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F20 - Lovers stuck together.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
After copulation, the man and woman are unable to break their embrace.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
F20 has 1 other sub-motifsF20. After copulation, the man and woman are unable to break their embrace. F20a. At first, people mated as dogs do now, but then it became as it is now. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F20's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M33 | 93.30% | The character plugs or seals his anus tightly (with wax, clay, grass, etc.), or someone else does it. See M32 motif. |
| B15 | 91.33% | The river flows from the organs of a woman's body. |
| F43A | 90.78% | In the community of the first ancestors, women kill, attempt to kill, or transform men. |
| B37 | 89.88% | The character decorates various birds (less often fish) and distributes fat to animals. Since then, the corresponding species have possessed their current characteristics. |
| L21 | 89.76% | A cannibal or demon under a tree intends to grab a person who has climbed a tree; the person throws his prey or some object far away, and while the cannibal is looking for, picking up or eating what has been thrown, he runs away. |
| E25 | 89.75% | People learn the art of weaving from a spider or from a person who later becomes a spider; the spider makes fabrics for humans. |
| M18A | 89.62% | The character becomes the object of fishing or hunting, presenting himself as a target for enemies. Numerous arrows, darts, and harpoons stick into his body without causing harm, and he carries them away. See motif M18. |
| L135 | 89.53% | A person leaves home and finds himself in unfamiliar places. His journey is marked by encounters with various strange creatures. In the end, he either returns home or leaves the earth for another world. (With an abundance of episodes, the story often either breaks off or does not contain the initial episodes explaining the reason for the hero's departure from home). |
| F95 | 89.39% | Two companions or brothers live together. One has a wife, whom he hides. The other suspects her existence, destroys her, or tries to get a wife for himself. |
| M14A | 89.37% | To take revenge on his wife or her relatives for (allegedly) causing him offence, the husband roasts his wife alive. See motif M14. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Ossetians, Gagauz, Udmurt, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Tanana, North Alaskan Inupiat, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Blackfoot, Yana, Zuni, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Trio, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Juruna, Tenetehara, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Caduveo, Mbaya