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F70A - Scratches his body.
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Summary of Motif
Accusing a man or young man of assaulting her (usually sexually), a woman presents fabricated material evidence (tearing her clothes, scratching her body, etc.). See motif F70.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
F70 has 8 other sub-motifsF70. A woman falsely accuses a man of assaulting her. F70a. Accusing a man or young man of assaulting her (usually sexually), a woman presents fabricated material evidence (tearing her clothes, scratching her body, etc.). See motif F70. F70b. A woman takes revenge on a man who rejected her love (but does not necessarily pretend that the man tried to force himself on her). F70c. A young man loses his male organ, but restores it with magic (and marries happily). Cf. ATU 750K. In ATU 318, this episode is described as one of many possible ones related to the theme of the unfaithful wife. F70d. A girl pretends to be a man or a eunuch, or a girl hides a disability, or a man pretends to be a girl. Someone reveals a secret. At the last moment, the hero or heroine magically gets rid of the disability (acquires male or female nature), the informer is disgraced (executed). F70e. A girl pretends to be a man, magically acquires male nature and lives with his wife. Cf. motif K137 (in Uther 2004, plot 514 mistakenly includes a Karakalpak text with our motif K137). F70e1. An old man needs a son to do men's work. (Only the youngest) daughter takes on this task (successfully passing the test set by her father), pretending to be a man. F70e2. The father sends his daughters or sons on a difficult task one by one. At the very beginning of the journey, their courage is put to the test. Only the youngest son or daughter passes the test. Usually, the father stands in their way, taking the form of an enemy or a predator, but only the youngest son or daughter bravely enters the fight. F70f. Finding themselves in a deserted place, people accidentally change their gender. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F70's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F70 | 96.96% | A woman falsely accuses a man of assaulting her. |
| M83 | 95.84% | Each character claims that he is older and appeared before this world or (Ingush) that his father was cosmic in size. |
| F70B | 92.17% | A woman takes revenge on a man who rejected her love (but does not necessarily pretend that the man tried to force himself on her). |
| J62A | 89.84% | The character turns those who come to him into plants (trees, flowers). The hero (heroine) remains alive and breaks the spell on those who have been transformed. |
| K27N | 87.50% | A young man must complete difficult tasks or win a competition in order to obtain permission to marry. The person giving the tasks is indicated in square brackets. See motif K27. |
| I40 | 86.19% | The rainbow is a bow. |
| I35 | 85.49% | Thunder is produced by a (tanned) animal skin or (rarely) a person being dragged, or clothing being dragged behind or shaken out. |
| K27 | 84.80% | The character receives tasks that are deadly dangerous or can only be accomplished with supernatural abilities or helpers; the hero completes the tasks and/or miraculously survives. The confrontation between the characters unfolds as a game or competition in which the loser loses their life or status. |
| B50 | 84.42% | A dangerous character wants to find out from a blood-sucking insect where it drank blood or whose blood (flesh) tastes better. Usually, the insect deliberately lies, or another character prevents it from telling the truth (by pulling out its tongue). As a result, the dangerous character chooses animals or plants as the object of its aggression, rather than people. (The motif is related to the story of Noah's flood (see motif C3); †: There are versions in which the motif is presented separately, as well as those in which it is included in the story of Noah's flood.) |
| L72B | 84.30% | Fleeing for his life, the character throws small objects behind him, which turn into powerful obstacles in the path of his pursuer. One of the objects thrown is a whetstone. (In one of the Udmurt variants, the objects thrown destroy the obstacles in the character's path). See motif L72. |
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This motif has been recorded in 38 traditions: Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo), Songhai, Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Poles, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Danes, Danish, Western Ukrainians, Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji, Tajik, Persians, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kara Kalpak, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Mongols (Khalkha), Beaver, Haida, Tsimshian, Naskapi, Montagnais, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Teton (incl Oglala), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Nez Perce, Tunica, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Biloxi, Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights), Icelanders, Egypt