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M89A - Horned hyena

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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.

Summary of Motif

Only horned animals are allowed to attend the festival. The hyena makes fake horns for itself, exposed.

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

M89 has 1 other sub-motifs M89.  A character is humiliated after an object or creature made of wax, resin, or excrement that he made himself or that he thought was strong melts warmly, the present. M89a.  Only horned animals are allowed to attend the festival. The hyena makes fake horns for itself, exposed.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M89's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

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D13HH	100.00%	A person visiting another world should not laugh or show surprise when seeing strange things. Those who break this rule will perish or suffer harm.
E1B1	100.00%	A man who has married an unusual girl is warned that she must not perform certain tasks or eat certain foods. Other members of his household ensure that the young woman breaks the prohibition, and as a result she dies or disappears.
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F73A	100.00%	The vulva is an unhealed wound on the body of the first women, or the first humans did not copulate because they thought that the vulva was a wound.
H1BB	100.00%	One character refuses to resurrect another's beloved dog, and this conflict is linked to the loss of the ability to resurrect people.
H31	100.00%	God summons several characters, including man and the heavenly bodies, and makes man mortal and the heavenly bodies immortal.

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 4 traditions: Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda, Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa, Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Sambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo, Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde

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