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J36 - Antagonist - turtle.
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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 turtle drags the hero's parents under water.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C9A | 99.83% | During the flood or when crossing a river, those who drowned or were saved turn into aquatic or amphibious animals. |
| D13C | 99.65% | Two companions or brothers live together. The older one has a wife, whom he hides. To discover her, the younger one, left alone in the house, makes her laugh. |
| I28A | 99.65% | Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes. |
| J60 | 98.73% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| E13A | 98.66% | Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals were first obtained by humans from the inhabitants of the underwater world. |
| F43 | 97.78% | The women of the community of the first ancestors kill or abandon the men. |
| F42 | 97.51% | Feeling wronged, men leave their wives or sisters. |
| F44 | 97.43% | In the community of the first ancestors, women and men quarrel, leave, kill, maim each other, etc. |
| B36 | 97.36% | Birds, fish, and four-legged animals deliberately or accidentally smear themselves with colouring substances or divide parts of another's body among themselves, thereby acquiring their current appearance. |
| L9A | 97.01% | The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Maue (Mawe), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kamayura, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda