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Berezkin/Duvakin Catalogue of Motifs
English translation, enhancements and additional metadata by Jonathan Fielder-White
Source: Berezkin and Duvakin's Analytical Catalogue · Original catalogue (Russian)
About the catalogue and its sources
Unless otherwise stated, narrative and tradition data comes from Berezkin and Duvakin's Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area (Analytical catalogue).
Original Berezkin/Duvakin catalogue (Russian)
The English translation uses AI assistance alongside manual verification. Errors may occur; consult the original source when in doubt.
D - Fire and Laughter
| Ref | Title | Summary | Traditions | Narratives ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D12 | Food was heated in the sun. | People in the past or inhabitants of distant lands cooked food in the sun; or the owner of the fire lies, saying that the food was cooked in this way. | 61 | 105 |
| D1 | Woman-fire. | A woman (usually elderly) is the embodiment of fire – alone or together with her husband, the master of fire. Cf. motif D5 (woman possesses fire). | 77 | 119 |
| D5 | Woman controls fire. | The original owner or inventor (but not the embodiment) of fire is a female character. | 68 | 119 |
| D9 | Vultures and fire. | The raven or other large dark-coloured bird of prey is the owner, embodiment, spouse, provider or thief of fire, the sun or daylight. | 66 | 130 |
| D1b In D1 family | Man-fire. | The man is the master or embodiment of fire (alone or alongside the woman-fire). | 94 | 132 |
| D13 | Laughter. | A character loses their values (gives them away) and/or suffers damage/is healed/is transformed if they laugh or hear laughter. | 141 | 214 |
| D4a In D4 family | Theft of fire, A1415. | Fire is stolen from its original owner, returned to people by the thief, or (the motif of theft is not expressed) brought with difficulty from a distant place. | 294 | 627 |
Tradition and narrative counts are the stored catalogue totals for each entry.