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L9D - Sharp hands.
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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 has sharp nails or knife-like hands, which he uses to kill people.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
L9 has 7 other sub-motifsL9. The character's body parts resemble cutting or stabbing weapons. L9a. The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. L9b. The sharp elbows or (rarely) knees of the character resemble knives or awls. L9c. The character kills others with a sharp protrusion on his chest. L9d. The character has sharp nails or knife-like hands, which he uses to kill people. L9e. The anthropomorphic character has a nose resembling a copper or iron beak. L9f. A person with a nose or teeth made of gold or silver is a sign of their demonic nature. L9g. A man's hair or beard of an unusual colour is a sign of his demonic nature. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L9's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H6A | 87.49% | Mortal humans are contrasted with plants, which regularly shed their bark, bloom in spring after winter dormancy, or reproduce vegetatively. See motif H4. |
| L39 | 87.29% | By force or deception, the character forces another to climb down from the tree in order to harm him. |
| L9 | 85.93% | The character's body parts resemble cutting or stabbing weapons. |
| F20 | 85.04% | After copulation, the man and woman are unable to break their embrace. |
| I64 | 84.67% | The Milky Way – traces of animals that walked or ran. |
| I99 | 83.91% | The Pleiades – a group of boys, young men, men or people of different genders, but predominantly male. |
| A35 | 83.79% | Dark spots on the lunar disc – dirt, blood, paint, marks from blows, burns on the body or face of a character; they do not form a specific image. See motif A31. |
| A31 | 83.05% | As a result of intimate contact or romantic conflict, the night light takes on its current appearance – rising from the earth to the sky and/or spots appearing on it, which are now visible. |
| H34F | 80.03% | Baskets or clay vessels carried heavy loads themselves. |
| L43 | 79.99% | Characters dangerous to the hero (demons, robbers, merchants) mistake excrement, insects, snakes and other disgusting things (not intended for food) for something pleasant (edible). |
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This motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu, Southern Solomons: southern part of Santa Ysabel (Bughotu), Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita, Ulawa, Western Ukrainians, Kazakh, Mongols (Khalkha), Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Iglulik, Haida, Cherokee, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Culina, Paumarí, Arauá, Apurina, Cuniba, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians