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B27A - Transformation into thunder and lightning.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become thunder and/or lightning.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
B27 has 2 other sub-motifsB27. The characters ponder what object or creature they should transform into, and once they have made their choice, they undergo metamorphosis. B27a. The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become thunder and/or lightning. B27b. The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become a celestial object. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B27's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L33B | 97.00% | The character challenges someone who, at first glance, is unable to move (a stump, a boulder, fire) to race or roll over it. The challenged party sets off, crushes or burns the character, or runs away with their property. |
| I60A | 96.61% | The Milky Way – a stripe associated with a longitudinal stripe on an animal's body. |
| M16 | 95.41% | The wife or relatives (often the mother) of the sick person do not care for him. He recovers, and those who treated him badly are punished. Cf. motifs F62 and F96. |
| D9 | 92.37% | The raven or other large dark-coloured bird of prey is the owner, embodiment, spouse, provider or thief of fire, the sun or daylight. |
| M30A | 91.67% | The character flying over the village falls, is tied up, and defecated on him. |
| D13H | 90.11% | Those who have entered the world of the dead should not laugh. |
| L33C | 89.82% | The trickster and the boulder agree to race down the slope. The boulder rolls faster and faster and crushes the trickster. See motif L33. |
| K32C | 89.71% | The deceiver takes the place of the real wife, and the real wife becomes an owl. See motif K32. |
| M123 | 89.71% | A bird of prey or scavenger (raven, owl, hawk, coyote) marries (or attempts to marry) a partner who (or whose brothers) are geese or other waterfowl. The marriage is disrupted or proves unsuccessful. |
| M61A1 | 89.71% | The character (always a raven) provokes a seagull to quarrel with another bird, telling each one that the other was hostile or offensive towards her. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Netsilik, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Baffin Land Inuit, Sierra Miwok, Lake Miwok, Plains Miwok, Coastal Miwok, Harákmbet (=Mashco), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga