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M59 - An insidious passenger kills a carrier, K952.1.

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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 small animal asks a large one to transport it across the river; consistently rejects all the seats on the carrier's body that he offers; climbs to where the carrier is You can kill when the crossing is over.

Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior

M59 has 1 other sub-motifs M59.  A small animal asks a large one to transport it across the river; consistently rejects all the seats on the carrier's body that he offers; climbs to where the carrier is You can kill when the crossing is over. M59a.  After asking a large animal to transport it across the river, a porcupine kills or damages it. See M59 motif.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M59's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

Motif	Similarity	Motif Summary
M54	99.84%	The character lives or stays at someone else's house; then goes far away, falls asleep, but wakes up again in the same house.
D4M	99.78%	The thief comes to the owners of fire or light. They feast or dance. He joins them and steals their valuables when the moment is right. See motif D4A.
L80	99.76%	A demonic creature or animal is killed, but comes back to life or can come back to life if even a small piece of its flesh or blood is left behind, unnoticed.
A32B1	99.74%	A woman sits (jumps) on the face (back) of the Moon Man and is now visible in the silhouette of the moon spots.
M59A	99.70%	After asking a large animal to transport it across the river, a porcupine kills or damages it. See M59 motif.
K8C3	99.69%	One (zoomorphic) character refuses to use any part of another's body except the one he uses to kill him.
M29R	99.67%	See the motives in square brackets.
H18A	99.54%	The owner of the hunting animals hides them underground; one of the first ancestors turns into a puppy, which is picked up by the owner's children, and releases the animals. See motif H18.
K27T	99.37%	Competition: climbing a pole. See motif K27.
J53	99.33%	The children of a character associated with a hoofed animal (deer, antelope) come into conflict with an enemy associated with a predator or a larger hoofed animal. They kill his children and/or run away from him. See motif J52.

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae), Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Menominee, Osage, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Comanche, Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Crow, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Nez Perce, Lower Chinook (Chinook proper), Klamath, Modoc, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Chemehuevi, Navajo, Jicarilla, Chiricahua

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