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M17 - A woman lies, pretending that a man has missed his target.
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Summary of Motif
A wife, mother or grandmother directs the arrow of a blind man or boy at game, lies that he missed, cooks and eats the meat herself. See motif M16 (man is blind, K333.1).Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
M17 has 2 other sub-motifsM17. A wife, mother or grandmother directs the arrow of a blind man or boy at game, lies that he missed, cooks and eats the meat herself. See motif M16 (man is blind, K333.1). M17a. The mother or grandmother of a blind man or boy secretly eats (the meat or fish he has caught), pretending that there is no food in the house. M17b. The wife directs the blind man's arrow at game, lies that he has missed, and eats the meat herself. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M17's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M20 | 99.10% | The character does something unacceptable, is caught, and his beak or jaw is damaged. Usually (except for the Koryaks), people keep the torn-off beak (jaw) in their homes, and the character comes and takes it back. |
| L102 | 98.99% | A girl or woman (for various reasons, jokingly or seriously) calls an animal or animal remains her husband, or steps on bones and addresses them. The animal (comes to life and) carries her away. Her human husband, parents or brother come for her, and they flee; usually the animal husband pursues them, but stops the chase or dies. |
| L10 | 98.71% | The character has a sharp (biting) tail or a protrusion on its back. See motif L9, cf. motif L9C. |
| A13A1 | 98.69% | The raven rescues or obtains the hidden or stolen sun (daylight). |
| M29F | 98.58% | As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the wolverine dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets. |
| K53 | 98.18% | A character temporarily transforms into an animal or bird of a certain species by putting on its skin, or skins taken along with them come to life and serve the hero. |
| B97A | 97.95% | A strip of light or dark feathers (rarely: wool) on the neck of a bird (animal) is its necklace (scarf). |
| I6A | 97.89% | The male and female of a huge bird carry different types of precipitation (for example, the eagle carries snow, and the eagle carries rain). Or (Buryats of Mongolia) the same bird carries different types of precipitation depending on whether it is angry or not. See motif i6. Traditions associated with Na-Dene languages are highlighted in italics in the list. |
| C19A | 97.47% | The character (except Quileut: Raven) turns into a child, asks for and receives heavenly bodies to play, or (Chukchi) comes to play with the little daughter of the owner of the stars. |
| M16A | 97.26% | A character (usually a loon) restores a person's sight and/or health by diving into the water with them. See motif M16. |
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This motif has been recorded in 27 traditions: Western Sami, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nganasans, Evens (Lamuts), Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Tutchone, Tahltan, Athna, Tanana, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), North Alaskan Inupiat, Copper, Netsilik, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Baffin Land Inuit, Eyak, Haida, Tsimshian, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Osage, Iowa, Chilkotin, Paresi