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Motif

Name_eng:

Hero between two ogresses

Description:

A youth (a girl) lives in the house of an ogress. To get rid of him (her) the ogress asks him (her) to bring some object from other ogres (often from her mother) who must kill him or her. The hero or heroine escapes and kills all the ogres

Name_rus:

Герой между двумя людоедками

Description_rus:

Юноша (девушка) живет в доме людоедки. Чтобы его или ее погубить, людоедка велит принести некий предмет от других людоедов (часто от своей матери). Герой или героиня спасается и губит всех людоедов

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

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
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
6.3.1.7	Arakan, Chakma, Khyang
6.4.5.3	Bali, Lombok
4.2.1.3	Danes
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
3.3.2.1	Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.2.3.6	Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
5.6.2.19	Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
6.3.1.5	Lao
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
6.2.2.3	Mustang
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
3.3.2.4	Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.1	Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
6.3.1.3	Shan
3.3.2.2	Sicily
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
3.3.1.1	Spain
4.2.1.4	Swedes
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand