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F100A - A chaste woman revives a man.




5 Myths, Legends and Folktales
5 Unique Narratives for Motif F100A
4 Cultures & Traditions where F100A is told
0 Mythemes Indexed
0 Sub-Motifs of Motif F100A


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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

In order to revive a man or remove an arrowhead (bullet) from his body, a chaste girl or woman must touch (step over) the dead or wounded man.

Berezkin category: Gender and sex

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures



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K73B2100.00%It is necessary to boil the pot by telling an incredible but nevertheless true story.
L103A100.00%A girl, a young woman, runs away from a demonic character; she manages to run home, but her relatives do not open the door. The pursuer finds and eats her. (A musical instrument is made from her hair or intestines). (Overview of variants in Rakhno 2016: 475-484).
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L90C100.00%One horn of an animal (deer, ram, bull, goat, wolverine) touches the ground, while the other is raised to the sky or reaches the sky.

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This motif has been recorded in 4 traditions: Kalmyk, Kirghiz, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians


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