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B5C - Mother and daughter at the beginning of time.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
At the beginning of time, there are an old woman and a young woman. One or both of them conceive in a miraculous way. A son or twins are born, who settle the world.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
B5 has 2 other sub-motifsB5a. At the beginning of time, female and male characters meet and engage in dialogue. B5b. A woman (alone or with her companion) creates or gives birth not only to humans, but also to various creatures, objects, and parts of the universe. B5c. At the beginning of time, there are an old woman and a young woman. One or both of them conceive in a miraculous way. A son or twins are born, who settle the world. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B5's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K69 | 97.36% | Several men walk towards the horizon to ascend to the sky and visit the Sun or another supreme deity. Usually, one or more of them perish along the way, while others reach their destination. They return by a shorter route than they came. |
| M65A | 97.16% | The trees are creaking in the wind. Hearing a creak, the character climbs a tree and gets stuck. See M65 motif. |
| J41 | 95.22% | The hero leaves for a long time. When he returns, his relative does not immediately believe that it is really him. All this time, someone has been mocking him or her, imitating the voice of the departed, saying that he has returned and/or throwing ashes in his or her face. |
| B95 | 94.28% | The appearance of the sphincter or buttocks is explained by the fact that a certain character burned his backside. |
| J12M | 94.28% | A woman or two sisters come to two men and become wives of one of them. The other kills or tries to kill his rival or the women. As a result, the women turn into waterfowl. |
| M65 | 93.62% | trickster bakes meat obtained by trick, deception; immobilized by sticking to a tree, ground, or stone; at this time, another character (fox, wolf, coyote, birds) eats all the meat. See M53 motif. |
| M65B | 93.31% | Having resorted to deception, the character kills the game, but the thieves take the loot. See M53 motif. |
| M53C | 92.78% | trickster, inviting birds to dance around him with their eyes closed, kills them one at a time and threatens to turn red at the one that opens their eyes; this is an empty threat, or for a bird that opens eyes and eyes have really turned red ever since. |
| M24 | 92.75% | turtle goes to war and/or is captured. See M23 motif. Cf. motif K77 “Verlioka”. |
| M29Q | 92.71% | See the motives in square brackets. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Menominee, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai