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K21A - Woman returns from heaven.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A celestial being marries an earthly woman. She longs to return to earth and secretly descends from her husband.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K21 has 1 other sub-motifsK21. A girl ends up in the sky and gets married there. K21a. A celestial being marries an earthly woman. She longs to return to earth and secretly descends from her husband. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K21's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| D4M | 99.01% | The thief comes to the owners of fire or light. They feast or dance. He joins them and steals their valuables when the moment is right. See motif D4A. |
| L1B1 | 98.95% | A woman comes into conflict with her brothers and turns into a dangerous demon. |
| F64 | 98.76% | The character is presented as another person in order to mate with a close relative in the descending or (less commonly) ascending line. |
| A32B1 | 98.63% | A woman sits (jumps) on the face (back) of the Moon Man and is now visible in the silhouette of the moon spots. |
| F18C | 98.58% | The character sees a girl on the other side of the river and copulates with her in an unusual way (sends his penis across the river; turns it into a bridge for the girl to cross the river; into a dam that blocks the river in front of her; dives, swimming up to the girl underwater; sends an object into the girl's vagina). See motif F18B. |
| M59 | 98.40% | A small animal asks a large one to transport it across the river; consistently rejects all the seats on the carrier's body that he offers; climbs to where the carrier is You can kill when the crossing is over. |
| L33F | 98.21% | A rock or boulder pursues a character. The character calls for help, and the nightjar splits the rock into pieces. |
| F28C | 98.17% | A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting. |
| I105 | 98.05% | One of the constellations is associated with the hand (with five marked fingers). |
| J34 | 97.83% | After killing a dangerous enemy, the heroes make a scarecrow out of him to frighten the household. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara), Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Arapaho, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Twana (Skokomish), Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Washo, Lacandon