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M74B - Who ate the fat?
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Summary of Motif
The character adjusts so that the sign that identifies the thief who ate supplies or who should be eaten is not on him, but on another character (smears with leftovers or with the secretions of your body of another, replaces secretions, etc.).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
M74 has 7 other sub-motifsM74. A weak character regurgitates previously swallowed unusual food, or replaces his belching with a strong character's belching, or interprets his secretions as remains strong animals he ate. The strong believe that the weak are strong or have unusual abilities. M74a. The character pretends to be invited to visit several times in connection with the birth of a child, or gives names to various tracts that the boat passes by. The names and titles sound strange, but they become clear when it turns out that the character ate supplies. M74aa. The character (several times) pretends to be his name (that he is going to visit), and eats up supplies himself. See M74A motif. M74ab. Travelling in a boat or on a sledge, animal person (always the fox) steals food supplies or ruins objects and accordingly to his deeds, names different places. These names seem strange to the person’s companions (“River of broken arrows” and the like) M74b. The character adjusts so that the sign that identifies the thief who ate supplies or who should be eaten is not on him, but on another character (smears with leftovers or with the secretions of your body of another, replaces secretions, etc.). M74c. Having noticed the woodpecker's beautiful plumage, the wolf or bear believes that the fox painted it and asks the fox to make him just as beautiful. The fox burns it alive. M74d. God (the saint) travels with his companion. When he leaves, he eats the kidneys (heart, etc.) and says that the animal did not have kidneys. He continues to persist (even in the face of death), but confesses when he is promised wealth. M74e. Two characters ask the third to share something edible between them. He bites off a little bit from each of the halves, because one or the other is slightly larger. As a result, it eats everything. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M74's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M179A | 99.07% | One character deceives another or, in the absence of the other, occupies his dwelling and refuses to return it. |
| L108A | 98.90% | A predator or cannibal swallows people and animals. A goat (rarely a sheep) punishes it and usually rescues those who have been swallowed (most often by cutting open its belly, allowing those who have been swallowed to escape alive). |
| K93 | 98.84% | After a series of adventures and victories, the hero finds himself in trouble. His twin or brother follows in his footsteps, meets the same characters, but when he encounters the final enemy, he defeats him and revives (frees) the hero. |
| L108B1 | 98.66% | To make his voice thin, the character turns to the blacksmith. |
| K27G5 | 98.57% | A person tries or must try to chop or dig with a wooden (lead, felt) tool instead of a steel one. Cf. motif L84. |
| M74AA | 98.42% | The character (several times) pretends to be his name (that he is going to visit), and eats up supplies himself. See M74A motif. |
| K102A5 | 98.42% | A woman must fill one or two vessels with tears (less often with blood). Usually, after this, her punishment must end, or the punishment depends on which of the vessels contains more tears. |
| K119A | 98.31% | An animal saves a human, does him a favour, and he humiliates or kills it. See motifs K119, M161. |
| K8C1 | 98.08% | A tiny man is first accidentally swallowed by a large herbivore, then carried off by a wolf that began to eat the carcass of this animal. |
| M39A6G | 98.08% | person explains that he lends part of his earnings, and pays the debt in the other part, i.e. raises children and supports parents. |
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This motif has been recorded in 52 traditions: Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Arabs of Egypt, Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria, Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.), Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Bari (incl Fajulu), Kakwa, Somali, Geez, Tigrai, Tigre, Tsamai (Tsamako), Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa), Fula (Fulbe, Fulani, Pular), Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara, Ireland, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Spain, Spaniards, Portuguese, Portugal, Catalan, Aragon, France, Dutch, Flemish, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Croatians, Croats; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians), Slovenians, Slovenes, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Norwegians, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Tajik, Persians, Karachays, Balkar, Avar, Andi, Akhvakh, Tats, Anatolia Turks, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Chuvash, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Mansi, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Bari, Wallons, Picardie, Galicians, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Russian Federation