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Motif

Name_eng:

Helpful persons of different age

Description:

Setting off for a search of a woman or magic objects, a man comes across several (usually three) supernatural (often demonic) persons who help him. All the persons are similar but usually every next one is older (younger) than another

Name_rus:

Помощники разного возраста

Description_rus:

Отправляясь на поиски женщины или чудесных предметов, человек последовательно приходит к персонажам нечеловеческой (часто демонической) природы, которые помогают ему. Персонажи однотипны, но обычно каждый следующий старше (моложе) другого

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
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
3.5.2.1	Albanians
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
3.3.3.1	Bretagne
5.4.2.7	Bukhara Arabs
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
5.1.2.1	Crimea Tatars, Karaims
4.2.1.3	Danes
12.4.2.5	Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
3.3.5.7	Eastern Prussia
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
4.2.4.2	Estonians
9.3.4.1	Evens (Lamuts)
5.4.2.14	Farsiwans
4.2.3.1	Finns
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.5.4.1	Gagauz
3.3.1.6	Galicians
5.2.1.1	Georgians
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.4	Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.3.5.4	Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.2.1.5	Icelanders
3.3.4.1	Ireland
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)
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
5.4.4.1	Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
4.2.3.2	Karelians
6.3.1.2	Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
4.1.1.2	Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
9.1.2.2	Khakas
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
6.1.2.2	Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.2.4.5	Lutsi (Ludza)
6.3.2.5	Mon
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
6.2.2.3	Mustang
5.3.2.7	Nawar (Zutt)
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
5.4.2.6	Pashto
5.4.2.1	Persians
12.4.4.2	Plains Ojibwa
4.1.1.1	Poles
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
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)
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
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)
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
5.3.2.4	Saudi Arabia
3.3.4.3	Scotland
9.1.2.1	Shor
3.3.2.2	Sicily
5.6.2.10	Sindhi
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
9.2.1.4	Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
5.2.1.3	Svans
4.2.1.4	Swedes
9.3.2.2	Sym Tungus/Evenki
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
3.3.3.4	Upper Brittany
4.2.2.1	Western Sami