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M123C - Unsuccessful flight south.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A non-migratory bird sets off south with migratory birds, but is unable to reach its destination.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 |
|---|---|---|
| I123 | 99.59% | Altair with a small neighbouring star from the constellation Aquila or Vega with a similarly faint star are considered to appear during or immediately after the winter solstice, although they are actually visible before that. |
| F91 | 99.11% | A man finds or breeds monstrous worms to eat his wife. |
| A31A | 98.97% | Upon learning that her husband or lover has committed an act incompatible with accepted norms, a woman cuts off her breast and shows it to him. |
| M123D | 98.90% | A bird from the corvid family is rejected after its mate or relatives discover that it eats carrion or filth. |
| M29A1 | 98.66% | In three or more different episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is raven (crow) |
| K51 | 98.58% | The husband feigns death, disappears or leaves home for a long time. The wife learns that he has married another woman, finds and, as a rule, kills her husband and/or rival, who often turns out to be a creature of non-human nature. |
| E9M | 98.06% | A man marries a bear (white or grizzly) that takes the form of a woman, or a woman who takes the form of a bear. |
| K45 | 97.87% | A man and a woman belonging to different generations (father – daughter, son – mother) come into conflict. The man sails away from the woman in a boat or on a raft, or leaves her on a sledge. When she tries to grab the edge of the boat (raft, sled), he cuts off her fingers. (The common motif among the Warrau and Eskimos was first noted by O. Zerries [Zerries 1954: 346, 376]). |
| K51A | 97.82% | One woman comes to another in the absence of a man and kills her by pushing her rival's head into boiling liquid or pouring boiling water or hot fat into her ear. See motif K51. |
| K45B | 97.80% | A man and a woman belonging to different generations (father – daughter, son – mother) come into conflict, as a result of which the woman turns into a marine mammal, the mistress of marine mammals, or a frog. |
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This motif has been recorded in 13 traditions: Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Evens (Lamuts), Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Inland Tlingit, Athna, Tanana, North Alaskan Inupiat, Copper, Netsilik, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Haida