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F54C - Recognised by nail marks.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A husband sees someone's fingernail marks on his wife's body and gathers the men to find out who left the marks.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
F54 has 5 other sub-motifsF54. Unaware of this, the son and mother (Konkani: daughter and father) engage in sexual relations and later learn of the incest they have committed. Cf. motifs c8c, f54e. F54a. In her husband's appearance, the woman discovers signs that are not immediately noticeable, indicating that he has hidden his true nature from her and is not the right marriage partner (he is an animal, or her son, brother or father); or the husband discovers in the same way that his wife is his sister. F54b. A young man or boy copulates with his mother or sister. This becomes known from the remains of paint or feathers with which he was covered during sexual intercourse. F54c. A husband sees someone's fingernail marks on his wife's body and gathers the men to find out who left the marks. F54d. A woman gives birth to a boy after accidentally drinking animal urine, or a female animal gives birth to a boy after drinking a man's urine. F54e. Not knowing who is in front of him, a young man kills his father. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F54's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M187A | 99.43% | Two fish (a fish and a whale, a dolphin, a squid and a dolphin, etc.) agree to race each other. |
| M29G2 | 95.72% | Cancer (crab) defeats or deceives strong opponents by cunning. |
| M187C | 95.64% | Participating in a race, the crab defeats its faster opponent. |
| F54 | 94.63% | Unaware of this, the son and mother (Konkani: daughter and father) engage in sexual relations and later learn of the incest they have committed. Cf. motifs c8c, f54e. |
| M39B1 | 92.33% | Once in the boat, some people row in one direction and others in the opposite direction, the boat remains in place. |
| L41A1 | 92.19% | When the demon tries to shake the meat out of the bag over the cauldron, stones fall from the bag into the cauldron and it splits, or the boiling water spills out and scalds the demon. |
| L23D | 90.02% | A man captures a desirable woman. Trying to free herself, she transforms into various substances, materials, animals or (urarina, setebo) orders various dangerous animals to attack the man who captured her. |
| L23 | 90.01% | Trying to free himself, the captured character successively transforms into various substances, materials or animals, or (Urarina, Setebo) orders various dangerous animals to successively attack the person who captured him. (In some cases, only one variant of transformation is mentioned, but in the same context as in typical variants with a series of transformations). |
| M143 | 88.89% | Finding himself in a pit or well, one character persuades another to climb down to him, thanks to which he gets out, leaving the other at the bottom. |
| A23C | 88.24% | Birds argue about which of them will fly higher or arrive first. The winner is the one whose victory seemed unlikely (he hides in the feathers of a strong bird and flies away with it). |
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This motif has been recorded in 3 traditions: Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro, Ulithi, Ngulu, Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)