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F91 - The worm grower.
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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 man finds or breeds monstrous worms to eat his wife.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I123 | 99.68% | Altair with a small neighbouring star from the constellation Aquila or Vega with a similarly faint star are considered to appear during or immediately after the winter solstice, although they are actually visible before that. |
| K51A | 99.25% | One woman comes to another in the absence of a man and kills her by pushing her rival's head into boiling liquid or pouring boiling water or hot fat into her ear. See motif K51. |
| M123C | 99.11% | A non-migratory bird sets off south with migratory birds, but is unable to reach its destination. |
| K45 | 98.99% | A man and a woman belonging to different generations (father – daughter, son – mother) come into conflict. The man sails away from the woman in a boat or on a raft, or leaves her on a sledge. When she tries to grab the edge of the boat (raft, sled), he cuts off her fingers. (The common motif among the Warrau and Eskimos was first noted by O. Zerries [Zerries 1954: 346, 376]). |
| K45B | 98.68% | A man and a woman belonging to different generations (father – daughter, son – mother) come into conflict, as a result of which the woman turns into a marine mammal, the mistress of marine mammals, or a frog. |
| E15B | 98.64% | Bird women sew the birch bark covering of the hero's boat. See motif E15. |
| E9AA | 98.64% | A man searches for a missing woman, who is a fox by nature, and comes to the burrow where she has hidden. Various bird or animal women come out of the burrow and offer themselves in place of the fox. Then they let him inside. |
| F51C | 98.64% | Upon learning that her unknown lover is her own brother, the girl shows him her genitals or bare breasts, offering him what he so desired. After that, she runs away, and he rushes after her. |
| H37A | 98.64% | A character gives another the ability to easily light a fire. The latter uses it unnecessarily and loses it. |
| K25A3 | 98.64% | The magical bird-wife flies away when she makes herself new feather clothing from feathers collected on the ground. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Chukchi, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), North Alaskan Inupiat, Mackenzie Delta, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Labrador Inuit (Koksoagmiut), Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay), Greenland