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N35 - Jelly shores
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Somewhere milk rivers flow with banks made of jelly (porridge) - a sign of abundance (impossible in reality). Cf. H16B motive.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 |
|---|---|---|
| K27F2 | 100.00% | A girl demands that her fiancé get her the same pair of shoes (or other items) as hers. These items either exist in a single copy, or it is not known what they look like. Having become invisible, the hero either steals the items (and the owner has to make new ones herself), or finds out what they look like. |
| N16 | 100.00% | fairy-tale text ends with a formula stating that the narrator had a horse and/or harness made of wax, ice, linen, vegetables, etc. In most cases, the narrator loses them (they melt, they are taken away, eaten, etc.). |
| H33A | 100.00% | God wanted to throw a newborn baby (over a fence, house, etc.) so that it would immediately stand up and start walking, but the woman was frightened and did not allow it. Therefore, children do not walk from birth. See motif H33. |
| K56A2B | 100.00% | A supernatural character asks a girl to redeem (feed) his (her) children. These are snakes, beetles or wild animals. The girl does everything she is asked and is rewarded. |
| K30B | 99.99% | A woman or girl is forbidden to go outside. As soon as she does, a flying creature kidnaps her. |
| K38B3B | 99.99% | A mighty bird (rarely – another creature) helps a person for sheltering (warming) its chicks (offspring, children). |
| B87B | 99.98% | The Great Bear – a cart harnessed by a wolf or bear. Usually, the shape of the handle of the dipper is explained by the fact that a wolf or bear attacked an ox harnessed to the cart and took its place. In this case, it is associated with Alcor or the last star of the handle of the dipper – η. |
| M38E | 99.98% | mushroom (pumpkin) thinks that it is as durable as a tree. |
| L23B | 99.97% | Trying to free himself, the captured character sequentially changes his appearance. The last transformation is into a spindle. |
| M39A5A3 | 99.96% | Realizing that a wife telling the truth will cause trouble for the family, the husband says that the sounds she hears are the screams of her master (official, etc.) who is beaten, dragged to hell, etc. She repeats this to the master (official), who declares her insane. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Estonians, Karelians, Vepsians, Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia), Byelarusians, Belarusians, Mordvins, Russian Federation