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M65B - Lost loot
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Having resorted to deception, the character kills the game, but the thieves take the loot. See M53 motif.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
M65 has 2 other sub-motifsM65. trickster bakes meat obtained by trick, deception; immobilized by sticking to a tree, ground, or stone; at this time, another character (fox, wolf, coyote, birds) eats all the meat. See M53 motif. M65a. The trees are creaking in the wind. Hearing a creak, the character climbs a tree and gets stuck. See M65 motif. M65b. Having resorted to deception, the character kills the game, but the thieves take the loot. See M53 motif. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M65's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M65 | 99.86% | trickster bakes meat obtained by trick, deception; immobilized by sticking to a tree, ground, or stone; at this time, another character (fox, wolf, coyote, birds) eats all the meat. See M53 motif. |
| M29Q | 99.85% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| J12J | 98.47% | A girl or sisters end up with a false groom who plays the role of a jester in the chief's house. See motif J12. |
| J19 | 98.21% | While her husband or brother is hunting, an evil spirit comes to his wife or sister; he kills her or takes her away. Her sons, who were torn from her womb or born at that time, are saved. |
| J18 | 98.17% | A pregnant woman or a woman with a child falls from the sky. She or her newborn daughter dies or undergoes a metamorphosis. Her son or her daughter's son survives and grows up. Cf. motif K9. |
| J41 | 98.04% | The hero leaves for a long time. When he returns, his relative does not immediately believe that it is really him. All this time, someone has been mocking him or her, imitating the voice of the departed, saying that he has returned and/or throwing ashes in his or her face. |
| B95 | 97.83% | The appearance of the sphincter or buttocks is explained by the fact that a certain character burned his backside. |
| J12M | 97.83% | A woman or two sisters come to two men and become wives of one of them. The other kills or tries to kill his rival or the women. As a result, the women turn into waterfowl. |
| K68 | 97.46% | A strong man takes food from a weak man and forces him to work for him (usually a son-in-law mistreats his father-in-law). A boy appears in the house of the wronged man from a clot of animal blood that has been collected. He kills the offender. |
| F93A | 97.19% | A man's penis begins to talk incessantly, falling silent only after his mother-in-law takes it in her hand. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Chipewyan, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Naskapi, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Winnebago, Blackfoot, Arapaho, Teton (incl Oglala), Omaha, Ponca, Oto, Iowa, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Crow, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Chumash, Sherente