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Motif

Name_eng:

King the craftsman

Description:

A poor girl agrees to marry a prince only if he learns some craft. He does it, marries the girl and then gets into hands of some criminals. He promises them to produce valuable object that they can sell for good money. His wife or (rare) his father recognize his work (or read signs of the object). He is released, the criminals killed

Name_rus:

Царь-ремесленник

Description_rus:

Бедная девушка согласна выйти за царевича, лишь если тот овладеет каким-нибудь ремеслом. Царевич выполняет условие, затем попадает в руки врагов. Он обещает им изготовить дорогую вещь, пусть продадут. Его жена или (реже) отец узнает работу, пленник освобожден, злоумышленники казнены

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
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.5	Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.3.4.3	Scotland
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.9	Tats
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.5	Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.6.2.2	Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
5.6.2.22	Dogri