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K44B - Upon returning, throws food.
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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 or heroine returns after a long absence. Seeing (usually from the roof of the house) his or her parents (mother, husband) languishing in poverty, he or she throws food at them, extinguishes the fire, pushes them, etc. At first, they usually do not understand what is going on.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K44 has 2 other sub-motifsK44. The character kidnaps the boy or hides him from his mother or father, pretending to be his mother or father. The kidnapped boy learns the truth and leaves the kidnapper. K44a. A frog or toad (coastal Koryaks: triton) kidnaps or finds a boy and lies that she is his real mother. See motif K44. K44b. The hero or heroine returns after a long absence. Seeing (usually from the roof of the house) his or her parents (mother, husband) languishing in poverty, he or she throws food at them, extinguishes the fire, pushes them, etc. At first, they usually do not understand what is going on. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K44's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B68 | 100.00% | The giant hazel grouse became small – it was usually torn into pieces, which turned into the current hazel grouse. |
| A29A | 98.29% | Heavenly and earthly women (demons) pull a man in different directions. As a result, he (or his half) turns into a heavenly object. |
| M84B2 | 98.15% | The character carefully preserves the bones of migratory birds eaten (not fish or animals) and the birds come to life again. (Episodes of reviving a domestic goose or rooster are not taken into account in everyday tales). |
| B42MN | 98.00% | Only one character (rather than several) chases an animal (elk or bear) across the sky, associated with one of the circumpolar constellations, but not with the Pleiades or Orion. (In the Kalevala tradition, there is no identification with stars). |
| M162A | 97.37% | The character pretends to eat his own genitals. Another believes him and castrates himself. |
| I22B1 | 97.35% | Some migratory birds (shamans in the form of birds) die on the border of our world. |
| B72C | 96.90% | Children run after their mother, injure themselves, and their blood stains plants, the ground, and the evening sky. |
| B48A | 96.62% | The bodies of animals, birds or fish contain internal organs or muscles that were originally parts of the bodies of other animals, birds, fish or monsters. Cf. motif B36C. |
| K8C2 | 95.26% | The mouse is swallowed by a large land animal and comes out by cutting it open from the inside. |
| B120 | 94.87% | There are creatures that sleep in winter, and frozen snot hangs from their noses. (Motif identified by Evgenia Korovina). |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Hungarians, Western Sami, Western Ukrainians, Kalmyk, Uyghur, Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Southern Selkups, Kets, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Yughs