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L7 - Mistakenly chases after an animal.
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Summary of Motif
While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, mistakenly chases after a large two-legged object passing by, usually an animal.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L7 has 2 other sub-motifsL7. While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, mistakenly chases after a large two-legged object passing by, usually an animal. L7a. A character who sticks to another creature and refuses to let go, first sticking to a human, then to an animal, or first sticking to an animal, then to a bird. L7b. While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, he mistakenly throws himself after a calabash floating down the river. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L7's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B22 | 99.02% | The character left under the tree is offended by those who climbed up the tree (usually they do not share their food with him or her). In retaliation, he or she knocks down the tree. The events described are of cosmic proportions. |
| B22A | 99.01% | Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys. |
| E9K | 99.01% | The husband or wife is the embodiment of honey or a human bee. |
| F84 | 99.01% | A guest or younger brother has sexual intercourse with the wife of the host or older brother. Wanting to demonstrate long abstinence, the character sprinkles ash on the head of his penis or smears it with fruit juice. |
| F29 | 98.94% | A girl (woman) sits on the ground and copulates with a snake, worm or eel that crawls out of the ground towards her. This usually happens when she is busy with housework (cooking, weaving, etc.). |
| F9B | 98.88% | A biting piranha in a woman's genitals. |
| H35 | 98.86% | Human teeth are made of fragile material. Usually, the motif explains the aetiology of toothache. |
| J28A | 98.82% | When asking how one of his parents died, the hero receives a series of false answers. He often exposes himself to the same dangers, but remains alive, proving the falsity of the proposed versions. |
| M29W | 98.78% | As a result of their stupidity or antisocial behavior, a jaguar (puma, ocelot) dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. The character is named if it is a puma or ocelot; otherwise, a jaguar. |
| L5D | 98.72% | The rolling head suffers from thirst. See motif L5. |
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This motif has been recorded in 24 traditions: Zulu, Swazi, Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu), Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Nicobarese, Yana, Navajo, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Pipil, Tzeltal, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Trio, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Wayana, Aparai, Colorado (Tsachila), Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Karijona, Yagua, Juruna, Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries), Mundurucu, Curuaia, Trumai, Paresi, Kpelle (incl Kono)