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L74A - Hanged over the hearth.

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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 enemy carries the hero away or tears off and carries away part of his body, after which he hangs his victim or part of his body (usually over a fire) in order to cause the victim torment. Another character rescues the hero himself or returns the stolen part of his body to him.

Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits

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

L74 has 1 other sub-motifs L74.  A bear or other powerful character tears off and carries away another character's hand. A third character steals the hand and returns it to the one from whom it was torn off. L74a.  The enemy carries the hero away or tears off and carries away part of his body, after which he hangs his victim or part of his body (usually over a fire) in order to cause the victim torment. Another character rescues the hero himself or returns the stolen part of his body to him.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L74's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

Motif	Similarity	Motif Summary
M86	98.79%	A rock stalks or otherwise punishes a character when he unfairly insults her (usually takes away her property, see motive L33).
M22A	98.76%	In a foreign house, in a foreign country, where the hero finds himself, the crane or heron is a watchman who must raise the alarm in case of strangers appearing.
K19G	98.54%	One star is an old man, the other is a young man; both stars differ in brightness or colour, but it is impossible to determine the age of the star-man by these characteristics (a dim star may be young and vice versa); usually two girls want to marry stars of different types (one bright, the other dim, one red, the other blue, etc.). See motif K19B.
L33A	98.37%	The trickster takes an object lying on or near a rock or other inanimate object, which he has given to that object. The object pursues or otherwise punishes the offender. See motif L33.
L33E	98.17%	The trickster demands back or takes the cloak belonging to the skale or another character (usually he himself had previously given this cloak as a gift).
F68	98.15%	A woman pretends to be dead or actually dies. Her (former) lover comes to her grave. She goes with him, trying to avoid exposure, puts on men's clothes, but is eventually recognised.
M29C	98.15%	See the motives in square brackets.
L33F	97.58%	A rock or boulder pursues a character. The character calls for help, and the nightjar splits the rock into pieces.
L98	97.38%	The demon that carries off children and threatens heroes, people, etc., is the eagle owl; there is a race of owls that is hostile to humans.
J61	97.17%	The character has the ability to move or hover in the air like a feather or a fluff.

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 13 traditions: Chugach, Inland Tlingit, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Menominee, Winnebago, Hidatsa, Comox, Pentlatch, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Karok, Hupa, Chilula, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet

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