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N30 - He looks one way, cries, looks the other way, laughs
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Summary of Motif
formula that describes the confusion of feelings: when a character looks in one direction, he cries, and when he laughs or smiles in the other direction.Berezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 13, Formulae
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C29 | 99.43% | People (God) learn a secret by overhearing (spying on) a character talking to himself or his relatives (or performing actions that should be remembered). The knowledge gained is related to cosmogony or the acquisition of cultural values. |
| M198A1 | 99.16% | Three characters sequentially and without apparent reason determine the characteristics of an object or person they have not seen. |
| L9E | 99.06% | The anthropomorphic character has a nose resembling a copper or iron beak. |
| M130 | 99.05% | The fox and the bird hide from the hunter in the same burrow or hollow. The bird pretends to be dead and as a result is saved – either alone or together with the fox. Cf. motif M130A. |
| B51A | 99.02% | The snake is the enemy of the swallow (usually because the swallow prevents the snake from destroying people – the snake sends a mosquito or other blood-sucking insect to find out whose blood tastes better; the mosquito returns to report that it is human blood; the swallow bites off its tongue, and the snake plucks the feathers from the swallow's tail). |
| B46A | 98.87% | One of the stars of the Pleiades was separated from the others (usually stolen by the stars of the Big Dipper and identified with Alcor). |
| K40 | 98.86% | Two (rarely more) characters consider themselves doomed to death, but the one whose death will come later rejoices, while the one whose death will come earlier grieves. Cf. motif N30. |
| K169 | 98.80% | The hunter spares the hunted animal, noticing that it is a pregnant female and remembering his own pregnant wife. |
| N24 | 98.80% | You can see a light that resembles a second moon or a second sun. It comes from a pretty girl. |
| K32G1 | 98.73% | The guilty party is offered a choice of items of utilitarian value (often forty, seven, three, etc. horses or the same number of knives). The person usually does not understand that these are methods of execution. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Kalmyk, Bashkirs, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas, Shor, Udeghe, Tlingit