m39a6

Motif

Name_eng:

Misunderstood instructions: to cut a road

Description:

A wayfarer asks his companion in an allegorical for to tell a story. The companion takes his words in the direct sense and acts stupidly or thinks that his companion is a fool

Name_rus:

Непонятые указания: сократить дорогу

Description_rus:

Во время пути человек в иносказательной форме просит другого что-нибудь рассказать, спеть и т.п., чтобы время в дороге текло быстрее. Тот понимает указания буквально, совершая нелепые действия, либо считает спутника дураком

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior

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
1.3.2.1	Hausa
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
3.2.2.1	Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
3.3.4.3	Scotland
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
5.1.2.1	Crimea Tatars, Karaims
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.6	Pashto
5.4.3.2	Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.6.2.7	Nepali; Tharu
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.3	Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)