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B22A - Boys and the tapir.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
B22 has 1 other sub-motifsB22. The character left under the tree is offended by those who climbed up the tree (usually they do not share their food with him or her). In retaliation, he or she knocks down the tree. The events described are of cosmic proportions. B22a. Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| E9K | 100.00% | The husband or wife is the embodiment of honey or a human bee. |
| F84 | 100.00% | A guest or younger brother has sexual intercourse with the wife of the host or older brother. Wanting to demonstrate long abstinence, the character sprinkles ash on the head of his penis or smears it with fruit juice. |
| F29 | 99.97% | A girl (woman) sits on the ground and copulates with a snake, worm or eel that crawls out of the ground towards her. This usually happens when she is busy with housework (cooking, weaving, etc.). |
| L5D | 99.83% | The rolling head suffers from thirst. See motif L5. |
| M29W | 99.76% | As a result of their stupidity or antisocial behavior, a jaguar (puma, ocelot) dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. The character is named if it is a puma or ocelot; otherwise, a jaguar. |
| F9B | 99.70% | A biting piranha in a woman's genitals. |
| F32 | 99.67% | Small children or a single infant, who temporarily transform into adult men and/or emerge from their mother's womb, or a snake living in a woman's womb, climb a tree and help her gather fruit, bark, tree mushrooms, etc.; or a father discovers his daughter's connection with a snake when he climbs a tree to gather fruit for her. |
| J15B | 99.65% | While travelling, a woman finds herself in the house of a frog or toad. See motif J15. |
| M10 | 99.59% | A girl or woman gets stuck in a hollow while extracting honey, or greedily sucks honey in some other way and as a result dies or undergoes a metamorphosis; a woman stuck in a narrow passage turns into honey, into a honey bee. |
| M9 | 99.44% | The character puts his head or hand in a hollow or (rarely) another hole), gets stuck in it, or falls into a hollow. Usually, as a result, the character dies or undergoes a metamorphosis. |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Bora, Machiguenga, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Marubo, Kamayura, Kayabi, Craho, Cariri