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K13C - The cannibal's daughter avenges her mother on her husband.
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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 cannibal's daughter takes revenge on her husband for her mother's death and manages to cut off his leg. See motif K13A.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K13 has 3 other sub-motifsK13a. The character's leg (rarely: both legs) is cut off, bitten off, torn off, or damaged. The character ascends to the sky: to the moon; becomes the moon; turns into a star or constellation; becomes the sun; blood flowing from the leg colours the sky. K13b. A man crosses a body of water on the back of a caiman. The caiman bites off his leg. The cripple undergoes a metamorphosis, turning into a constellation or an animal. K13c. The cannibal's daughter takes revenge on her husband for her mother's death and manages to cut off his leg. See motif K13A. K13d. A group of boys reaches the sky, the last one's leg is cut off or torn off. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K13's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F12 | 99.02% | A husband kills his wife by inserting her lover's severed penis into her body. |
| F28B | 98.57% | A woman uses a penis made of wax, wood, fruit or root. Usually her husband or male relative smears it with pepper, and the woman is maimed or killed. |
| M76 | 98.02% | A woman cuts off a man's leg when he climbs a tree; a man cuts off a woman's leg when she climbs a tree. See K13A motif. |
| E14A | 97.01% | People kill demons, examine their bodies, make ritual costumes and masks, reproducing the appearance of the slain. |
| A27 | 96.90% | The light and/or heat of the sun and/or moon is contained in their crowns, necklaces or clothing (made of feathers or animal teeth). |
| B17 | 96.61% | Darkness is a special object that can be carried and transferred (usually brought from the original owner in a vessel or bag). |
| C11 | 95.69% | A father with magical powers destroys people (all or many) who have insulted or harmed his son. |
| E3 | 95.69% | After the destruction of the previous world, new people (rarely: new earth) are made from the remains of the dead. |
| F27 | 95.60% | It is dangerous for girls or women to approach water (water creatures drag them away or swallow them; a girl who approaches water dies; she becomes pregnant by a snake; through her fault, a flood or other disaster occurs; water spirits themselves come to a girl who has her first period). |
| M8 | 95.36% | Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Guajiro, Sicuani, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Akawai, Locono, Orinoco Kariña, Yaruri, Tamanak