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L39 - The hero is forced to climb down from the tree.
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Summary of Motif
By force or deception, the character forces another to climb down from the tree in order to harm him.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L39 has 4 other sub-motifsL39. By force or deception, the character forces another to climb down from the tree in order to harm him. L39a. A supernatural character emerges from the underworld and attacks a man who has climbed a tree. L39b. The tree grows from a flatbread (pie, etc.) and usually bears flatbreads instead of fruit. L39c. A boy (less often a girl) climbs a fruit tree that has just grown (usually from a discarded seed). A cannibal tries to force the boy (girl) to come down to the ground. L39d. A boy climbs a tree to pick fruit. A demonic character asks him to share, but not to throw the fruit on the ground, but to pass it from hand to hand. He grabs the boy and carries him away. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L39's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M38A1 | 92.03% | The character imitates the sisters' sons-in-law or husbands, or the wife's brothers (shoshone's) or wives (comox and chalkomel). {ATU combines a motive with another}. |
| F86 | 90.24% | A character calls another character of non-human nature (a mate or ward) with a conventional signal; the other character sees this, makes the same signal or utters the same words, takes on the appearance of the character they have come to replace, kills those who come out to meet them, or makes use of their sexual services. |
| A35 | 90.11% | Dark spots on the lunar disc – dirt, blood, paint, marks from blows, burns on the body or face of a character; they do not form a specific image. See motif A31. |
| M21 | 90.08% | The character runs away from his pursuer. The person, animal or object that the character asks for help hides him (and kills the pursuer). |
| L40 | 89.65% | The character discovers (rarely: cannot discover) another person on a tree or rock, noticing their reflection or shadow. See motif L39. |
| I3 | 89.43% | Lightning (and thunder) is produced by an object (sword, arrow, whip, mirror, etc.) in the hands of a character; lightning is an object. |
| I99 | 89.12% | The Pleiades – a group of boys, young men, men or people of different genders, but predominantly male. |
| H24 | 88.72% | A vessel or other small container with valuables or living beings (creatures) is opened (prematurely). Its contents get out of control or disappear. |
| A12 | 88.44% | A creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, winter and summer, night and day, phases of the moon) or occasionally (eclipses, eschatological catastrophes) attack the luminaries or block their light. |
| F39 | 88.42% | In the past or in distant lands, women dominated men, were the active party in marital relations, and engaged in male activities. Men engaged in female activities. Later, the situation changed. Either women missed the opportunity to gain superiority. See motif F38. |
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This motif has been recorded in 65 traditions: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian, Aramaic (Syrians), Algeria Arabs, Tunisia Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Yap, Mentawai, Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori, Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Kashmiri, Nepali; Tharu, Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India, Sinhalese; Vedda, Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, France, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Swedes, Western Ukrainians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Uzbek, Yagnobi, Tajik, Persians, Karachays, Balkar, Georgians, Armenians, Gagauz, Anatolia Turks, Shor, Tanana, Shuswap, Tunica, Alabama, Koasati, Mescalero, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Lacandon, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Sicuani, Sanema, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Cañari, Anambe, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Chacobo, Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Paresi, Caraja, Tapirape, Chorote, Guarani of Paraguay and Brazil: Caygua, Mbia, Apapocuva, Nyandewa, Chiripa, Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha), Papua-New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema, Maldives, Mukulu (Mokilko), Parya of Gissar (Hisor) Valley (Tajikistan), Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Bhutan, Morocco