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M90A3 - The tree grew out of a snake
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
plant grows from a killed snake or part of a snake's body.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
M90 has 9 other sub-motifsM90. Someone asks a riddle about the material from which a particular item is made or originated. It is almost impossible to guess, but the character learns the secret, forcing the hero or heroine to fulfill the conditions set. (Usually requires a girl to marry him). M90a. The girl will marry the person who guessed her name, or someone who will fit the ring, or someone who says what material a particular object is made of or originated, etc. The deceiver fulfills the condition. M90a1. It is required to sew clothes from the skin of lice (fleas) or guess the origin of a large animal, a large skin, the contents of the box; the animal (skin) arose from lice (fleas), in the box - louse. M90a2. It should be guessed that the plant grew from a part of the body of a man or a snake or from dirt scraped off from the body M90a3. plant grows from a killed snake or part of a snake's body. M90a4. A tree is described on which jewelry or ornaments hang instead of fruits; individual parts of the tree are made of different metals or (semi) precious stones. M90a5. The story mentions the golden fruits (rarely leaves) of a tree, usually golden apples. M90a6. Owning some apples ensures eternal youth. M90b. The character was wrong when he claimed that the sun would never rise in the west or go down after midnight. M90c. man agreed with another that he could take the first thing he touched from his house. The visitor is going to take his wife, but when he takes up the stepladder to go up to the woman, he is told to pick up the stepladder and leave. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M90's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M147A | 99.83% | When the foxes (wolves) meet and one of them (one of the wolves) asks when they will see each other again, the other replies that it will be at the fur market (at the furrier's, etc.). |
| L4A | 99.27% | To test the loyalty of the heroine (hero), the demon demands that she eat food that humans should not eat. Usually, when the heroine reports that the food has been eaten, the demon asks where the food is, and the food answers him. |
| K56F1 | 98.04% | Five chickens (geese, etc.) must be divided among six eaters (other numbers are possible). The solution is to give each pair of participants one chicken and take two for oneself (two chickens and one person – three, two people and one chicken – also three). |
| J25A1 | 98.02% | A woman dies, but remains incorrupt and gives birth to a child in the grave. He is found and brings his mother back to life. |
| K9A | 98.02% | The punished character is suspended on a chain or metal thread between heaven and earth. |
| M114F | 98.02% | The girl has a minor physical defect. Man: The house is nice, but the pipe is crooked. Girl: But the smoke comes out well. |
| M39A4B | 98.02% | foolish woman thinks that frogs will make yarn or cloth for her, or buy yarn and throw the material into the water. |
| M39A4B1 | 98.02% | Foolish woman throws her yarn ways (into the water, into the bush) and believes that somebody with weave it |
| M90B | 97.42% | The character was wrong when he claimed that the sun would never rise in the west or go down after midnight. |
| M39A6F | 97.27% | The father tells his son to sell the sheep (goat) and return it along with the proceeds. Usually a girl teaches how to sell trimmed wool. |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area), Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Albanians, Balkarians, Svans, Georgians, Armenians, Kurds