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L76 - Severed testicles.
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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 a female cannibal attacks a man, she devours or tears off his testicles.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 |
|---|---|---|
| B24 | 100.00% | People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries. |
| B63 | 100.00% | Children lie to their mother, pretending to work in the fields. When the deception is revealed, they are left without a harvest and are transformed into atmospheric phenomena or celestial objects. |
| E19 | 100.00% | Narcotic plants arise from the body of a human being torn to pieces by others. |
| F75 | 100.00% | A hunter sees a tapir summoning a woman who lives in the water with a secret signal; she emerges from the lake or river, and the tapir mates with her. The hunter himself summons the woman and becomes her lover. |
| J9 | 100.00% | Even before they are born, children speak from their mother's womb, showing her the way. |
| K27YY3 | 100.00% | The hero must bring the fruits growing on a tree that is dangerous to approach. |
| J15A | 99.95% | Setting off on a journey (usually in search of a fiancé, husband, or relatives), a woman finds herself in the lair or settlement of large dangerous predators - pumas or jaguars. See motif J15. |
| L88 | 99.91% | A man kills a demon, but when he touches its remains some time later, it comes to life. |
| B99 | 99.85% | A person or their head left on a tree turns into an insect nest. |
| J15B | 99.83% | While travelling, a woman finds herself in the house of a frog or toad. See motif J15. |
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This motif has been recorded in 1 traditions: Chorote