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K125 - One of the subjects is a traitor.
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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 pursuer asks various objects where the hero is hiding or where he has run. Everyone remains silent, but one of the objects betrays the hero.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K12 has 2 other sub-motifsK12. The hero returns the woman whom his enemy or rival tried to take away from him. K12a. An unrecognised hero arrives at a place where his bride or wife is to be given to another man or turned into a servant. Contrary to expectations, he manages to draw a tight bow (raise a spear), with which he kills his rivals. K12b. The hero enters a world beyond the human world and marries there. His wife allows him to visit his former world, but on certain conditions. The hero breaks these conditions, which leads to (irreparable) misfortune. Cf. motif F94 (the hero betrays his fairy wife in her world); K25a6 (the hero visits his world together with his fairy wife). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K12's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| D1A2 | 95.32% | The house of the person who insulted the fire burns down, but the property inside it or the child of another person (or that person himself) who treated the fire with respect is not harmed. |
| K89D | 95.30% | Left alone in the house or finding herself in a stranger's house, a girl (less often a male character) hides by turning into a needle (a pin) or another tool for sewing or spinning. |
| B42I | 94.41% | Cassiopeia is associated with a deer or elk. |
| K47B | 93.79% | A woman marries a man who originally had the appearance of a dog. The birth of children from a dog is not essential to the plot. |
| B3C | 91.69% | When the creator, having created the land, lies down to rest, the antagonist tries to drown him, dragging him to the edge of the earth. As a result, the earth expands, and the antagonist is unable to reach its edge. |
| I27C | 91.39% | Dogs with two spots above their eyes stand out and are usually called two- or four-eyed. |
| A32E | 91.25% | On the lunar (rarely: solar) disc, a character holding an object or animal is visible. See motif A32D. |
| I38 | 91.24% | There are creatures that combine the characteristics of dogs and humans (usually people with dog faces or heads). |
| L72A | 91.10% | Fleeing for his life, the character throws behind him a comb (brush), which turns into an obstacle (almost always thickets) in the path of his pursuer. (In South America, this motif is most likely of European origin). See Andreev 1929, No. 313.I. |
| K77C | 91.01% | Various objects and/or animals hide in the house where a strong enemy is expected to appear. They take turns attacking or frightening him, and he either dies or flees. See motifs K77a and K77b. |
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This motif has been recorded in 45 traditions: Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria, Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae), Numfoor, Warope, Wamesa (Wandamen, Windesi), Khmu (Kammu), Puoc, Kachin (Singpho), Chak, Ireland, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Portuguese, Portugal, Sicily, Sicilians, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Western Ukrainians, Persians, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Nenets, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Kets, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Udeghe, Oroch, Uilta (Orok), Nanai, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Western Woods Cree, Eastern Cree, Montagnais, Plains Cree, Klamath, Modoc, Machiguenga, Caraja, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori, Sundanese, Russian Federation