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M80 - The partridge scares the offender, K932
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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 insults a partridge bird, kills or offends its chickens; the partridge suddenly takes off in front of the offender, he falls (usually into a lake or river).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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I22H | 99.79% | The character must jump over a gap (abyss) beneath his feet, which alternately widens and narrows, or a river whose banks converge and diverge. |
| A38D | 99.71% | Because the Sun has harmed the character (ruined or burned his cloak, the fur on his skin, etc.), he catches it in a trap or kills it. |
| D4N | 98.66% | A boy or (among the Kutené) a woman cries, demanding the absent elements - summer, fire, rain. See motif D4A (demand for summer). |
| F68 | 98.59% | A woman pretends to be dead or actually dies. Her (former) lover comes to her grave. She goes with him, trying to avoid exposure, puts on men's clothes, but is eventually recognised. |
| M29C | 98.59% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| M53 | 98.13% | The character invites others to gather around him, focusing on an activity (usually dancing with their eyes closed or lowered), and then kills the crowd (usually one at a time). |
| J19B | 98.12% | An evil spirit kills a woman by burning through her body. |
| K19G | 97.60% | One star is an old man, the other is a young man; both stars differ in brightness or colour, but it is impossible to determine the age of the star-man by these characteristics (a dim star may be young and vice versa); usually two girls want to marry stars of different types (one bright, the other dim, one red, the other blue, etc.). See motif K19B. |
| M86 | 96.50% | A rock stalks or otherwise punishes a character when he unfairly insults her (usually takes away her property, see motive L33). |
| M82 | 96.48% | The character sees that something is tied to the other's tail. He also wants such a tail for himself, and as a result he suffers damage. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Attikamek, Montagnais, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Comanche, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Shuswap, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)