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I86A - Down turns into snow.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Snow arises from bird down when a bird shakes itself in the sky or when a character shakes out down or fur clothing, plucks birds, etc.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
I86 has 1 other sub-motifsI86. The inhabitants of the upper world produce down, wool, and scales, which turn into birds, animals, and fish. I86a. Snow arises from bird down when a bird shakes itself in the sky or when a character shakes out down or fur clothing, plucks birds, etc. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I86's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B125A | 99.03% | The nightingale (or, less commonly, someone else) takes the copper's eyes and does not return them, leaving her blind. |
| B115A | 99.00% | Angry at the carpenters, the character (St. Peter) asks another (Christ) to make the knots in the wood or branches iron. The latter only makes them very hard. |
| H7C1 | 99.00% | The trickster first deceives Death (the devil), and then, also by deception, enters paradise. |
| H7B1 | 98.93% | Having received a magic bag, into which any creature can be forced against its will at the owner's discretion, a person gains power over Death or devils. |
| J51A2 | 98.92% | A girl must penetrate an inaccessible place with the help of chicken bones. She loses one or there are not enough bones. By cutting off her finger and using it as she would use the bones, the girl achieves her goal. |
| K176A | 98.92% | The hero searches for his magical wife who has left him. It turns out that one of the winds is flying to her to perform a certain task. The hero follows him. |
| I22G1 | 98.74% | In another world, the hero sees many strange things, including colliding stones (but they do not block his path). |
| L9G | 98.72% | A man's hair or beard of an unusual colour is a sign of his demonic nature. |
| I20C1 | 98.71% | Dwarves do not live deep underground, but inside hills, in rocks, in mines, etc., and usually come out from there onto the ground. |
| K103C | 98.66% | Sitting on a bull or a cow, a young man or woman runs away from their stepmother's house. Along the way, the bull fights other bulls (monsters), the last of which usually kills it. |
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This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Wales, France, Dutch, Flemish, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Poles, Kashubians, Czech, Czechs, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Latvians, Livonians, Estonians, Tajik, Armenians, Inland Tlingit, Tlingit, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Eastern Cree, Plains Cree, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Eastern Shoshone