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M28 - Icarus(failed flight on artificial wings), K1041.1.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
When able to take off, the character takes off but falls or stays in a remote place from where he can no longer take off.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 |
|---|---|---|
| M89 | 94.14% | A character is humiliated after an object or creature made of wax, resin, or excrement that he made himself or that he thought was strong melts warmly, the present. |
| K18 | 93.80% | A boy is born whose father (rarely mother) is unknown. He chooses his true father (mother), who usually occupies the lowest social position. Usually, a group of men or women gather together, each of whom wants the boy to choose him or her. |
| E1B | 92.25% | A character made of unsuitable material and turns out to be short-lived or poorly suited to performing his functions. |
| K8C | 91.98% | The character enters the belly of an ordinary land animal, kills it from within (K952) and/or returns to the outside without outside help. Cf. motif M118. |
| D4A | 90.24% | Fire is stolen from its original owner, returned to people by the thief, or (the motif of theft is not expressed) brought with difficulty from a distant place. |
| A5 | 90.21% | The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (rarely) has no gender. |
| M30 | 89.77% | character who has no natural wings or can't fly long distances rises into the air, but falls or, having lost its wings, stays where he can't return from. (The motive includes several options, but even when taken together, they don't cover the whole world. Texts with M25 and M28 motifs are counted as including the M30 motif). |
| J46 | 89.75% | Antagonists perish by falling into water or attempting to cross a water barrier. See motifs J42, J44. |
| L61 | 88.08% | The character eats himself, guts himself, or kills himself in order to be eaten. |
| H10 | 87.92% | People are mortal, as they are likened to a stone thrown into water; they usually miss the opportunity to resemble organic matter that floats in water. |
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This motif has been recorded in 48 traditions: Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango, Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo), Ronga, Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang), Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo, Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke), Bugi, Macassar, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Koreans, Wales, Sicily, Sicilians, Ancient Greece, Swedes, Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia), Western Ukrainians, Uzbek, Chipewyan, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Naskapi, Montagnais, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Crow, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Pomo, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Southern Paiute, Navajo, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Hopi, Zuni, Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Moseten, Chimane, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Ayoreo, Mataco, Chorote, Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali, Wolof