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L105 - The invisible hook, B5482.3.
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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 wounded animal, fish or anthropomorphic character runs or swims away – usually with a hook, harpoon, arrow or other hunting or fishing implement stuck in its body; local healers cannot cure the wounded creature (usually because they cannot see the object that caused the wound); a person comes to the wounded person's village and successfully treats them (usually by removing the object that caused the wound). Cf. motif M60A.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L10 has 1 other sub-motifsL10. The character has a sharp (biting) tail or a protrusion on its back. See motif L9, cf. motif L9C. L10a. A demonic character approaches a man's campfire. The man leaves a log in his place and hides. The character throws himself on the log, mistaking it for a sleeping man; usually, the hunter kills or wounds the demon. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L10's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H9A | 92.35% | Of two women, one of whom is associated with a stone and the other with a plant, only the plant woman leaves offspring, which is why people are what they are (mortal, capable of speech, etc.). Alternatively, children born to two women have opposite characteristics (skilled and unskilled, etc.). |
| K47A | 91.68% | A woman mates with a dog. Her children grow up to be humans and usually become the ancestors of certain ethnic groups. |
| D10 | 91.65% | A couple of people serve as the embodiment of a tool for obtaining fire. |
| M60A | 91.06% | The creature/character runs away or swims away with a hook, harpoon, arrow, or other object thrown by the hero in his body. Local shamans can't heal an existence/character. The hero or his friend comes to the wounded man's village, takes out the object that caused the injury, or drives him even deeper into the body. The patient recovers or dies accordingly. See L105 and M60 motifs. |
| F64B | 90.37% | A woman pretends to be someone else in order to seduce her son, brother, daughter or grandson. See motif F64. |
| B1B | 88.80% | Two female progenitors participate in the process of creation. The actions of one bring good, the other evil. |
| K34 | 87.70% | The character puts others on the swing and, after swinging them, throws them (or threatens to throw them) into the water, onto rocks, etc. |
| K26 | 87.69% | Approaching an opening or making one, the character sees the world below (usually seeing the earth from the sky). See motif K25. |
| B76 | 87.10% | The sea waves instantly petrified, forming land with mountains on it. |
| B82 | 86.79% | The raven (less often another bird of prey, or another black bird the size of a raven) was first white, and then turned black. |
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This motif has been recorded in 31 traditions: Shilluk, Anuak, Papua-NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma, Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Hawaii, Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kedang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor), Roti, Bunak, Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate, Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik, Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong, Khmer, Koreans, Ireland, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Mongols (Khalkha), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Oroch, Nivkh, Chukchi, Chugach, Tagish, Tahltan, Koyukon, Tanana, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Micmac, Comox, Pentlatch, Palau