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F1 - Transformed man.
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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 first woman, female deity, or female animals were originally men (males) who then changed their gender.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B54 | 88.69% | Wood chips, branches or pieces of bark that have fallen or been thrown into the water turn into fish and aquatic animals. |
| A20 | 88.18% | The Sun and the Moon (less often the Sun and a star, the Moon and a star) are brothers (sisters, brother and sister) who initially live on earth, but at the end of the story, as teenagers or young adults, ascend to the sky and become celestial bodies. |
| K27O2 | 87.75% | To destroy the hero, his opponents play ball with him, throwing a heavy dangerous object (a ball made of ice, bone, stone, iron, a walrus head, a biting skull, etc.). |
| F28 | 86.42% | There is a separate penis character with whom the first women, Amazons, or simply some woman copulate. |
| K15A | 86.28% | The hero secretly replaces the weapon or magical tool of a powerful character with a worthless fake. Traditions in which the replaced weapon belongs to Grom are highlighted in bold. |
| B26 | 86.02% | A person who follows wild animals (temporarily) turns into one of them or their master, or lives with animals that look like humans to him. |
| M75D | 85.32% | A man bereaves vultures of their hunting weapons or amulets |
| I18 | 84.86% | Visiting the world of people without an anus or mouth (the underworld, if not otherwise), the hero or heroine enters or attempts to enter into sexual relations with the local inhabitants. See motif I14. |
| I31 | 83.08% | In the afterlife, the souls of the dead are met by a pair of mythological characters – a man and a woman, or the master of the dead appears to women in female form and to men in male form. |
| F28A | 83.07% | A penis grows out of the ground or out of the water in a lake. Women summon it as needed. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 34 traditions: Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Lunda (Alunda), Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo, Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Queensland: Mungkan (Wikmunkan), Wiknatara, Bloomfield River, Cape Bedford, Cape Grafton, Kokowara (Koko-Warra), Koko-yalunyu (Kokokulunggur), Bunya Bunya, Waka-Waka (Wakawaka), Kabikabi, Chepara, Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba, Samoa, Andamanese, Early Chinese written sources, Lepcha, Livonians, Nganasans, Nunivak Island, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Tutchone, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Netsilik, Iglulik, Tlingit, Klamath, Modoc, Tzotzil, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Sibundoy: Kamsa, Ingano (Inga), Guayabero, Sanema, Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Chayahuita , Urarina, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Ayoreo, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)