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K117B - Stuck Together, ATU 571, 571B.
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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 hero causes various people (and animals) to stick to each other (or to objects).Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K11 has 5 other sub-motifsK11. Brothers (brother and sister) kill a monstrous bird. Its eyes turn into heavenly bodies (among the Oaxacan Indians) or something else (among the present-day Condors of the Yokuts). K11a. Plucked feathers of a (huge) bird turn into actual birds (or their plumage) or humans emerge from them. K11a1. Pieces of flesh or feathers from a monstrous/unusual bird turn into present-day birds (or their plumage). K11b. The bones of a huge bird are turned into reeds or bamboo for making arrows or sarbacanes. K11C. The plucked feathers of a huge bird turn into plants. K11D. Pieces of flesh from a huge creature that has fallen apart or been cut into pieces turn into ordinary animals, birds or fish. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K11's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K100F1 | 99.78% | A man (king) catches a strange (anthropomorphic) creature. His son releases the wondrous captive (after which he flees from his father's wrath or is banished). The freed captive helps him. Cf. motif K161. |
| M81E | 99.74% | young man undertakes to herd cattle and is warned not to cross the borders of a giant, dragon, witch, etc. The young man violates the ban and kills a giant. |
| M135 | 99.72% | Two ungulates – usually after the wolf agrees to share the meadow between them – gore the predator from both sides, killing or maiming it. |
| K38B3 | 99.71% | A powerful bird or other flying creature helps a person for taking care of its chicks/offspring: feeding them, sheltering them, decorating them, etc. |
| M199B | 99.70% | A man and his opponent agree to test their strength by throwing a stone. The opponent throws the stone, and the man releases a bird he had hidden beforehand. The bird does not return, and the opponent admits defeat. |
| M114I | 99.70% | When asked where her father, mother, brother, etc. are, the girl or boy answers in such a way that only an intelligent person can guess what is meant (father went to make an enemy out of a friend, mother went to make one out of two, etc.); or the girl explains the meaning of similar phrases uttered by others. |
| M136 | 99.70% | Some people do not know what to do with cutting tools; they try to use tools that are not suitable for these purposes instead. |
| K131D | 99.68% | Mention is made of footwear that allows the character to quickly cover enormous distances. |
| M154B | 99.67% | The husband (rarely: son) stays at home instead of his wife (mother), but does everything poorly and ineptly. |
| M106A | 99.66% | The character who caused the damage calls himself by a fictitious name such as "Nobody," "I Myself," etc. Usually, others decide that the victim himself is to blame for what happened. |
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This motif has been recorded in 69 traditions: Arabs of Egypt, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Viet, Muong, Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki, Bengali, Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani), Sinhalese; Vedda, Ireland, England, British, Bretons, Spain, Spaniards, Portuguese, Portugal, Basques, Aragon, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, France, Dutch, Flemish, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Poles, Czech, Czechs, Slovakians, Slovaks, Hungarians, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Croatians, Croats; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians), Slovenians, Slovenes, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Karelians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Danish, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Uzbek, Persians, Ossetians, Avar, Andi, Akhvakh, Tats, Armenians, Kalmyk, Gagauz, Anatolia Turks, Uyghur, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Mari (Cheremis), Chuvash, Udmurt, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Central Yakuts (Sakha), Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Icelanders, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Germans: South (Upper German dialects): Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Bawaria, Swabia, Switzerland, Bohemia, Sudeten, Austria, Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori, Frisians, Faroe Islands, Bosnians, Japan, Russian Federation