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L85B1 - Ascending to heaven, he regains his physical wholeness.
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Summary of Motif
After ascending to the sky (meeting God, returning from the sky to earth), a physically disabled young man (usually with only half a body) becomes whole.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L85 has 7 other sub-motifsL85. The character has only half a body (vertically). See also L85C, "Half-chicken". L85a. The character is born as half a person or becomes one as a result of an accident. He or she does not belong to a special category of mythical half-beings and usually regains physical completeness. See motif L85, cf. motif L112. L85b. A pregnant woman curses the Sun, Rain or another powerful character. Because of this, the child is born physically disabled. He possesses magical powers and usually acquires a normal body. L85b1. After ascending to the sky (meeting God, returning from the sky to earth), a physically disabled young man (usually with only half a body) becomes whole. L85c. A character with half a body – a hen, a chick. Sometimes it is only a name, and the character's appearance is more anthropomorphic. L85d. The hero encounters a giant and a strongman (usually a ploughman) with one arm, one leg, or one eye. He was crippled by a character who turned out to be much bigger and stronger than him. L85e. The character is temporarily split vertically into two halves and then rejoined. L85F. The character has only one leg (and one arm), which does not prevent him from moving. Unlike motif L85 (half-creatures), the character has a complete body, not divided in half vertically. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L85's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M111 | 99.97% | Two animals (usually a monkey and a turtle) agree to gather fruit. The one who can climb trees eats the good fruit and throws one peel or rotten fruit to its companion. The companion takes revenge. |
| E8A | 99.75% | Women or people in general emerge from fruits (often coconuts), or fruits or, less commonly, leaves turn into people or only women. Cf. motif k33c. |
| G21 | 99.63% | A coconut palm grows out of the character's head. |
| L112 | 99.51% | A physically defective boy is born (tiny, with one head, half a body, etc.). After a series of adventures, he gains physical completeness. |
| A21A | 98.75% | The moon is an object that was accidentally released by its owners or stolen from them and ended up in the sky. |
| B118 | 98.75% | A character who was unable to reach the sky or returned from the sky to earth becomes an owl. |
| B74B | 98.75% | The owl is forced to part with the moon and now cries out when it sees the moon. Usually, the story tells how the marriage of the owl and the moon fell apart or did not take place. |
| E39A | 98.75% | An animal (snake, pig) conceives from a man's urine and gives birth to a human child (or twins). |
| F43C | 98.75% | The husbands of the first women, Amazons or single women are small animals - usually flying foxes. |
| K32F | 98.75% | A woman or girl raises a bird of prey chick, which brings her food and fire. This usually happens after an evil spirit leaves the girl or young woman in a tree or on an island. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Dogon, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Roti, Simeulue, Nias, Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong, Mono (Monache)