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L108C - White Hand.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
To prevent the victim from recognising him and opening the door, the predator, the cannibal, shows part of his clothing, his hand, his paw, making the victim believe that his mother, teacher, etc. has come.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 |
|---|---|---|
| H49 | 99.60% | A dog or other animal kills a creature that threatened a small child. The owner or other people mistake the saviour for an aggressor and kill it. |
| K33G | 98.74% | The person who eats the fruit (leaf, etc.) grows horns (long nose, etc.) or turns into an animal, while the other fruit (leaf, etc.) returns to its normal appearance. |
| K103A | 98.39% | A suddenly grown plant (tree, vine, lotus) bends (raises its branches, etc.), allowing only the hero or heroine to climb it or pick its fruits (flowers). |
| M75B3 | 98.15% | Enemies are shown a life-size or larger image of a horse or bull. Not realizing that this is a ruse, they bring the figure to their own territory and are defeated as a result. |
| H46A | 97.58% | The possibility of using cereals for food is determined by the behaviour of the dog in the era of creation. See motif H46. |
| K15 | 97.57% | A woman swears that she has not been with anyone except (her husband and) a dirty beggar. Others do not know that her lover has taken on the appearance of a beggar. |
| L19B2 | 97.49% | A creature with nine heads is mentioned – either singly or at the end of a series of creatures with fewer heads. |
| M204A | 97.40% | Gold is placed in a person's path so that they can take advantage of it. At that moment, the person accidentally closes their eyes and walks past. |
| K33H | 97.26% | A person finds a magical object that grants any wish. This object is stolen. It is returned by animals (which the hero had previously saved). |
| M75B1A | 97.20% | A high-ranking person finds out that a (just born) poor or ugly girl is intended for him, or the girl herself finds out that she is destined to become a man's wife of high origin. A betrothed or someone else tries to kill a girl, but only hurts her and the prediction is fulfilled; if the girl is ugly, she becomes beautiful. |
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This motif has been recorded in 18 traditions: Kachin (Singpho), Chak, Koreans, England, British, Bretons, Catalan, Dutch, Flemish, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Tajik, Persians, Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi, Anatolia Turks, Dongxiang, Baoan, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Wallons, Picardie, Salars, Galicians