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E41 - The blacksmith kneads iron with his hands.
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Summary of Motif
A skilled blacksmith, as a special gift, can take iron heated in a furnace with his bare hands, knead it like dough, and shape it as desired. Usually, he breaks a certain taboo and loses his gift. (The motif was identified and the material collected by Ruslan Doutalieyev).Berezkin category: The origins of people and culture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
E41 has 1 other sub-motifsE41. A skilled blacksmith, as a special gift, can take iron heated in a furnace with his bare hands, knead it like dough, and shape it as desired. Usually, he breaks a certain taboo and loses his gift. (The motif was identified and the material collected by Ruslan Doutalieyev). E41a. The first ticks were made as a result of observing animals (a dog's crossed paws, two snakes, snake jaws, etc.). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of E41's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I87AD | 99.59% | A giant hides a persecuted person in his mouth – usually (perhaps always) in a tooth cavity; or the person remains alive in the giant's mouth, hiding in a tooth cavity. Cf. motif M21a. |
| K83A | 99.41% | To fulfil the task, the character's sons must travel to a place where he has never been (or once was). |
| B46A1 | 99.41% | The stars of the Big Dipper – thieves or robbers. |
| I89 | 99.38% | There is a star that brings death and misfortune; it is usually told how people mistake a star or constellation rising at night for the Morning Star, set off on a journey and lose their way. |
| M29Z | 99.31% | hero of the story is a character named “Beardless” or Aldar-Kose (Aldar is a “deceiver”, a braid is “beardless”). |
| J32C | 99.31% | At night, a demonic character comes to the grave of the deceased, intending to harm him. |
| K90B | 99.15% | The antlers of a deer or the tusks of an elephant, which a snake or dragon is trying to swallow, get stuck in its mouth. |
| K35C | 99.04% | The dev (ajdaha, sea king) did not kill the man who descended to him, as people assumed, but rewarded him because he greeted him and/or answered his question correctly. |
| K75B | 98.95% | Wanting to show that it is time for them to marry, daughters of different ages send their father fruits of varying degrees of ripeness (bread baked in different ways). |
| K61E | 98.93% | Seeing an absurd situation, a powerful (supernatural) character laughs and is thereby usually cured of his ailment. For this, the people involved in the situation are rewarded and saved from danger. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Bulgarians, Balkarians, Uzbek, Tajik, Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin, Armenians, Kirghiz, Russian Federation