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J55 - The unrecognised hero encounters enemies.
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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 hero encounters characters who, not recognising him, say that they are waiting for so-and-so (naming him) to kill him. He easily kills them or turns them into animals.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 |
|---|---|---|
| J50B | 95.56% | The father (alone or with his brother) is only partially resurrected and is unable to live among people (he cannot be a warrior). The hero leaves him (in another world) or allows him to die completely. |
| I112 | 95.53% | The boat is a living creature with a mouth, a fish. |
| L15A1 | 95.47% | The character's vulnerable spot is located at the bottom of the foot (heel, toe, sole, ankle). |
| K87A | 95.23% | A forest woman receives or kidnaps a little boy and raises him to be her lover. |
| K27N3A | 95.18% | The character who gives the hero difficult tasks or subjects him to trials is associated with the sun, moon, thunder or wind (cloud, downpour). See motif K27. |
| M71 | 94.83% | A character (usually carried away by a river or fallen from a height) turns into a piece of wood. Someone is picking it up. The character then takes on his true form, usually in the absence of the hosts. |
| A34 | 94.76% | The jackal, coyote or fox are associated with the moon (usually with the appearance of lunar spots). |
| B28D | 94.39% | Not understanding who they are dealing with, the characters respond to the wandering Transformer that they are preparing weapons to kill so-and-so or a hiding place to escape from so-and-so. The Transformer kills them himself or turns them into animals. |
| H20 | 94.15% | All the fish or (rarely) molluscs were concentrated in one place. A certain character allows them to escape or deliberately releases them into rivers or the sea. {In some cases, the theme of the spread of fish concentrated in a small container is difficult to separate from the theme of the spread of water. In any case, neither of these exist in Africa}. |
| F28D | 94.09% | By masturbating with an artificial penis, a woman conceives children. |
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This motif has been recorded in 26 traditions: Baluch, Georgians, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Micmac, Montagnais, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Iowa, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Plains Ojibwa, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Comox, Pentlatch, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Klamath, Modoc, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Panamint, Sicuani, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Tariana, Yagua, Moseten, Chimane, Ese’ejja, Kayabi, Tapirape