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M175 - A lion carcass behind a hyena.
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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 hyena sees the carcass of a larger predator behind it, does not realise that it is dead, and runs away in terror.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
M17 has 2 other sub-motifsM17. A wife, mother or grandmother directs the arrow of a blind man or boy at game, lies that he missed, cooks and eats the meat herself. See motif M16 (man is blind, K333.1). M17a. The mother or grandmother of a blind man or boy secretly eats (the meat or fish he has caught), pretending that there is no food in the house. M17b. The wife directs the blind man's arrow at game, lies that he has missed, and eats the meat herself. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M17's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K170 | 99.89% | The character sets off in search of a place where there are no ordinary creatures that live everywhere (water without frogs, air without flies). |
| B42R | 99.02% | The three stars of Orion's Belt are three characters chasing each other. |
| M29W1 | 98.23% | As a result of their stupidity or antisocial behavior, the leopard (panther, leopard) dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| B2G | 98.06% | The chameleon walked on the ground when it had not yet hardened. |
| B98B | 98.06% | The Bat comes into conflict with other creatures in connection with someone's death or funeral. |
| B98C | 98.06% | The heavenly deity could have healed the bat's mother or child, but did not do so, and they died. |
| C30B | 98.06% | In response to the claims of an animal or spirit, a person offers to remove their traces from the field or to walk without leaving any traces. The spirit is unable to do so. |
| D13HH | 98.06% | A person visiting another world should not laugh or show surprise when seeing strange things. Those who break this rule will perish or suffer harm. |
| E1B1 | 98.06% | A man who has married an unusual girl is warned that she must not perform certain tasks or eat certain foods. Other members of his household ensure that the young woman breaks the prohibition, and as a result she dies or disappears. |
| E31B | 98.06% | Several women participate in reviving a dead man and argue about who did more to revive him. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot, Tsamai (Tsamako), Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji, Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Kamba, Tharaka