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L58 - The stingy man.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K16A | 98.63% | In an effort to show that he is a good hunter, a man regularly walks in front of a girl, pretending to carry prey. Once he slips, and the imaginary prey turns out to be a scarecrow stuffed with ashes or a bundle of termites. |
| G14 | 98.39% | A man swallowed by a water monster is carried away to an underwater or overseas world, obtains plants, and returns to people. |
| K11 | 98.39% | Brothers (brother and sister) kill a monstrous bird. Its eyes turn into heavenly bodies (among the Oaxacan Indians) or something else (among the present-day Condors of the Yokuts). |
| D4D | 98.31% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| A24 | 97.60% | 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. |
| J24 | 96.75% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| A23 | 96.62% | The first ancestors come together to choose who will become the sun, to raise the sun to the sky, to see the sun rise for the first time, and to name the sun correctly. See motif A22. |
| D4G | 95.87% | Hummingbird steals, finds or spreads fire. See motif D4A. |
| L26 | 95.79% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 95.79% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
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This motif has been recorded in 16 traditions: Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Udeghe, Athna, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Tillamook, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Karok, Yurok, Chumash, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Pipil, Zapotec, Chatino, Chorti, Guajiro, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Scythians, Scythe