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J1A - The myth of the avengers with a full plot
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
J1 has 4 other sub-motifsJ1. The characters avenge the death of their father, mother or other relatives who are older than them by a generation (less often by two generations). J1A. j1b. Heroic avengers - with a missing or altered plot start: it is unclear whether the characters with whom the heroes live are their real or adoptive parents; the hero's mother herself tries to destroy him in infancy. j1c. Avenging heroes - with a missing or distorted final part of the plot (revenge is not described). j1d. Heroic avengers - Like J1D, but the role of potential heroes is reduced to a minimum: a woman with a baby is saved from the antagonist and receives help from the patron . Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J1's motifs? |
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Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | 0.00% | Another sun — less powerful or less favourable to humans — existed before the appearance of the current one. |
| A10 | 0.00% | The sun gets its sparkling eyes (eye) from an animal. |
| A11A | 0.00% | The visible sun or moon are their eyes; if the eyes of the luminaries were not damaged, it would be much brighter and hotter. |
| A11B | 0.00% | The sun or moon has one eye (usually the second eye is knocked out or sucked out, but sometimes the reason is not explained; among the Munduruku, the sun of the rainy season has lost both eyes, while the sun of the dry season has retained both). See motif 11A. |
| A11C | 0.00% | The Sun and Moon kill a monster whose eyes shine differently. At first, the Moon takes the brighter eye, but then swaps with the Sun. |
| A12 | 0.00% | A creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, winter and summer, night and day, phases of the moon) or occasionally (eclipses, eschatological catastrophes) attack the luminaries or block their light. |
| A12A | 0.00% | During an eclipse or under other circumstances, predators attack the luminaries: wolves, bears, jaguars, pumas, dogs, foxes, raccoons. See motif A12. |
| A12B | 0.00% | During an eclipse or at sunset (marked *), the luminaries are swallowed by a toad or frog. |
| A12C | 0.00% | Eclipses of the sun, moon or their setting (marked*) are caused by a snake, lizard, dragon, fish or crocodile; these creatures attack the luminaries now or attacked them at the beginning of time. See motif A12. |
| A12D | 0.00% | Birds attack the sun or moon during an eclipse (covering them with their wings) or (*) cover the sun during sunrise or sunset. See motif A12. |
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This motif has been recorded in 152 traditions: Masai, Iraku (Irakw), Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Bugi, Macassar, Batak (Toba, Dairi), France, Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Sah-nameh, Marzban-nameh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees, Zoroastrianism, Karachays, Balkar, Ingush, Bashkirs, Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Forest Nenets, Mongols (Khalkha), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Kets, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Nanai, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Aleuts, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Algonquin, unspecified Algonkians of the Midwest (probably Old Algonquin), Montagnais, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Winnebago, Arapaho, Teton (incl Oglala), Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Crow, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Lillooet, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh), Quinault, Tillamook, Kalapuya, Takelma, Alcea, Flathead, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Shasta; Chimariko, Klamath, Modoc, Yurok, Caddo, Tunica, Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto, Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob), Wappo, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Yana, Chumash, Northern Foothills Yokuts (Chukchansi, Dumna, Kechayi), Salinan, Mono (Monache), Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Kiliwa, Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa, Pima, Papago, Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa, Tepecano, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Pipil, Bribri, Cabecar, Terraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Chimila (Ette), Guajiro, Sicuani, Makiritare (Yecuana), Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Waiwai, Trio, Locono, Wayana, Aparai, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Zaparo, Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Chayahuita , Karijona, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Cubeo, Tariana, Witoto, Ocaina, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries), Amuesha, Machiguenga, Culina, Paumarí, Arauá, Apurina, Cuniba, Cashibo, Marubo, Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua), Harákmbet (=Mashco), Tacana, Moseten, Chimane, Yuracare, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Chacobo, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Bakairi, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Trumai, Rikbaktsa, Kayabi, Nambikwara, Paresi, Bororo, Caraja, Tapirape, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Suya, Txukarramae, Sherente, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Chamacoco (Ishir), Mataco, Chorote, Toba (incl Pilagá), Caduveo, Mbaya, Guarani of Paraguay and Brazil: Caygua, Mbia, Apapocuva, Nyandewa, Chiripa, Northern and Southern Tehuelche, Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet