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L31B - The reptile crawls into the water.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Upon discovering a reptile on land, people touch it or sit on it, stick to it, and it crawls away with them into the water. See motif L31.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L31 has 2 other sub-motifsL31. People are forced against their will to follow an object, person or animal (usually sticking to it) that carries them far away (usually into water or into the sky). L31a. An object descends from the sky. Children playing climb into it or stick to it, and it carries them away to the sky. See motif L31. L31b. Upon discovering a reptile on land, people touch it or sit on it, stick to it, and it crawls away with them into the water. See motif L31. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L31's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L123 | 99.49% | In order to confuse the pursuer, the character leaves traces leading in all directions before running away. |
| D4J | 99.45% | The thief, the thief's assistant, or the owner of fire is a rabbit, a hare, or (ofaye) a guinea pig. See motif D4A. |
| L31 | 97.35% | People are forced against their will to follow an object, person or animal (usually sticking to it) that carries them far away (usually into water or into the sky). |
| F25 | 96.67% | Women have been stained with someone else's or their own blood, or with blood-like paint, ever since women began menstruating. |
| K27YY4 | 95.48% | The hero must obtain tree bark, which is fraught with danger. |
| J56 | 94.72% | A son or sons come to their father. He subjects them to trials in order to find out whether they are really his children. |
| L68 | 93.53% | Left alone (usually at night in a deserted place) with his companion, a man undergoes a monstrous metamorphosis. |
| L29 | 93.23% | A person catches fish where it should not be, usually in a small forest pond isolated from running water; those who eat this fish die, undergo metamorphosis and/or are attacked by monsters. See motif L28. |
| F59 | 92.96% | Pretending to be a woman, the trickster transforms part of his body, another character, or some object into a swaddled baby, female genitalia, or a female household item, or disguises an animal or object as a baby born to a new husband. |
| B27B | 92.55% | The characters ponder what they should transform into and decide to become a celestial object. |
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This motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Lenape (Delaware), Eastern Cree, Blackfoot, Shawnee, Cheyenne, Teton (incl Oglala), Arikara, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Plains Cree, Crow, Caddo, Lipan, Juruna, Xipaya, Kamayura, Ofaie