m157c

Motif

Name_eng:

You are hens and I am the cock

Description:

To put a person into an awkward position, others demonstrate chicken eggs that they prepared beforehand. Having no egg with him, the person says that he is the only cock while all the others are hens

Name_rus:

Вы куры, а я петух

Description_rus:

Чтобы поставить персонажа в неловкое положение, другие предъявляют заранее припасенные куриные яйца, которых у персонажа нет. Тот (кукарекает и) говорит, что вокруг него куры и только он – петух

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior

Motif analysis result:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
3.1.2.2	Arabs of Libya
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
6.2.3.3	Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
6.4.7.6	Sulu: Mapun, Samal, Sama, Taosug (Tausug), Badjaw