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F95 - The wife of one of the brothers.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
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.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 |
|---|---|---|
| F42A | 98.60% | In the community of the first ancestors, young men or boys turn into birds or bats and fly away. |
| I30 | 98.20% | In the world of the dead, its master or mistress copulates with all new arrivals. |
| F48 | 97.59% | Individual women differ physically because the pieces of flesh divided from the first woman were not identical, or because the males who copulated with the first woman were animals of different species. |
| M18A | 96.83% | 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. |
| M14A | 96.29% | To take revenge on his wife or her relatives for (allegedly) causing him offence, the husband roasts his wife alive. See motif M14. |
| B36 | 95.45% | Birds, fish, and four-legged animals deliberately or accidentally smear themselves with colouring substances or divide parts of another's body among themselves, thereby acquiring their current appearance. |
| F43A | 95.20% | In the community of the first ancestors, women kill, attempt to kill, or transform men. |
| B34 | 95.12% | After the vessel of night is opened, a person caught by the onset of darkness turns into a bird or animal. |
| F42 | 95.00% | Feeling wronged, men leave their wives or sisters. |
| H24F | 94.85% | The character has the ability to put a large amount of meat or fish into a bag or container that is easy to carry. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio, Micmac, Achomavi, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Ticuna (Tucuna), Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Umotina (Umutina), Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)