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B76 - Frozen waves.
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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 sea waves instantly petrified, forming land with mountains on it.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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K47A | 88.97% | A woman mates with a dog. Her children grow up to be humans and usually become the ancestors of certain ethnic groups. |
| B82 | 88.71% | The raven (less often another bird of prey, or another black bird the size of a raven) was first white, and then turned black. |
| L105 | 87.10% | A wounded animal, fish or anthropomorphic character runs or swims away – usually with a hook, harpoon, arrow or other hunting or fishing implement stuck in its body; local healers cannot cure the wounded creature (usually because they cannot see the object that caused the wound); a person comes to the wounded person's village and successfully treats them (usually by removing the object that caused the wound). Cf. motif M60A. |
| L73B | 85.04% | The fugitive draws a line on the ground (ice), creating an obstacle in the path of the pursuer. |
| I106 | 84.20% | The Great Bear is one anthropomorphic character, not a group of people. |
| B75A | 83.05% | The voice of a character who once lived can still be heard (most often it is an echo; A1195, The origin of Echo). |
| F79 | 80.82% | The character successively marries various women of non-human nature, but each time (usually, except for the last) he is disappointed. |
| F11 | 80.69% | The penis burns, bites, eats food. |
| K25A6 | 80.01% | A woman from another world agrees to live with a man in his earthly world, but leaves him when she learns that he has broken a taboo (often his infidelity). Cf. motif F94 (the hero betrays his magical wife in her world); motif K12B (the hero visits his world alone, contrary to the warning of his magical wife). |
| I23 | 79.55% | The door of the house opens and slams shut by itself, crushing those entering or leaving. See motif I22. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Berbers of southern Tunisia and adjacent part of Libya (Matmata and Ghadames areas), Semang, Senoi, Oroch, Nivkh, Koyukon, Haida, Russian Federation, Halkomelem (Snaymuk)