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N39 - Three-fold twisted rope
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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 image of a three-ply rope is used to describe the invincibility of two close-knit friendsBerezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 13, Formulae
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I140 | 100.00% | The staff thrown to the ground turns into a living snake. |
| M39A4D | 94.87% | Fool sells property a lizard and believes it will pay him. Trying to get his money, he finds treasure |
| M138A | 90.45% | At the beginning of time, the supreme deity or his messengers decided that the maximum lifespan of a human being would be 120 years. |
| K180 | 89.45% | The ruler demands an explanation of his dream. The snake tells the man that this dream signifies the coming of a time when people tend to behave in a certain way. This happens several times. Each time, the man's behaviour towards the snake confirms her words. |
| K32B | 83.21% | The man's mother takes on the appearance of his wife in order to take her place. |
| K33F | 81.92% | Sources of at least two valuable liquid edible products (honey, oil, etc.) are available or imagined. Cf. motif N34. |
| L94C | 81.65% | If a deity grants victory, a person promises to sacrifice to it the first person who comes out to meet them at home. A son or daughter comes out. |
| F98 | 76.98% | A heavenly anthropomorphic deity descends to earth and mates with a cow. |
| B1A | 75.59% | Anthropomorphic characters agree to divide the tiers of the universe among themselves – heaven, earth and the underworld. |
| K102A1 | 74.62% | To hide the truth, a person buries an animal or an inanimate object and says that the grave supposedly contains the remains of another person's wife (bride, mother, daughter, sister, children). |
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This motif has been recorded in 3 traditions: Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Old and New Testament, Hittite, Hurrit