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M96 - Imaginary guests
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
In order not to share with family members, the character pretends to have guests and eats everything himself.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 |
|---|---|---|
| E9C | 97.53% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of a large hoofed mammal (buffalo, antelope, moose, etc.). |
| L91 | 93.75% | Two or four young men go on a journey or return from one. Their path is blocked by a long creature that cannot be bypassed. They burn a passage through it. One eats roasted meat, turns into a snake himself, or dies. See motif L28. |
| K48A | 93.72% | The hero's costume and/or headdress are decorated with live birds or animals. Usually, the antagonist steals the clothes and pretends to be the hero, but the birds and animals on his headdress remain silent or cry out differently. See motif K48. |
| M24 | 93.56% | turtle goes to war and/or is captured. See M23 motif. Cf. motif K77 “Verlioka”. |
| F93A | 93.42% | A man's penis begins to talk incessantly, falling silent only after his mother-in-law takes it in her hand. |
| G30 | 92.89% | A long penis is cut into pieces, which turn into many edible plants or different types of trees. Cf. motif B53. |
| M26 | 92.89% | The character dives under waterfowl and ties a rope to their legs to catch them. Birds soar into the air, lifting the catcher with them. It later falls. |
| K68 | 92.85% | A strong man takes food from a weak man and forces him to work for him (usually a son-in-law mistreats his father-in-law). A boy appears in the house of the wronged man from a clot of animal blood that has been collected. He kills the offender. |
| M53C | 92.38% | trickster, inviting birds to dance around him with their eyes closed, kills them one at a time and threatens to turn red at the one that opens their eyes; this is an empty threat, or for a bird that opens eyes and eyes have really turned red ever since. |
| J12J | 92.28% | A girl or sisters end up with a false groom who plays the role of a jester in the chief's house. See motif J12. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Shilluk, Anuak, Winnebago, Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Nez Perce, Sierra Miwok, Kono (=Kone), Wai