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M61A1 - The character quarrels birds
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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 character (always a raven) provokes a seagull to quarrel with another bird, telling each one that the other was hostile or offensive towards her.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
M61 has 5 other sub-motifsM61. The character provokes a quarrel by telling each of his opponents how one of them allegedly used hostile or offensive language towards the other. M61a. To get valuables, the character provokes a quarrel between their owners. When they start fighting each other, valuables fall out of their bodies and end up at the character's disposal. M61a1. The character (always a raven) provokes a seagull to quarrel with another bird, telling each one that the other was hostile or offensive towards her. M61a2. The character provokes a quarrel between two stones of different breeds. To do this, he told everyone how the other supposedly spoke hostile or offensive towards the former. M61a3. The character tells each of two different species of fish how the other allegedly used to be hostile or offensive towards the former. Fish kill each other and the character prepares them to eat. M61a4. character lies to each of the spouses as if the other had a misfortune. They run to each other in panic. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M61's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K32C | 100.00% | The deceiver takes the place of the real wife, and the real wife becomes an owl. See motif K32. |
| M123 | 100.00% | A bird of prey or scavenger (raven, owl, hawk, coyote) marries (or attempts to marry) a partner who (or whose brothers) are geese or other waterfowl. The marriage is disrupted or proves unsuccessful. |
| C19A | 99.71% | 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 | 99.69% | A character (usually a loon) restores a person's sight and/or health by diving into the water with them. See motif M16. |
| M46C | 99.09% | The character turns into a needle, a garbage, a small insect. A woman swallows it and becomes pregnant. See M46B motif. |
| M68 | 98.98% | Because of his own stubbornness, the character suffers from an irrepressible gas eruption and scares away the game with a loud sound. Almost starves to death. |
| I133 | 98.91% | Star objects in different parts of the sky are associated with separate parts (as well as items of clothing, jewellery, etc.) of a single anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figure. |
| A13A1 | 98.90% | The raven rescues or obtains the hidden or stolen sun (daylight). |
| L102 | 98.81% | 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. |
| K27N3C2 | 98.78% | The hero's father-in-law, the bear, sets him difficult tasks and trials. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Inland Tlingit, Tahltan, Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan), Tlingit, Haida