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L41 - The hero runs away.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
After catching a person, the cannibal carries his prey home, but the captive escapes on the road or at the cannibal's house. See motif L38 (a person falls into a demon's trap).Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L41 has 4 other sub-motifsL41. After catching a person, the cannibal carries his prey home, but the captive escapes on the road or at the cannibal's house. See motif L38 (a person falls into a demon's trap). L41a. The character runs away from his captor, leaving a stone (or a log, sand) in his place. See motif L41. L41a1. When the demon tries to shake the meat out of the bag over the cauldron, stones fall from the bag into the cauldron and it splits, or the boiling water spills out and scalds the demon. L41b. A basket in which a cannibal puts people is smeared or filled with tar. See motifs L41, L42. L41c. A cannibal grabs children as they slide down a hill. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L41's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| J17 | 92.03% | Instead of lice in the character's hair, there are other creatures, or he pretends that such creatures live in his hair. |
| M81 | 91.68% | Wandering, the hero finds himself in a place where blind or blind (two or more) live. |
| J46 | 91.33% | Antagonists perish by falling into water or attempting to cross a water barrier. See motifs J42, J44. |
| L56 | 91.23% | A large animal or monster perishes from a fire kindled in its belly. See motif K8A. |
| A12D | 90.85% | Birds attack the sun or moon during an eclipse (covering them with their wings) or (*) cover the sun during sunrise or sunset. See motif A12. |
| I100B | 90.74% | The Pleiades - a group of people of any gender and age. See motifs i99 - i100A, aggregate data. |
| B3A | 90.19% | The waters are primary. The earth is lowered onto the water, appears above the water, grows from a piece of solid substance placed on the surface of the water or liquid mud, from an island in the ocean, is exposed when the waters recede, etc. |
| I22 | 90.12% | There are objects that, while remaining in place, move constantly or periodically (collide and diverge, fall and rise, open and close, rotate). |
| J4 | 89.95% | The heroes avenge the death (enslavement) of their father, uncle, grandfather, or mother and father, or in general their descendants, with the loss of men being the most painful. |
| K1F | 89.26% | One man traps another, driven by jealousy or the desire to possess his rival's wife. See motifs K1A, K1E, K2A. |
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This motif has been recorded in 96 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Tunisia Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Sakata, Zulu, Swazi, Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale, Southeast Australia: Kamilaroi, Yualarai (Ualarai, Euahlayi), Milpulo (Mailpurgu), Wuradjeri (Wiradjurim, Wiradjeri, Wurundjeri, Yarra, Yarra Yarra), Wongaibon (Wonghibon), Noongahburrah (Narran, Narran River), Kurnai, and many others (see file 0.doc), Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Badu, Waraber, Wet, Warei, Dauar, Badu, Moa, Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Melanesians and Papuans of Northern Solomons: Buka, Bougainville (Siuai, Buin), Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu, Wallis (=Uvea, different from Melanesian Uvea), Futuna, Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu, Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae), Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik, Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan, Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Nepali; Tharu, Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India, Sinhalese; Vedda, Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar, England, British, Bretons, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, Hungarians, Karelians, Western Sami, Norwegians, Swedes, Uzbek, Yagnobi, Tajik, Persians, Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Mansi, Forest Nenets, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas, Shor, Nenets, Southern Selkups, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Udeghe, Nanai, Chukchi, Inland Tlingit, Micmac, Kiowa Apache, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Twana (Skokomish), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Karok, Chumash, Northern Foothills Yokuts (Chukchansi, Dumna, Kechayi), Kawaiisu, Mono (Monache), Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Kitanemuk, Navajo, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Hopi, Chorti, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Sicuani, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Colorado (Tsachila), Karijona, Witoto, Ocaina, Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Paresi, Tapirape, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite), Chorote, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet, Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha), Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)