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Motif

Name_eng:

Mother is eaten up, children escape

Description:

An ogress devours a woman, gets into her house. Her daughters (daughter and son, one daughter) run away, climb a tree or a rope that hangs from the sky. Ogress pursues them and perishes

Name_rus:

Мать съедена, дети бегут

Description_rus:

Людоедка съедает женщину, проникает в ее дом. Дочери женщины (дочь и сын, одна дочь) убегают, лезут на дерево или забираются по веревке на небо. Людоедка преследует их и гибнет

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
10.2.2.1	Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
10.2.2.8	Chinese of Qinghai and Gansu provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
9.1.5.5	Dongxiang, Baoan
10.2.2.4	Fujian (Fukian) Chinese
10.2.2.10	Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
10.2.3.7	Hani, Akha
10.2.2.6	Henan and Hubei Chinese
10.2.2.12	Hunan and Guixhou Chinese
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.2.2.5	Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
10.2.2.2	Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
10.2.3.4	Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
9.1.5.6	Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
6.2.1.2	NE Tibetans (Amdo)
10.3.2.2	Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
5.5.2.5	Salars
10.2.2.11	Shandong Chinese
10.2.2.9	Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
10.2.2.3	Sichuan Chinese
10.3.2.3	Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa