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L3A - She asked for help – a demon came.

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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.

Summary of Motif

Left alone, a woman carelessly calls for someone to help her with the housework; a demon comes and kills the woman or her child.

Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures

L3 has 1 other sub-motifs L3.  The demon takes on human form and comes to his wife (less often to another woman). Usually, the woman (alone or with a child) runs away and/or kills the monster, either by herself or with someone's help. L3a.  Left alone, a woman carelessly calls for someone to help her with the housework; a demon comes and kills the woman or her child.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L3's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

Motif	Similarity	Motif Summary
A13B	100.00%	During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun.
A9	100.00%	The moon-woman does not allow her son or husband, the Sun, to destroy people.
B7D	99.71%	Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth.
I129	99.71%	The rainy season is associated with the appearance of the Heron constellation in the sky.
L7B	99.71%	While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, he mistakenly throws himself after a calabash floating down the river.
I27B	99.67%	A dog carries a person across a river to another world. See motif I27.
M47	99.67%	When punishing a person or animal or restoring a dismembered body, a character intentionally or accidentally puts his head to his ass.
A22B	99.47%	The sun and its companion burn up. The companion burns in a less intense fire (is thrown into the ashes, etc.); therefore, the moon (or star) is cold. See motif A22.
A22A	99.39%	Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22.
G4	99.29%	Cultivated plants found on or inside a mountain.

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Map of Motif Dispersal

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kandoshi (Murato, Maina); Iquito, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Chayahuita , Amuesha, Papua-New Guinea Northern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Komba, Gimi, Susure, Orokaiva, Bogadjim, Ngain, Sentani, Bargam, Imonda, Nankina, Yupta Valley, Urawa Valley, Warupu (Barupu), Pondoma (Anam)

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