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M21 - The fugitive hides with his protector.
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Summary of Motif
The character runs away from his pursuer. The person, animal or object that the character asks for help hides him (and kills the pursuer).Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
M21 has 2 other sub-motifsM21. The character runs away from his pursuer. The person, animal or object that the character asks for help hides him (and kills the pursuer). M21a. The character is pursued by an enemy. An animal hides the fugitive in its mouth or on its body, and when the pursuer appears, it refuses to open its mouth or expose part of its body. (Usually simulates illness – toothache, etc.). Cf. motif i87ad. M21b. The character consistently harms others in such a way that each person who has been deceived is used as a tool to harm the next. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M21's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I82B | 94.61% | The Morning and/or Evening Star – a female character. |
| A5 | 94.05% | The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (rarely) has no gender. |
| I108 | 92.59% | The Pleiades are a single character, not a group of people. |
| F39 | 91.76% | In the past or in distant lands, women dominated men, were the active party in marital relations, and engaged in male activities. Men engaged in female activities. Later, the situation changed. Either women missed the opportunity to gain superiority. See motif F38. |
| H24 | 91.71% | A vessel or other small container with valuables or living beings (creatures) is opened (prematurely). Its contents get out of control or disappear. |
| I72 | 91.67% | Stars – anthropomorphic beings. See motif K19 (marriage to a star). Cases where the Star is a unique object, e.g. Venus, rather than one of many Star-people, are not included. |
| I41 | 91.66% | A rainbow is a reptile (usually a snake), less often a fish or snake-like, usually dangerous, object (snake tongue, scorpion tail). |
| G6 | 91.42% | One of the trees is the main, original tree, which is very different from the others (it was the first to appear; the progenitor of trees; the progenitor of wild or cultivated plants; the sea and rivers within it; the world axis; higher than the others; obscuring the sky). |
| F45 | 91.24% | There are or were settlements where only women lived or live (cf. motifs F8, F45C). |
| A35 | 91.01% | Dark spots on the lunar disc – dirt, blood, paint, marks from blows, burns on the body or face of a character; they do not form a specific image. See motif A31. |
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This motif has been recorded in 117 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Saho, Afar, Shilluk, Anuak, Somali, Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale), Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara), Kalenjin; including Sabaot, Nandi (Nande), Arusha, Kipsigis, Pokot (Suk), Keiyo (Elgeiyo), Marakwet, Sebeei, Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau), Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa, Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu, Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo, Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli), Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo), Ronga, Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang), Cross-River: Efik, Ibibio, Anaang (Anang), Ikom, Abua, Hausa, Zaghawa, Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo), Bushmen (all groups), Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island), Tuvalu (Ellice), Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae), Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik, Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah, Khmer, Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi, Kachin (Singpho), Chak, Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari), Early Chinese written sources, Lavrung, Jiarong; Qiang (incl rGyalrong), Poles, Czech, Czechs, Slovakians, Slovaks, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Finns, Norwegians, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Abaza (Abazins), Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Ingush, Georgians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Anatolia Turks, Uyghur, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nganasans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Evens (Lamuts), Udeghe, Nivkh, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Chukchi, Aleuts, Tsetsaut, Tanana, Micmac, Blackfoot, Yuchi, Tonkawa, Kiowa, Gros Ventre, Nez Perce, Natchez (incl Avoyel), Alabama, Koasati, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Jicarilla, Hopi, Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Zapotec, Chatino, Kekchi; Mopan, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Yupa (Yukpa), Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Cañari, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Chayahuita , Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Maue (Mawe), Anambe, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Aimara, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Ese’ejja, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kamayura, Trumai, Rikbaktsa, Paresi, Craho, Sherente, Botocudo, Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay), Chorote, Kpelle (incl Kono), Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda, Mustang, Chechens, Lao, Salars, Mukulu (Mokilko), Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Congo