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K34 - Dangerous swings, K855.
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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 character puts others on the swing and, after swinging them, throws them (or threatens to throw them) into the water, onto rocks, etc.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K34 has 1 other sub-motifsK34. The character puts others on the swing and, after swinging them, throws them (or threatens to throw them) into the water, onto rocks, etc. k34a. A rival puts a woman on a swing to get rid of her by throwing her into the water. She (almost) drowns or temporarily loses her human form, but manages to return to the world of humans. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K34's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M49 | 91.95% | The hero meets a character from the enemy camp and, taking on his form, penetrates enemies. Usually, the hero kills the person he meets and puts on his skin. |
| B44E | 91.87% | First ancestors (usually birds or animals) argue with each other about the length of time periods in the calendar or daily cycle, or about the desirability of the dominance of cold and dark or warm and light times. See motif B44. |
| K26 | 91.66% | Approaching an opening or making one, the character sees the world below (usually seeing the earth from the sky). See motif K25. |
| B85 | 91.50% | The wind blows too strongly, it is forced to calm down. |
| B44C | 91.17% | The characters argue about whether there should be darkness or light, cold or warmth on earth. See motif B44. |
| B3B | 91.02% | Initially, the earth or the world as a whole was small in size, then it grew; fertile soil grew from a small amount of initial substance. See motif B3A (the earth grows from a piece of solid substance thrown onto the surface of the water). |
| F10 | 90.65% | A woman has a second mouth (usually in her vagina) with sharp teeth. A man inserts or throws a stone, bone, stick, etc. into this mouth, knocking out the teeth or extracting toothy animals from it in this way. |
| K22B | 90.41% | The inhabitants of another world are attacked by certain enemies. A human helps them to defeat these enemies, because these creatures are not dangerous to humans. See motif K22. |
| K47A | 90.12% | A woman mates with a dog. Her children grow up to be humans and usually become the ancestors of certain ethnic groups. |
| L15A | 90.02% | The character's vulnerable spot is located on the surface of the body, but not in vital internal organs. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 35 traditions: Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik, Mentawai, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai), Stieng, Chrau, Sre (Koho), Maa, Mnong, Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf, Uzbek, Yagnobi, Tajik, Inland Tlingit, Koyukon, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Montagnais, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Blackfoot, Arapaho, Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Kalapuya, Shasta; Chimariko, Karok, Pomo, Yana, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Jicarilla, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)