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Motif

Name_eng:

Series of creatures ever greater in size

Description:

Personage of gigantic dimensions in respect to normal humans and animals proves to be tiny dwarf in respect to another personage

Name_rus:

Одно существо больше другого

Description_rus:

Персонаж гигантских размеров оказывается мал по сравнению с персонажем еще больших размеров либо один и тот же персонаж оказывается небольшим в одних эпизодах и гигантским в других

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
5.1.6.2	Chechens
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
4.2.1.3	Danes
6.2.2.6	Dhimal
4.2.3.1	Finns
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.1.6.1	Ingush
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.2.2.5	Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
5.6.2.19	Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
5.1.5.3	Kumyk, Terekemen
5.1.7.4	Laks
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.6.2.20	Maldives
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
5.6.2.7	Nepali; Tharu
5.1.5.2	Nogai
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
10.3.2.2	Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
5.2.1.3	Svans
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
9.1.3.2	Tuvinians of Southern Altai
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva