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K85B - Three-legged horse.
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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 three-legged horse is distinguished by its strength and speed, and is ridden by a rider of non-human nature.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
K85 has 5 other sub-motifsK85. The antagonist owns the fastest horse. The hero obtains an even faster horse (usually the brother or sister of this horse), which is the only one that surpasses the antagonist's horse and usually orders the antagonist to throw off his rider. K85a. When assessing the speed of a horse, the speed of thought (lightning, or something else) and wind are compared. K85b. The three-legged horse is distinguished by its strength and speed, and is ridden by a rider of non-human nature. K85c. A three-legged horse is strong and fast, but its four-legged brother is faster. K85d. Covered with skins (coated with resin and sprinkled with sand, etc.), the mighty horse becomes invulnerable to the bites of other horses. K85e. Magical horses live in water. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K85's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
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This motif has been recorded in 13 traditions: Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan, France, 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, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Karachays, Balkar, Ossetians, Ingush, Nogai, Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz, Mordvins, Nanai