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G24A - Seeds hidden on the body.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The character steals cultivated plants for people, hiding the seeds on/in his own body.Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
G24 has 1 other sub-motifsG24. The first seeds (shoots, tubers) of cultivated or important wild food plants and/or agronomic knowledge were brought from the sky (received from the gods). G24a. The character steals cultivated plants for people, hiding the seeds on/in his own body. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of G24's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M29O1 | 93.91% | As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the monkey dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| K47D | 93.35% | A girl gives herself to a dog because it fulfils the condition of marriage set by her or her father for her future husband. See motif K47A. |
| I81A1 | 93.09% | The struggle between the crab and the snake (eel) determines the features of the relief of a particular area or has cosmic proportions. |
| F86A | 92.83% | The character cares for a fish, crab or other creature. Others watch the character, kill and eat his pet, or try to do so. |
| L85B | 92.53% | A pregnant woman curses the Sun, Rain or another powerful character. Because of this, the child is born physically disabled. He possesses magical powers and usually acquires a normal body. |
| C8 | 92.51% | At the beginning of time or as a result of a catastrophe, the only human couple is a brother and sister (less often a mother and son, father and daughters). They marry and give birth to people. |
| E40 | 92.45% | The first humans had nostrils facing upwards, into which rain poured. |
| M3 | 92.25% | The character crosses a water or air barrier on the backs of chained animals, birds, or fish. |
| I81A | 91.73% | The giant crab causes earthquakes or floods, closes or can close the water outlet. |
| F45A | 91.56% | A woman or female animal conceives by deliberately exposing her genitals to the wind. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate, Ceram: Alune and Wemale (West Ceram), Patasiwa (Ceram), Honitetu (West Ceram Highlands); Nusawele, Hatuolu, Huaolu, Patasiwa; Ambon; Buru, Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik, Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan, Rawang, Dulong; Anong, Drung, Sinhalese; Vedda, Ainu, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Makiritare (Yecuana), Moseten, Chimane, Yabuti, Amniapä, Kumana, Wari (Aikana), More (Itene)