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J59C - Reviving the dead with a whip.
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Summary of Motif
A character strikes the remains of the deceased with a whip or a lash, and the deceased comes back to life.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J59 has 4 other sub-motifsJ59. To reach the sky, one must shoot an arrow that will pierce the vault of heaven. See motif J58; see motif J59A: a man flies after or on an arrow (without the motif of an arrow piercing the vault of heaven). J59a. After shooting an arrow (rarely: throwing a ball), a person flies on it, behind it or in front of it, or sends another person on the flying arrow. Cf. motif J59. J59b. To revive the dead, the character shoots an arrow into the sky or throws an object. It is assumed that the dead, fearing the falling object, will come back to life and run away. J59c. A character strikes the remains of the deceased with a whip or a lash, and the deceased comes back to life. J59d. The character steps or jumps over the remains of the slain, and the latter comes back to life. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J59's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C33B | 100.00% | The demise of the first race is associated with the appearance of wind. |
| F100A | 100.00% | In order to revive a man or remove an arrowhead (bullet) from his body, a chaste girl or woman must touch (step over) the dead or wounded man. |
| K167B | 100.00% | A boy is able to determine the sex and colour of a young animal in the womb. |
| K172 | 100.00% | A man describes his daughter to a potential groom as ugly and crippled. The groom agrees to the marriage, and the bride turns out to be beautiful. |
| K182 | 100.00% | A supernatural defender comes to the rescue upon hearing the alarm, but stops doing so after the alarm has been raised in vain. |
| K27U2 | 100.00% | An authoritative character orders to find out where the tumbleweed is rolling or what news it brings. |
| K73B2 | 100.00% | It is necessary to boil the pot by telling an incredible but nevertheless true story. |
| L103A | 100.00% | A girl, a young woman, runs away from a demonic character; she manages to run home, but her relatives do not open the door. The pursuer finds and eats her. (A musical instrument is made from her hair or intestines). (Overview of variants in Rakhno 2016: 475-484). |
| L110B | 100.00% | The stomach (spleen) removed from the body of a domestic animal or bird turns out to be a voracious monster. |
| L90C | 100.00% | One horn of an animal (deer, ram, bull, goat, wolverine) touches the ground, while the other is raised to the sky or reaches the sky. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Tats, Georgians, Kara Kalpak, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians