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K62A1 - A man nurses a wounded eagle.
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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 man saves (spares) and nurses a wounded bird. Having regained its strength, the bird puts him on its back and carries him to a distant land or to the sky.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K62 has 2 other sub-motifsK62. Animals, birds, etc. fight or play with each other, divided into two hostile camps. The stakes are high, often life itself. {Data incomplete}. ATU 222. B261, war between birds and animals. ATU 222A. B261.1, the bat joins first one side, then the other. K2323.1, the raised tail of a fox serves as a signal. K62a. A mouse (rat, mole, etc.) and a bird quarrel after failing to divide their winter supplies. (This episode usually serves as the beginning of a story about a war between birds and animals). K62a1. A man saves (spares) and nurses a wounded bird. Having regained its strength, the bird puts him on its back and carries him to a distant land or to the sky. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K62's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C32C | 99.37% | Nails (and hair) have special significance for a person's fate, their soul or the world as a whole. (Compound motif). |
| H48 | 98.83% | Illnesses – female sisters (less often male brothers), usually children of an evil spirit. |
| L94A | 98.71% | When a person leans over the water, a demon grabs him by the beard and releases him on the promise that he will fulfil his demand. |
| H6C | 98.54% | The raven (crow, vulture) is associated with death or contrasted with humans as immortal among mortals (sent to bring the elixir of immortality or water that revives the dead; drinks this water himself; teaches people funeral rites; etc.). |
| K161 | 98.41% | A character who has deprived a dragon (demon, thunder) of its freedom orders others not to unlock the dungeon (not to enter a certain room, not to give the chained creature anything to drink, etc.). The prohibition is violated, the chained creature is freed, which leads to disaster. Cf. motif K100f1. |
| K66D | 98.35% | A boy who grew up (was conceived) in a bear's den (lion's cave) becomes a bogatyr. |
| B52B | 98.25% | The character regurgitates the earth hidden (usually in his mouth), thereby creating mountains, swamps, and other inconveniences. See motif B52. |
| K120A4 | 98.19% | The character must fill a vessel with tears (pour them on the floor). |
| K15B | 98.16% | By secretly switching the vessels containing living and dead (giving and taking away strength) water (rarely: oil, etc.), from which the combatants drink during a duel, the hero defeats his opponent. |
| B35A | 98.09% | The tree asks not to be cut down and fulfils the man's wishes. When they go beyond what is reasonable, the tree turns the man into a bear. |
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This motif has been recorded in 30 traditions: Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Ireland, England, British, Bretons, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Setu, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Georgians, Armenians, Kalmyk, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Udmurt, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Khakas, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Russian Federation