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L32 - The voracious stone.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The stone swallows, bites, beats or transforms people.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| G9 | 93.73% | The forest cut down during clearing is reborn by morning. |
| L17B | 92.11% | A character or creature has a second face or a second mouth on the back of its head. |
| J24 | 89.76% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| B2B | 89.75% | The earth feeds on the people buried in it. See motif B2A. |
| M21A | 89.65% | The character is pursued by an enemy. An animal hides the fugitive in its mouth or on its body, and when the pursuer appears, it refuses to open its mouth or expose part of its body. (Usually simulates illness – toothache, etc.). Cf. motif i87ad. |
| D11 | 88.90% | Before fire was known, food was prepared by warming it with the body (usually under the armpit); fire is kept under the character's armpit. |
| A24 | 88.77% | The first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones. |
| L26 | 88.25% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 88.25% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
| L58 | 88.06% | A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Herero (Herrero), Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire), Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang, Darkhad, Salinan, Jicarilla, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi, Yupa (Yukpa), Kono (=Kone), Wai