. Sometimes, left alone, she miraculously conceives a son or finds a baby. He defeats the antagonists, usually reviving or freeing the missing ones. J23a. A woman cries, and the discharge from her nose (her tears) turns into a boy, who grows up and defeats strong opponents. J23b. To defeat the monster, the young man (twins) prepares spears in advance and leaves them along the supposed retreat route. Fleeing from the monster, the young man throws spears at it one after another and eventually kills it. J23c. People in general or older brothers (siblings, older sister) disappear one after another. A woman raises a boy from infancy or, left alone, miraculously conceives a son or finds a baby. He defeats the antagonists, usually reviving or freeing the missing ones. J23D. People in general or older brothers (siblings, older sister) disappear one after another. A woman raises two twins (or several children) from infancy. They defeat their antagonists, usually reviving or freeing those who have disappeared. j23e. Wanting to make sure that the enemy is really dead, an insect or bird penetrates its body from one end and exits from the other. j23f. Something inanimate incarnates in a human being to solve people's problems and then returns to its original state. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J23's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H12B | 94.67% | In the afterlife, the dead or demons feed on excrement. |
| M111 | 91.60% | Two animals (usually a monkey and a turtle) agree to gather fruit. The one who can climb trees eats the good fruit and throws one peel or rotten fruit to its companion. The companion takes revenge. |
| L85B1 | 91.48% | After ascending to the sky (meeting God, returning from the sky to earth), a physically disabled young man (usually with only half a body) becomes whole. |
| L112 | 91.03% | A physically defective boy is born (tiny, with one head, half a body, etc.). After a series of adventures, he gains physical completeness. |
| D4E1 | 90.87% | The thief or giver of fire, light or sun is the dog. See motif 4A. |
| H4A | 89.65% | People no longer rejuvenate (usually, they do not change their skin), because they were disturbed at the moment of renewal or were not recognised as the same person after renewal. See motif H4. |
| A21A | 89.45% | The moon is an object that was accidentally released by its owners or stolen from them and ended up in the sky. |
| B118 | 89.45% | A character who was unable to reach the sky or returned from the sky to earth becomes an owl. |
| B74B | 89.45% | The owl is forced to part with the moon and now cries out when it sees the moon. Usually, the story tells how the marriage of the owl and the moon fell apart or did not take place. |
| E39A | 89.45% | An animal (snake, pig) conceives from a man's urine and gives birth to a human child (or twins). |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Shilluk, Anuak, Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango, Santa Cruz Islands (incl Nguna, Reef Islands), Southern Vanuatu: Tanna, Aneiteum (Polynesian component not included), Eromanga, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria