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M73 - Excretion substitution: who is stronger, K1721
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Two characters compare their excrement or vomit to learn about each other's diet and decide which of them is the more powerful beast. One of them manages to replace the selections. (Traditions in which vomiting is substituted are greasy).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
M73 has 1 other sub-motifsM73. Two characters compare their excrement or vomit to learn about each other's diet and decide which of them is the more powerful beast. One of them manages to replace the selections. (Traditions in which vomiting is substituted are greasy). M73a. Two (animal) persons compare their feces (with different purpose). One of them gets to exchange them Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M73's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| J16 | 98.20% | The character perishes because, being forced to look for insects in the head of another, he refuses to chew insects, spits them out in disgust, or is suspected of doing so. |
| K18A | 98.16% | The boy's father is recognised as the man whose bow or arrows he chooses. See motif K18. |
| L9A | 97.50% | The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. |
| B27B | 97.28% | The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become a celestial object. |
| J60 | 95.78% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| E13A | 95.50% | Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals were first obtained by humans from the inhabitants of the underwater world. |
| F96 | 95.24% | A girl or wife rejects an unattractive man. He becomes handsome (usually after encountering a supernatural being), and those who treated him badly are punished. |
| B27 | 95.16% | The characters ponder what object or creature they should transform into, and once they have made their choice, they undergo metamorphosis. |
| E14 | 95.05% | Rituals received from the spirits of the dead. |
| D13C | 94.56% | Two companions or brothers live together. The older one has a wife, whom he hides. To discover her, the younger one, left alone in the house, makes her laugh. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Lepcha, Mordvins, Kiowa, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Natchez (incl Avoyel), Alabama, Koasati, Cherokee, Yana, Navajo, Jicarilla, Sicuani, Trio, Tenetehara, Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua), Bakairi, Rikbaktsa, Paresi, Caraja, Botocudo, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)