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J22E - Man from the afterbirth, T541.12.
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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 second character emerges from the afterbirth of the first.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J22 has 4 other sub-motifsJ22a. Two men or a brother and sister emerge from a single body or embryo cut in half, or the second emerges from a part of the body or from the secretions of the first. Cf. motif M37. J22b. A woman is cut or torn in half, and two new ones appear. J22c. There is a demonic character in the form of Siamese twins – two semi-fused women. J22d. Foreigners or animals of two different species emerge from a single person or animal cut in half. J22e. The second character emerges from the afterbirth of the first. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L28 | 91.65% | A person who eats unusual or forbidden meat or fish, or touches something forbidden, turns into a reptile or a fish. |
| L29 | 91.09% | A person catches fish where it should not be, usually in a small forest pond isolated from running water; those who eat this fish die, undergo metamorphosis and/or are attacked by monsters. See motif L28. |
| L69 | 90.29% | A monster attacks a person; a puma, jaguar or dog fights the monster, kills or drives it away; the person returns home. |
| H37B | 84.98% | One character gives another his power (usually a skunk gives his volley). The other wastes the resource unnecessarily to test its effect. Usually, when the need arises, the resource no longer works. |
| G30 | 84.89% | A long penis is cut into pieces, which turn into many edible plants or different types of trees. Cf. motif B53. |
| M26 | 84.89% | The character dives under waterfowl and ties a rope to their legs to catch them. Birds soar into the air, lifting the catcher with them. It later falls. |
| M55 | 84.89% | A human or weaker animal character takes a stronger character to sleep in a supposedly dangerous place where hot coals, sticks, etc. can fall on those lying at night; when A strong character falls asleep, his companion burns or hits him, pretending that both of them have suffered equally. |
| I4B | 84.78% | A person helps thunder defeat the enemy. |
| M53C | 84.71% | trickster, inviting birds to dance around him with their eyes closed, kills them one at a time and threatens to turn red at the one that opens their eyes; this is an empty threat, or for a bird that opens eyes and eyes have really turned red ever since. |
| J12J | 84.66% | A girl or sisters end up with a false groom who plays the role of a jester in the chief's house. See motif J12. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Arikara, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Plains Ojibwa, Natchez (incl Avoyel), Makiritare (Yecuana), Yagua