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L108E - Children of the fox, ATU 123A.
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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 fox has a child, usually adopted (she cares for a lamb, a foal, etc.), a wolf or a bear kills it, and the fox takes revenge.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 |
|---|---|---|
| K85B | 99.79% | The three-legged horse is distinguished by its strength and speed, and is ridden by a rider of non-human nature. |
| N14 | 99.53% | fairy-tale text ends with a formula stating that the narrator attended a feast and/or wedding arranged by the characters of the fairy tale. |
| N33 | 99.52% | hero drives the enemy into the ground, or he and the enemy alternately drive each other into the ground (ankle-deep, waist-deep, etc.). |
| L81C | 99.32% | The legless man lives together with the blind and armless man (or with one of the two). By working together, they are healed. |
| K85C | 99.17% | A three-legged horse is strong and fast, but its four-legged brother is faster. |
| M39A2B | 99.17% | After buying salt or sugar, a fool pours them into a pond to salt or sweeten the water. |
| B33 | 99.14% | There is a female character who embodies the wind or is considered the mother or mistress of the winds. |
| B33E | 99.06% | The last cold month regrets that it did not come earlier or that it is too short. In that case, it would have frozen everyone. |
| F70E2 | 99.06% | The father sends his daughters or sons on a difficult task one by one. At the very beginning of the journey, their courage is put to the test. Only the youngest son or daughter passes the test. Usually, the father stands in their way, taking the form of an enemy or a predator, but only the youngest son or daughter bravely enters the fight. |
| I87AA | 98.99% | Describes a giant bull (rarely: horse): head in one field, body in another; a bathhouse on its tail, a lake on its back; people standing at its head and tail have to walk a long way to meet each other; etc. Usually the bull is killed and eaten (by people in Baltic-Finnish traditions and in Olonets antiquity; by birds in most southern traditions). |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria, Hungarians, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Uzbek, Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi, Tats, Georgians, Kazakh, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori