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M192A - Dried belts.
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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 agrees to have a freshly removed skin put on him or to be wrapped in wet belts. The skin or belts cause suffering or death (usually because they dry out and shrink).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 |
|---|---|---|
| M132 | 100.00% | The enemy is ready to seize the character. The character asks the enemy to first take and throw away his clothes or shoes, and then offers his ears. The enemy grabs him by the ears and throws him away, and the character runs away. |
| M29W1 | 97.58% | As a result of their stupidity or antisocial behavior, the leopard (panther, leopard) dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| K170 | 97.18% | The character sets off in search of a place where there are no ordinary creatures that live everywhere (water without frogs, air without flies). |
| H36D | 97.13% | The hare distorts God's command and/or is responsible for the fact that humans are mortal. See motif H36. |
| M175 | 97.07% | The hyena sees the carcass of a larger predator behind it, does not realise that it is dead, and runs away in terror. |
| B2F1 | 96.90% | (While the earth does not yet exist or has not yet hardened), birds bury the dead in their bodies – usually in their beaks or heads, which explains the unpleasant smell or the origin of the crest, swelling on the beak, etc. |
| L108B2 | 96.90% | To acquire a thin voice, the character allows ants to bite his tongue. |
| M172 | 96.57% | To show that a strong character is his slave, a riding animal, the weak one adjusts so that the strong one takes him along. Those around them are convinced of the truthfulness of the weak one. |
| M29X | 96.27% | As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the hyena dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| B42R | 95.72% | The three stars of Orion's Belt are three characters chasing each other. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.), Algeria Arabs, Geez, Tigrai, Tigre, Hausa, Susu, Songhai, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Mukulu (Mokilko), Morocco