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M57B - The sweat of the Sun and the tears of the Moon
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
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
M57 has 11 other sub-motifsM57a. Instead of the usual secretions from the human body, beads, flowers, gold and other valuables pour in. M57a1. When a beautiful woman walks on the ground, jewels appear under her feet, flowers bloom, etc. M57a2. Instead of common body discharges a a man urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular male person. See motif m57a M57a3. Instead of common body discharges a a woman urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular female person. See motif m57a M57b. Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. M57c. An animal (donkey, bull, horse, goat, bear, leopard) or inanimate object makes gold or food stand out, or a character makes others believe that this is the case. M57c1. A man fights a bear or (Malayali) leopard and makes another person believe that this animal is defecating with gold. M57d. A person consistently receives magical items that bring wealth. Others replace them or take them away. A person returns what has been taken - usually by receiving another wonderful object (baton, whip) that hits the kidnappers. M57d1. bird consistently gives a person magical objects (or gives one, with which he receives the rest) or consistently fulfills his wishes. M57d2. The man was about to cut down a tree. It himself, or the creature living on it or in it, asks not to do so and fulfills the person's wishes. M57d3. A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with the wind. Cf. Motive K175 (“The wind carried away the flour”). M57d4. A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with frost. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M57's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I48 | 96.22% | The character is deprived of the ability to move, after which he acquires cosmic dimensions: he supports the earth (sky) or his movements cause earthquakes (less often - storms). |
| I80 | 96.16% | A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind. |
| I20C | 94.24% | Dwarves live in an underground world that partly resembles the earthly world. If dwarves and humans meet, it happens underground. |
| A8B | 93.57% | Setting beyond the horizon, the sun shines on the anthropomorphic inhabitants of the underworld – the dead, dwarves, etc. |
| I77 | 92.88% | A powerful character associated with thunderstorms and rain, lame. |
| E2 | 92.14% | When creating humans, the creator does not immediately achieve perfection. The first versions of the creation are rejected, then the appropriate form and material are found. See motif E1A. |
| K15A | 91.80% | The hero secretly replaces the weapon or magical tool of a powerful character with a worthless fake. Traditions in which the replaced weapon belongs to Grom are highlighted in bold. |
| J21 | 91.67% | Gods, ancestors of humans, and founders of dynasties are born from eggs. |
| I8E | 91.25% | The sky or the earth is supported by four anthropomorphic male characters located at the four cardinal points. |
| G12A | 90.92% | Cultivated plants arise from drops of blood or flow like blood from cuts on the body of a human or animal. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia), Karachays, Balkar, Tutchone, Tagish, tarasques, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Chontal, Sibundoy: Kamsa, Ingano (Inga), Creols of Eastern and Central Cuba