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Motif

Name_eng:

A siren and a tapir

Description:

A hunter watches tapir who calls a water woman from the river or lake and copulates with her. Hunter does the same, becomes the woman's lover

Name_rus:

Сирена и тапир

Description_rus:

Охотник видит, как тапир вызывает условным сигналом женщину-обитательницу вод; та выходит из озера или реки, тапир сочетается с ней. Охотник сам вызывает женщину, становится ее возлюбленным

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms

Motif analysis result:

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

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
15.3.3.1	Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
15.3.7.2	Yagua
15.5.2.3	Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)