k35c1


Motif

Motif code: 
k35k1
Name_eng: 
The best is one whom you love
Description: 

A mighty person asks a man which of two women is prettier, what is the most beautiful thing, and the like. Giving a correct answer, the man is not killed like those who were before him but receives a reward

Name_rus: 
Лучше та, которую любишь
Description_rus: 
Юноша не убит, а награжден, ибо верно (уклончиво) ответил на вопрос могущественного персонажа – на какой из двух женщин тот должен жениться, какая красивее, какой объект или материал ценнее, и т.п.
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: 
35
ATU ID: 
(677, 986)

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Finns
Karelians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
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)
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)
Baluch
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Tabasaran, Aghul
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Georgians
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
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)
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k124 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif: k35c2 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 16 Weight: 813
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k180 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k35c Shared traditions: 24 All traditions: 35 Weight: 686
Motif: m114f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l85d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: h55a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m45b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667