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M68 - When the winds blow, it scares the game
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Because of his own stubbornness, the character suffers from an irrepressible gas eruption and scares away the game with a loud sound. Almost starves to death.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 |
|---|---|---|
| M46C | 99.49% | The character turns into a needle, a garbage, a small insect. A woman swallows it and becomes pregnant. See M46B motif. |
| I133 | 99.31% | Star objects in different parts of the sky are associated with separate parts (as well as items of clothing, jewellery, etc.) of a single anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figure. |
| F30A | 99.22% | A woman nurses a worm (caterpillar, reptile, fish) instead of a child; people kill the monster. |
| K32C | 98.98% | The deceiver takes the place of the real wife, and the real wife becomes an owl. See motif K32. |
| M123 | 98.98% | A bird of prey or scavenger (raven, owl, hawk, coyote) marries (or attempts to marry) a partner who (or whose brothers) are geese or other waterfowl. The marriage is disrupted or proves unsuccessful. |
| M61A1 | 98.98% | The character (always a raven) provokes a seagull to quarrel with another bird, telling each one that the other was hostile or offensive towards her. |
| K51B | 98.69% | The bodies of the slain are left in such a position that it seems as if they are rejoicing – smiling, laughing, dancing. |
| C19A | 98.51% | The character (except Quileut: Raven) turns into a child, asks for and receives heavenly bodies to play, or (Chukchi) comes to play with the little daughter of the owner of the stars. |
| K27N3C2 | 98.44% | The hero's father-in-law, the bear, sets him difficult tasks and trials. |
| M190 | 98.44% | The beaver carries the porcupine across a water barrier. Usually, he throws it into the water or leaves it on an island. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik, Micmac, Montagnais, Plains Ojibwa, Kalapuya, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet