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K6 - Rope made from bodily secretions.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A vine or rope emerges from tears, snot, urine, saliva, and chewed substance. See motif K1A.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
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 |
|---|---|---|
| C13 | 99.23% | During or before the onset of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness) or (surui) at night, household items and/or stones, trees, domestic animals, and cultivated plants turn into wild birds and animals or come to life. |
| J8 | 99.11% | A woman or girl sets out in search of a husband (fiancé, etc.). Bird feathers left on the trail, at a crossroads or near a dwelling mark the right or wrong path. See motif J7. |
| I54 | 98.68% | Inside a snake or other aquatic creature are aquatic animals or live fish; an aquatic monster gives birth to fish, is the master of fish; turns into many fish. |
| L11 | 98.60% | Everyday objects take the form of fish, invertebrates, reptiles, dangerous predators, or objects that transform into these animals under special circumstances. |
| F19 | 98.20% | After copulating with a frog, a man's penis is crippled (unless otherwise stated: it becomes long, see motif F18A). |
| M9A | 98.20% | A character who eagerly sucks honey from a hollow and/or gets stuck in a hollow turns into a tree frog. See M9 motif. |
| B56 | 98.16% | The crocodile/caiman is left without a tongue after swallowing or losing the fire (which it previously possessed); something associated with heavenly fire (lightning, sunbeams, etc.) emerges from the crocodile's severed tongue. |
| A1A | 97.62% | Before the sun appeared, the world was lit by a large bird with bright colours (a parrot or toucan). |
| A26 | 97.62% | The bird embodies the sun, daylight; it can be caught, released, killed. |
| B25 | 97.62% | Characters who climb trees or vines and then fall turn into wild pigs or other game animals. |
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This motif has been recorded in 13 traditions: Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah, Forest Nenets, Karok, Yurok, Yana, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Tariana, Andoque, Tupinamba, Moseten, Chimane, Caraja, Ayoreo