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M30C - He falls, breaking the ban
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Summary of Motif
A character flying through the air falls, violating the ban on talking, looking down, flying over villages, etc. (The character is not dropped by the person carrying it and flies above the ground, not descends from the sky or rises to the sky).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
M30 has 4 other sub-motifsM30. 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). M30a. The character flying over the village falls, is tied up, and defecated on him. M30b. Birds give a non-flying or ugly character feathers so that he can fly or become beautiful, but then take them away. M30c. A character flying through the air falls, violating the ban on talking, looking down, flying over villages, etc. (The character is not dropped by the person carrying it and flies above the ground, not descends from the sky or rises to the sky). M30d. To get into the air, a character without wings (usually a turtle or a frog) grabs a stick with the ends held in their beaks by two birds. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M30's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L99 | 94.00% | Having captured the character, the ogre orders him to bring wood or a spit to roast him. The character deliberately procrastinates, brings the wrong thing, or is helped to escape by some animal. |
| B42C | 92.59% | In the cosmic hunting plot, the object of pursuit is a bear. See motifs B42 and B42P. |
| L73B | 92.39% | The fugitive draws a line on the ground (ice), creating an obstacle in the path of the pursuer. |
| M62B | 91.71% | Two or more characters aim their weapons at the hero in between, but they hit each other. |
| L42A | 91.46% | The cannibal steals fresh corpses from graves. |
| A38B | 90.79% | The sun gets caught in a trap. Only a mouse or other small animal manages to gnaw through the trap and free the sun. |
| L5E | 90.72% | The decapitated body of a woman pursues her husband, while her head pursues their children. |
| M46B | 90.27% | The character turns into a tiny object or creature, swallowing or touching which a woman (usually a virgin) becomes pregnant and gives birth to a boy. He steals valuables or gets along with a woman. See M46 motif. |
| M4 | 89.09% | When crossing a pond or descending from a tree, the character (usually despite a warning) steps at a specific animal or part of the animal's body . As a result, it falls into the water and often sinks. |
| M97 | 89.00% | Blinded or far from the target, the character walks, bumping into trees of various species and asking everyone a question or request. He eventually achieves his goal. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Khmer, Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples, Portuguese, Portugal, Catalan, Maltese, Kara Kalpak, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots), Mongols (Khalkha), Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Naskapi, Montagnais, Menominee, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Jicarilla, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha), Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)