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J47B - Two ropes.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
When a character runs away from a pursuer, a strong rope (chain, etc.) is lowered (thrown) to him. A rotten rope is lowered to the pursuer, it breaks, and the pursuer crashes (drowns).Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J47 has 3 other sub-motifsJ47. A character climbs up to the sky using a rope, ladder, etc., or climbs a tree or rock, or descends from the sky to the ground, or rises to the ground from the underworld. Another character climbs after them, but the rope or ladder breaks or is cut, and the character falls. J47a. A plant (usually not a mighty tree, but a legume) grows unusually fast, and a character climbs it to reach the sky. J47a1. The character enters a house where goats live. He secretly eats the food he finds there, but is eventually discovered. J47b. When a character runs away from a pursuer, a strong rope (chain, etc.) is lowered (thrown) to him. A rotten rope is lowered to the pursuer, it breaks, and the pursuer crashes (drowns). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J47's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A46A | 98.67% | The sun and moon (Rigveda: only the sun) are associated with the eyes of an anthropomorphic being (the motif of their emergence from the eyes of this being may be absent). |
| A2B | 98.28% | In addition to the current sun and/or moon, other suns and moons shone in the sky, which were then destroyed. See motif A2A. |
| A46 | 98.24% | The sun and moon (Rigveda: only the sun) emerge from the eyes of an anthropomorphic creature. |
| A2A | 98.20% | The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns lit up or will light up simultaneously; or destructive heat (or light) once emanated from one sun. |
| M130B | 98.00% | A herbivorous animal falls into a hunter's trap. The predator does not want to release it, as it hopes to eat its entrails, but the bird helps it to escape. The hunter tries to kill the bird, but instead kills the predator. |
| M29O1 | 98.00% | As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the monkey dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| F45A | 97.90% | A woman or female animal conceives by deliberately exposing her genitals to the wind. |
| A2 | 97.74% | There was a time when several, i.e. more than two, suns shone in the sky at the same time. |
| M30D | 97.61% | To get into the air, a character without wings (usually a turtle or a frog) grabs a stick with the ends held in their beaks by two birds. |
| B3D | 97.60% | The earth is obtained by a worm; it arises from worm excrement, extracted from the worm. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio, Koreans, Ossetians, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Bhutan