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I80 - The thunderbolt's apprentice.
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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 character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
I80 has 2 other sub-motifsI80. A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind. I80a. Upon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them. I80b. Man is allowed to control the weather in his own interests. He sends rain at the right time, but cannot take all factors into account (he usually forgets about the wind). The bread will not grow or will be unpalatable. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I80's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M57B | 96.16% | Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. |
| I48 | 95.94% | The character is deprived of the ability to move, after which he acquires cosmic dimensions: he supports the earth (sky) or his movements cause earthquakes (less often - storms). |
| L77 | 95.68% | The character devours people because he sees them as a delicacy. |
| I8E | 95.27% | The sky or the earth is supported by four anthropomorphic male characters located at the four cardinal points. |
| E33 | 95.21% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
| B80 | 94.79% | The process of creation includes measuring the dimensions of the earth or the world as a whole. |
| A8B | 93.95% | Setting beyond the horizon, the sun shines on the anthropomorphic inhabitants of the underworld – the dead, dwarves, etc. |
| I77 | 93.94% | A powerful character associated with thunderstorms and rain, lame. |
| G12A | 93.69% | Cultivated plants arise from drops of blood or flow like blood from cuts on the body of a human or animal. |
| D1A3 | 93.13% | A man marries a woman who is fire. She is mistreated, or her husband does not like her, and the marriage breaks down. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 24 traditions: Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Zhuang, Buyi; Shui, Early Chinese written sources, Koreans, Estonians, Mari (Cheremis), Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Dongxiang, Baoan, Southern Selkups, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Nanai, Attikamek, Navajo, Zuni, Tepecano, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900, Chontal, Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Yucatec, Itza, Kekchi; Mopan, Sicuani, Botocudo