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K30A - The chief's wife and the vultures.
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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 wife of the first ancestor flies away with the vultures (usually voluntarily, after she has already cheated on her husband), and the chief (Uito: her brother) brings her back. See motif K30.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K30 has 2 other sub-motifsK30. A flying creature carries a woman away. The kidnapper is killed and/or the woman escapes from him. See also motif L102A (Escape from a seagull husband). K30a. The wife of the first ancestor flies away with the vultures (usually voluntarily, after she has already cheated on her husband), and the chief (Uito: her brother) brings her back. See motif K30. K30b. A woman or girl is forbidden to go outside. As soon as she does, a flying creature kidnaps her. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K30's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
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| G4 | 99.67% | Cultivated plants found on or inside a mountain. |
| G16 | 99.59% | Ants are the first to find cultivated plants that are unknown to others and concentrated in one place. |
| A22A | 99.45% | Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22. |
| A13B | 99.27% | During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun. |
| A9 | 99.27% | The moon-woman does not allow her son or husband, the Sun, to destroy people. |
| L3A | 99.27% | Left alone, a woman carelessly calls for someone to help her with the housework; a demon comes and kills the woman or her child. |
| A10 | 99.23% | The sun gets its sparkling eyes (eye) from an animal. |
| A11C | 99.23% | The Sun and Moon kill a monster whose eyes shine differently. At first, the Moon takes the brighter eye, but then swaps with the Sun. |
| B23 | 99.23% | The deity forbids the use of fire for cooking and punishes those who violate the prohibition. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Kekchi; Mopan, Sicuani, Guayabero, Chayahuita , Karijona, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Cubeo, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)