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L65D - The younger sister of the cannibal.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
When the older sister becomes a cannibal, the younger sister (temporarily) escapes. Cf. motifs L1B, L65C.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L65 has 12 other sub-motifsL65. An infant or small child turns out to be a demon and kills people. L65a. A daughter is born, or people find a girl; she is a monster or turns into a monster and devours everyone. Her brother escapes (usually leaves, marries, returns), and she pursues him unsuccessfully. L65a1. A demonic character successively devours parts of the horse on which the hero arrived, each time returning to the hero and then leaving to devour another part. (Often asks whether the hero arrived on a three-legged, two-legged or one-legged horse). L65a2. A man shoots off (damages) the finger of a demonic creature, and then sees that his sister, lying in her cradle, has lost her finger. L65b. A demonic woman, less often her lover or another monster, is ready to kill or kills the hero. Dogs (or animals and birds that replace them – lions, bears, eagles, etc.) come running (flying), rescue the hero and kill the demon. L65b1. A man exchanges sheep (goats) for dogs. The exchange seems unequal, but the dogs help him achieve success. L65b2. The hero's dogs have names that speak of their strength and agility (Wind, Ironbreaker, etc.). L65b3. A character who climbs a tree manages to escape from a demon (who usually tries to knock the tree down). L65b4. The character pulls out his tooth to use it as a weapon or tool (often an axe). L65b5. Despite obstacles, the young man's dogs or other animals serving him get to the princess just as she is about to be given away to a deceiver. L65c. The eldest of three or more sisters turns out to be a cannibal, devouring her younger sisters and other people. L65c1. Three or more sisters have the ability to fly and fly away from the cannibal – their older sister or mother. Only the youngest is saved. L65d. When the older sister becomes a cannibal, the younger sister (temporarily) escapes. Cf. motifs L1B, L65C. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L65's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B84 | 95.25% | After a demonic character (usually a woman who pursues the hero) dies, her flesh turns into objects found on trees - mushrooms, resin, fruits, cones. |
| I22A | 94.07% | The sky constantly beats against the earth like the lid of a boiling cauldron. |
| J45 | 93.87% | The character extends his leg (dafla: arm; upper tanana: tail) or neck as a bridge across a water barrier. Usually, those being pursued or walking ahead cross such a bridge to the other side, while the pursuer or those walking behind fall into the water because the character removes his bridge. See motif J44. |
| C6A | 93.81% | A turtle or toad (frog) brings a desired object from the bottom or from the underworld. |
| J59A | 93.71% | After shooting an arrow (rarely: throwing a ball), a person flies on it, behind it or in front of it, or sends another person on the flying arrow. Cf. motif J59. |
| B52A | 92.69% | Flying over the world, a bird (usually a vulture) dries the earth after a flood with its wings or otherwise gives it its present appearance. |
| B85A | 92.08% | The wind stops blowing (after blowing too strongly). A character approaches it and establishes the necessary balance. Since then, the wind blows, but usually not too strongly. |
| K22B | 91.98% | The inhabitants of another world are attacked by certain enemies. A human helps them to defeat these enemies, because these creatures are not dangerous to humans. See motif K22. |
| M82 | 91.58% | The character sees that something is tied to the other's tail. He also wants such a tail for himself, and as a result he suffers damage. |
| L97 | 91.46% | Seeing a character who is unable to move (nailed to the ground, his lower body rooted to the ground, petrified, completely absent), the hero himself manages to avoid a similar fate. |
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This motif has been recorded in 23 traditions: Evens (Lamuts), Udeghe, Oroch, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Nunivak Island, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Arikara, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Kiowa, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Crow, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Jicarilla, Sherente