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B91A - Eyes: took and did not return.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A blind character asks another to lend him his eyes or to swap eyes, keeping his own eyes.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 7, Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
B91 has 1 other sub-motifsB91. The snail had (the most keen-eyed) eyes. Another character borrows them and does not return them. B91a. A blind character asks another to lend him his eyes or to swap eyes, keeping his own eyes. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B91's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H36J | 98.06% | The lark is to blame for the fact that man is mortal. |
| K93B5 | 97.66% | The character infiltrates the enemy camp disguised as a kitten or puppy. Usually, one of the enemies suspects deception, but the others believe that the cute animal is harmless. |
| L51 | 95.20% | A cannibal, spirit, or predatory beast regularly throws its victims down, where they are devoured by aquatic or chthonic creatures. |
| A42 | 93.98% | The character comes to the Sun, tries to fulfil its role, but deliberately or through incompetence breaks the rules, usually causing disasters on earth. |
| K23A | 93.55% | Birds use their feathers as arrows, or falling feathers cover the mouths of their victims. |
| A42A | 92.97% | Having risen into the sky, the character unsuccessfully performs the role of the sun and as a result falls or is thrown down to earth. |
| B75B | 92.87% | The creaking or crackling of trees is the voice of a transformed character. |
| I49 | 92.83% | Earthquake – an anthropomorphic character (or category of characters) that moves around, shaking the earth. |
| M29Y | 92.05% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| B92 | 90.95% | A character whose body is hard and has broken into small pieces, or (rarely) a small object, turns into flint or other hard stones (the origin of flint). |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Estonians, Western Sami, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Quinault, Tillamook, Kalapuya, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet