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L28A - Eating a snake causes a flood.
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Summary of Motif
People (or a certain person) eat the meat of a snake (dragon, unusual fish). This results in a flood, landslide, or the appearance of a river or lake.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L28 has 1 other sub-motifsL28. A person who eats unusual or forbidden meat or fish, or touches something forbidden, turns into a reptile or a fish. L28a. People (or a certain person) eat the meat of a snake (dragon, unusual fish). This results in a flood, landslide, or the appearance of a river or lake. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L28's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K10B | 95.03% | A huge bird carries away to its nest a cage, bag or other container in which people are located. See motif 10A. |
| M56A | 94.36% | A weak character hits a crocodile, but the crocodile is safe. He says he would be killed if the attack hit a specific location. Next time, the same character hits this place and kills a crocodile. |
| L30 | 93.47% | The one who broke the food taboo experiences terrible thirst and drinks a huge amount of water. |
| I80A | 88.27% | Upon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them. |
| E33 | 87.20% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
| F36 | 86.50% | (Adopted) children of a woman or man kill the lover (or spouse of non-human nature) of their father or (adoptive) mother. |
| E34 | 86.31% | The cannibal is killed. From his ashes arise musical instruments taboo for women, used in male rituals. |
| G3 | 86.25% | Cultivated plants or fertile soil for their cultivation are hidden inside the rock. Birds or thunder gods pierce a hole in the rock. |
| B2B | 84.57% | The earth feeds on the people buried in it. See motif B2A. |
| I8E | 84.55% | The sky or the earth is supported by four anthropomorphic male characters located at the four cardinal points. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Gros Ventre, Tzutujil, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Bribri, Cabecar, Terraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza