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N6 - Whip a horse
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
horse tells the rider to whip it so hard that his blood splashes, his skin peels off, the meat is cut to the bone, etc. The rider follows these instructions.Berezkin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| K27L1 | 99.62% | Voluntarily subjecting himself to trials, the character allows himself to be frozen in ice and cannot free himself. |
| J32E | 99.59% | Every time a mare foals, the foal is stolen. The hero finds out who is doing this. |
| K148 | 99.59% | Every night or every year, a mare gives birth to a foal, and every time someone steals it. |
| I87A1 | 99.55% | Two people engage in a dialogue, contradicting each other in their descriptions of the sizes of creatures and objects. |
| M109A | 99.54% | One zoomorphic character advises another to sit on the ice for a long time – usually until food falls from the sky. The one who sits on the ice freezes to it. |
| K123B | 99.52% | A boy or young man damages an elderly woman's spinning wheel or yarn. This episode forms the basis of the rest of the story. |
| L122A | 99.52% | The character is busy sewing up cracks in the earth, just as one would sew up torn fabric. (Motif identified by Ruslan Doutalieyev). |
| M148 | 99.51% | One zoomorphic character asks another to agree to be eaten – usually saying that he will be resurrected and compensated for the inconvenience caused. The animal agrees. |
| K159 | 99.50% | When two characters are fighting, someone nearby wants one of them to slip (while the other remains firmly on their feet) and throws something under their feet for this purpose. |
| K27ZZ4 | 99.41% | A conceited prince (the son of a merchant) beats his wife every day (he marries on the condition that he will beat his wife every day). She saves him by demonstrating her superiority. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz, Georgians, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Bashkirs, Chuvash, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khamnigans