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L100B1 - Dialogue between the male and the female pigeons




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Source Data from Berezkin's Analytics Catalogue, if using this data please acknowledge and link to it here:
Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.



Summary of Motif

The young man forgets his magic bride and meets another woman. At the last moment a bird tells the story about his real bride and he recalls everything. Usually two birds, a male and a female, have a dialogue in which the female can tell the male that he will be as cruel with her as this youth who has forgotten his bride.

Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures


L10 has 1 other sub-motifs


L10.  The character has a sharp (biting) tail or a protrusion on its back. See motif L9, cf. motif L9C.
L10a.  A demonic character approaches a man's campfire. The man leaves a log in his place and hides. The character throws himself on the log, mistaking it for a sleeping man; usually, the hunter kills or wounds the demon.

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Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

MotifSimilarityMotif Summary
M14199.93%Several animals of different species find themselves in a pit from which they cannot escape. They devour each other, and the last one manages to escape.
K14599.92%A person is predicted to be torn apart by a wolf or to die during a wedding. The prediction turns out to be true. In the case of a wedding, the bride turns into a wolf and kills the groom.
G2599.90%Cereal seeds are scattered across the world, fell to the ground, now people grow bread.
I132B99.90%A girl comes to the Sun to become his wife, but at the last moment undergoes a metamorphosis (usually turning into a bird).
I7B99.90%Lightning – a crack in the sky through which the heavens are visible for a moment.
K102C99.90%The enemy seizes the object that makes the hero invulnerable and kills him. The hero is revived. Changing his appearance, he provokes the enemy to put the magical object on the ground, seizes it again and kills the enemy.
K15099.90%A magical horse (rarely: dog) eats (hot) coals, nails, etc., or attempts are made to feed these to the horse.
K38E299.90%Returning from the underworld to earth, the princess places the objects surrounding her (clothes, house, "kingdom") into a small object (egg, ball of yarn, etc.), which she takes with her.
K56AC99.90%A girl finds herself in a forest hut, where a bear arrives. He orders her to make him a bed out of stones and logs.
L103B199.90%The hero or heroine flees from a demon on the back of a domestic animal (often a bull). When the demon approaches, the animal releases a stream of manure or intestinal gas into its face, and it stops the chase.

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