g14

Motif

Name_eng:

Swallowed man returns with plants

Description:

A man is swallowed by a water monster and comes out from its belly in the land of the supernatural beings. He receives from them cultivated plants and brings them to people

Name_rus:

Проглоченный приносит растения

Description_rus:

Человек, проглоченный водным чудовищем, отнесен им в подводный или заморский мир, получает растения, возвращается к людям

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

06 Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity 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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.8.3.1	Navajo
14.1.4.3	Zapotec, Chatino
14.1.4.5	Tequistlatec
14.2.1.3	Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito