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L9E - Copper nose.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The anthropomorphic character has a nose resembling a copper or iron beak.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
L9 has 7 other sub-motifsL9. The character's body parts resemble cutting or stabbing weapons. L9a. The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. L9b. The sharp elbows or (rarely) knees of the character resemble knives or awls. L9c. The character kills others with a sharp protrusion on his chest. L9d. The character has sharp nails or knife-like hands, which he uses to kill people. L9e. The anthropomorphic character has a nose resembling a copper or iron beak. L9f. A person with a nose or teeth made of gold or silver is a sign of their demonic nature. L9g. A man's hair or beard of an unusual colour is a sign of his demonic nature. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L9's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M198A1 | 99.80% | Three characters sequentially and without apparent reason determine the characteristics of an object or person they have not seen. |
| M153B | 99.54% | The wolf is killed or maimed after agreeing to a domestic animal's offer to ride it. |
| K110 | 99.45% | The character is asked to retrieve treasure from the bottom of a pond. He does not understand that he is only seeing a reflection and that the treasure is located above. |
| K40 | 99.42% | Two (rarely more) characters consider themselves doomed to death, but the one whose death will come later rejoices, while the one whose death will come earlier grieves. Cf. motif N30. |
| N30 | 99.06% | formula that describes the confusion of feelings: when a character looks in one direction, he cries, and when he laughs or smiles in the other direction. |
| K27Z4B | 99.01% | The husband leaves, meets a swindler and loses everything he has to him. The wife comes disguised as a man, punishes the swindler and rescues her husband. |
| M130 | 98.98% | The fox and the bird hide from the hunter in the same burrow or hollow. The bird pretends to be dead and as a result is saved – either alone or together with the fox. Cf. motif M130A. |
| M39A6A | 98.63% | After a long search, the ruler finds an intelligent wife for his son. At the mercy of his enemies, he sends a message with one of them, the true content of which is understood only by his daughter-in-law. She destroys enemies and frees her father-in-law. (The boys have a younger wife instead of an intelligent daughter-in-law). |
| I87 | 98.49% | The characters use an object belonging to the world of giants (a skull, an animal shoulder blade, a mitten) as a shelter. Cf. I87C: animals use an object belonging to the world of humans (a skull, a mitten, a sieve, etc.) as a shelter. |
| K80C3 | 98.43% | Before his death, a man asks his murderer to tell his pregnant wife to give their newborn a certain name. Upon hearing the unusual name of the child, a powerful figure begins to investigate the case, and the murderer confesses to his crime. (All texts containing motifs K80c3 and K80c4 also contain the more general motif K80c) |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori, Hungarians, Kalmyk, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Kirghiz, Mordvins, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Caddo, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Southern Altai: Teleut