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B99 - Termite nest.




20 Myths, Legends and Folktales
20 Unique Narratives for Motif B99
14 Cultures & Traditions where B99 is told
0 Mythemes Indexed
0 Sub-Motifs of Motif B99


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Source Data from Berezkin's Analytics Catalogue, if using this data please acknowledge and link to it here:
Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.



Summary of Motif

A person or their head left on a tree turns into an insect nest.

Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment

This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology 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



Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

MotifSimilarityMotif Summary
L8899.99%A man kills a demon, but when he touches its remains some time later, it comes to life.
I5A99.98%The tapir is associated with the upper world (thunder, sky, moon).
K13D99.98%A group of boys reaches the sky, the last one's leg is cut off or torn off.
K19F99.98%A star or many stars descend from the sky to work in the fields. See motif K19B.
M13999.98%The fox caught the birds and put them in a bag. Another character secretly replaced them with thorns.
J15A99.97%Setting off on a journey (usually in search of a fiancé, husband, or relatives), a woman finds herself in the lair or settlement of large dangerous predators - pumas or jaguars. See motif J15.
J1199.85%The son in his mother's womb asks her to pick flowers or fruit for him (usually when a woman picks flowers, she is bitten by an insect). See motif J9.
B2499.85%People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries.
B6399.85%Children lie to their mother, pretending to work in the fields. When the deception is revealed, they are left without a harvest and are transformed into atmospheric phenomena or celestial objects.
E1999.85%Narcotic plants arise from the body of a human being torn to pieces by others.

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Map of Motif Dispersal

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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Sicuani, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Kandoshi (Murato, Maina); Iquito, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Yagua, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Harákmbet (=Mashco), Kamayura, Paresi, Bororo, Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin), Craho, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje)


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