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L90B - Fangs reaching the sky and the earth.
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Summary of Motif
One tooth (fang) of the creature touches the sky, the other reaches the earth or the underworld.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
L90 has 5 other sub-motifsL90. One lip (one fang, horn, etc.) of the creature reaches the sky, while the other drags along the ground. L90a. Describes a house that stands on the legs or a single leg of a bird or small animal and/or rotates (is capable of turning). L90b. One tooth (fang) of the creature touches the sky, the other reaches the earth or the underworld. L90c. One horn of an animal (deer, ram, bull, goat, wolverine) touches the ground, while the other is raised to the sky or reaches the sky. L90d. The hero attaches the upper lip (jaw) of the monster to the sky, and the lower lip to the earth. L90E. Human heads are impaled on stakes outside the house of a dangerous character, and one head is missing (or there is a wall of heads, with one missing). It is assumed that the head of the hero of the story should be there. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L90's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C31C | 100.00% | The bat turns out to be smarter and wiser than other living creatures. |
| I50C | 100.00% | Describes a hoofed animal with a second set of legs on its back that runs either normally or upside down. This makes it tireless. |
| M195B | 100.00% | A person sticks a needle (thread, stick) into the ear of two or three dolls (skulls). In different dolls or skulls, the object comes out of different holes (or does not go inside at all, remains inside, etc.). This refers to people who react differently to what they hear (inattentive, talkative, wise). |
| M23A | 100.00% | The turtle says that before eating it, it must be properly soaked in water, but once in the water, it swims away. |
| M188 | 99.83% | The character is honoured after accidentally acquiring an unusual appearance – getting paint on himself or attaching an object to himself that he cannot remove. |
| K27Z2D | 99.59% | A conflict arises between a pair of birds (sparrows, pigeons, etc.), in which the male is more likely (and more often clearly) to be at fault. This episode serves as the starting point for a story about the relationships between people of noble origin. |
| M114B2 | 99.39% | A man (an authoritative character) asks a girl (a subordinate) a question about the number of routine actions she has performed (or small items she has), which no one counts. She asks a counter-question about the number of similar actions performed by the questioner. |
| K116C | 99.31% | In order to take possession of the girl, the priest arranges for her father to agree to place her in a chest (barrel) and lower it into the river (leave it in a deserted area). |
| M60A2 | 99.12% | The servant must lick the master or mistress's feet or wound. The hero comes disguised as a servant and instead of licking his heels, touches them with the animal's cut off tongue. |
| M83C | 99.00% | Animals argue who of them gets drunk easier. The last one falls down because he becomes drunk as soon as somebody talks about alcohol |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Nepali; Tharu, Lepcha, Ossetians, Georgians, Kalmyk