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Motif

Name_eng:

The killed mother’s breasts

Description:

Two women live together, each one has children. When they are outdoors, one of them kills another and brings home her flesh. The victim’s children gets to see their mother’s breasts (in California: eyes or liver) or their mother’s breasts speak with them

Name_rus:

Груди убитой матери

Description_rus:

Две женщины живут вместе, обе имеют детей. Одна из них выходит с другой из дома, убивает ее, приносит домой ее мясо и начинает варить. Дети погибшей замечают груди (в Калифорнии – глаза или печень) матери, либо груди матери сами обращаются к ее детям

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.3.4.1	Comox, Pentlatch
12.3.4.2	Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
12.3.4.4	Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit)
12.3.7.9	Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
12.6.1.6	Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
12.6.1.7	Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.6.4.1	Sierra Miwok
12.8.1.3	Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
6.4.8.10	Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
6.4.8.13	Numfoor, Warope, Wamesa (Wandamen, Windesi)