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L41A - Stone in a basket.
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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 character runs away from his captor, leaving a stone (or a log, sand) in his place. See motif L41.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L41 has 4 other sub-motifsL41. After catching a person, the cannibal carries his prey home, but the captive escapes on the road or at the cannibal's house. See motif L38 (a person falls into a demon's trap). L41a. The character runs away from his captor, leaving a stone (or a log, sand) in his place. See motif L41. L41a1. When the demon tries to shake the meat out of the bag over the cauldron, stones fall from the bag into the cauldron and it splits, or the boiling water spills out and scalds the demon. L41b. A basket in which a cannibal puts people is smeared or filled with tar. See motifs L41, L42. L41c. A cannibal grabs children as they slide down a hill. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L41's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K74 | 94.77% | Of two or more characters, each one stays at home or goes to fetch fire for cooking or brings food to the house. Each time, a certain character appears who eats the food and/or defeats the one who stayed behind or came to fetch fire. |
| K79 | 93.98% | Finding himself in a helpless situation, a man sees how a small animal finds a cure for itself or another animal. The man uses the same cure, saves himself or saves another. |
| K77C | 93.55% | Various objects and/or animals hide in the house where a strong enemy is expected to appear. They take turns attacking or frightening him, and he either dies or flees. See motifs K77a and K77b. |
| M57A | 93.49% | Instead of the usual secretions from the human body, beads, flowers, gold and other valuables pour in. |
| K37 | 93.39% | In order to return or obtain a wife, son or husband (in Africa also a domestic animal or object), a person must identify her or him among several identical people or animals (objects). |
| A32E | 93.29% | On the lunar (rarely: solar) disc, a character holding an object or animal is visible. See motif A32D. |
| K2 | 93.15% | The hero climbs or descends a ladder, rope, pole, etc. The rope, etc. breaks or is cut. Usually, another character deliberately throws away the ladder, cuts the rope, or breaks off the lower branches of the tree, making return impossible. See motif K1A. {Statistical calculations for this motif also include all texts from motif K2A, except for Koreans}. |
| K65A | 93.08% | After being thrown from a height or expelled, various creatures end up in different locations, acquiring corresponding functions and names. |
| F62 | 93.03% | A (supposedly) sick (weak, unattractive, poorly dressed) character is left alone when others leave for the festival; he (she) arrives there later in the guise of a handsome man or beautiful woman; those who arrived earlier do not recognise him (her) and take an interest in him (her). (This motif is also found in texts containing the motif k57, Cinderella). |
| B43A | 92.96% | The character is created from many materials or objects, or from materials brought from different places. |
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This motif has been recorded in 32 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan, Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, 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, England, British, Bretons, Spain, Spaniards, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, France, Hungarians, Latvians, Karelians, Western Sami, Norwegians, Yagnobi, Tajik, Persians, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Shor, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Nanai, Navajo, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Tapirape, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha), Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)