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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D13e In D13 family | Hunters laugh at the carcass of an animal. | Hunters perish because they laughed at the killed (and revived) animal. | 3 | 3 |
| D13f In D13 family | Laughter and fire. | Laughter causes the appearance or spread of fire or the sun. Usually, the owner of fire or the sun loses it after bursting into laughter. | 17 | 41 |
| D13g In D13 family | Meat on the teeth. | When the character starts laughing, people see his or her scary mouth (lots of teeth, human flesh on the teeth); they kill the monster or run away. | 14 | 21 |
| D13h In D13 family | He who goes to the dead must not laugh. | Those who have entered the world of the dead should not laugh. | 10 | 12 |
| D13hh In D13 family | Those who visit another world should not laugh. | A person visiting another world should not laugh or show surprise when seeing strange things. Those who break this rule will perish or suffer harm. | 7 | 9 |
| D13i In D13 family | Broken tooth. | The character amuses the audience in order to identify the deceiver and thief by his broken tooth. The latter laughs and gives himself away. | 17 | 27 |
| D13i1 In D13 family | The one who showed his teeth was exposed. | The characteristics of a character can be determined by his teeth. By laughing and showing his teeth, the character reveals himself. | 3 | 5 |
Tradition and narrative counts are the stored catalogue totals for each entry.