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J39 - Who killed the rabbit?
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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 antagonist makes the woman his slave. Other characters secretly come to her and kill a small animal or bird for her. The antagonist suspects that the woman could not have caught the game herself, but she insists that she did.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 |
|---|---|---|
| I105 | 99.95% | One of the constellations is associated with the hand (with five marked fingers). |
| B44D | 99.93% | Night and day alternate because the slain beast was black and white, spotted. |
| I37E | 99.93% | Tree mushrooms cry out like people. |
| K27V | 99.93% | The character must hit the bird with an arrow or a stone. (Cf. motif K27M, where it is not the accuracy of the archer that is important, but the unusual appearance of the creature that needs to be caught). |
| L1C | 99.93% | Those fleeing from the monstrous bear ascend to the sky and turn into stars. |
| M29D | 99.93% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| L1B | 99.23% | A young woman turns into a monstrous bear and kills most people except her younger sister (Ojibwa: the younger sister of her former husband). Their brothers (or one brother) return from hunting and kill the bear, or she dies while chasing them. Cf. motif L65D. |
| L33F | 99.13% | A rock or boulder pursues a character. The character calls for help, and the nightjar splits the rock into pieces. |
| F28C | 98.90% | A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. |
| M37 | 98.70% | Although the character's head or entire body is cut in two with an ax or split with a stick, the character remains unharmed. Cf. motive J22. |
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This motif has been recorded in 20 traditions: Chukchi, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Arikara, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Kiowa, Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Crow, Shuswap, Chumash, Owens Valley Paiute, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Northern Shoshone, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi