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L70 - Aborted fruit.
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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 character is killed or maimed by an object dropped from above, the fall of which he expects, but has a false idea of its nature or weight (fruit, piece of bark, turtle, log, etc.).Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B7B | 95.48% | The sea (flood, river) flows out of a small container. |
| A5 | 94.56% | The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (rarely) has no gender. |
| D4A | 94.43% | Fire is stolen from its original owner, returned to people by the thief, or (the motif of theft is not expressed) brought with difficulty from a distant place. |
| J4 | 94.39% | 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. |
| M8A | 93.85% | Animals, and more often birds, find it difficult to break through a rock from the outside or inside, make a hole in the tree, in the body of an absorber creature, tear fetters, etc., to help a character or get out of the confined space by yourself. The list <b><i>includes</i></b> groups whose texts deal with the exit of the first ancestors to earth from a confined space. |
| M11 | 93.62% | The character gives others food extracted from his or someone else's body or contaminated with bodily secretions, without revealing the source of the food. |
| M76 | 93.34% | A woman cuts off a man's leg when he climbs a tree; a man cuts off a woman's leg when she climbs a tree. See K13A motif. |
| J50 | 92.92% | The father or mother of twin heroes dies or is killed. An attempt to revive the deceased fails. |
| J29 | 92.78% | Murdered parents themselves inform their children about the circumstances of their death. |
| I47 | 92.70% | The rainbow smells disgusting, is associated with foul-smelling animals, is a stream of excretions, is associated with the lower body, causes inflammation or skin diseases, and is associated with death. |
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This motif has been recorded in 91 traditions: Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara), Kalenjin; including Sabaot, Nandi (Nande), Arusha, Kipsigis, Pokot (Suk), Keiyo (Elgeiyo), Marakwet, Sebeei, Yao, Makua, Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo, Sakata, Yaka (in Angola and Congo), Herero (Herrero), Limba, Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Batak (Toba, Dairi), Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Early Chinese written sources, France, Yazgulami, Sarikoli, Georgians, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Southern Selkups, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Yankton/Yanktonai, Assiniboine, Crow, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Nez Perce, Quinault, Tillamook, Kalapuya, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Klamath, Modoc, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Cherokee, Pomo, Yana, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Chemehuevi, Navajo, Jicarilla, Zuni, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Mestizos of Soconuzco; Cotzumapguapa iconography, Pipil, Chontal, Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Chorti, Kekchi; Mopan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Piaroa, Wayapi, Emerillon, Cañari, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Karijona, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tariana, Yagua, Juruna, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Tacana, Chacobo, Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Rikbaktsa, Kayabi, Paresi, Bororo, Kaingang, Xokleng, Chamacoco (Ishir), Toba (incl Pilagá), Caduveo, Mbaya, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Wallons, Picardie, Yughs, Morocco