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L87 - He who has tasted blood becomes a 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
A character accidentally tastes blood or human flesh, after which he devours himself and/or others.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 |
|---|---|---|
| F55A | 96.08% | A demonic character persuades a woman to expose a certain part of her body, because that is the only place where a certain object should be placed. The demon kills the woman, tearing off that part of her body. Usually, the woman uses or names various locations, and the character rejects each one in turn until he finds the right one. |
| K23 | 94.83% | Birds attack inhabitants of another world or a person who has entered another world. See motif K22. |
| B87A | 94.38% | A dim star next to the second star of the handle of the Big Dipper (Tibetans: Little Dipper) Ursa Major – dog. |
| K27XY | 94.04% | Several men (animals), each of whom can do something better than the others, work together to accomplish difficult tasks set before them by their opponents. The competition is not intended to find a worthy suitor for a girl or to get rid of an unwanted suitor. Cf. motif K27o3 (Competition between two teams). |
| F72 | 93.76% | A woman asks a man to tie her up before intercourse so that it looks like she is being raped. |
| A32B | 93.33% | The figure or imprint of a toad or frog is visible on the lunar disc; the moon is associated with this animal. |
| J59A | 92.98% | 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. |
| K22 | 92.96% | The inhabitants of a distant land, who differ from (ordinary) people, occasionally fight off enemies of a non-human nature who attack them. |
| L119 | 92.82% | The hero and antagonist fight in the air, tearing off each other's limbs. Usually, their allies on the ground try to preserve the limbs of their leader and destroy those of their enemy. |
| F10 | 92.74% | A woman has a second mouth (usually in her vagina) with sharp teeth. A man inserts or throws a stone, bone, stick, etc. into this mouth, knocking out the teeth or extracting toothy animals from it in this way. |
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This motif has been recorded in 15 traditions: Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij, Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Anatolia Turks, Shor, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Nez Perce, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Cherokee, Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Chamacoco (Ishir), Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)