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M120C - Shared children.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Two animals agree to raise children together. One of them eats the other's children, continuing to pretend that the children are shared and that it does not matter which ones are missing.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
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 |
|---|---|---|
| L81B | 99.81% | The hero's rivals abandon him, cutting off his legs (usually leaving a sword at the entrance to his tent, and when the hero rushes out, the blade wounds him). |
| L10A | 99.76% | A demonic character approaches a man's campfire. The man leaves a log in his place and hides. The character throws himself on the log, mistaking it for a sleeping man; usually, the hunter kills or wounds the demon. |
| I87AC | 99.48% | Something huge gets into a person's eye, which he mistakes for a speck of dust. Usually, a bird carries away an animal or fish and drops a bone into the man's eye. It is difficult to find and remove (to do this, they get into a boat and float it inside the eye, throw a net into the eye, pull it out with oxen, etc.). |
| C33B | 99.23% | The demise of the first race is associated with the appearance of wind. |
| F100A | 99.23% | In order to revive a man or remove an arrowhead (bullet) from his body, a chaste girl or woman must touch (step over) the dead or wounded man. |
| J59C | 99.23% | A character strikes the remains of the deceased with a whip or a lash, and the deceased comes back to life. |
| K167B | 99.23% | A boy is able to determine the sex and colour of a young animal in the womb. |
| K172 | 99.23% | A man describes his daughter to a potential groom as ugly and crippled. The groom agrees to the marriage, and the bride turns out to be beautiful. |
| K182 | 99.23% | A supernatural defender comes to the rescue upon hearing the alarm, but stops doing so after the alarm has been raised in vain. |
| K27U2 | 99.23% | An authoritative character orders to find out where the tumbleweed is rolling or what news it brings. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Bulgarians, Balkarians, Uzbek, Ingush, Rutul, Tsakhur, Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi, Avar, Andi, Akhvakh, Dido (Tsez), Hunsib, Khvarshi, Kazakh, Chechens