l44b

Motif

Name_eng:

The blind got his sight, the lame got his legs

Description:

A blind man and a lame man live together and help each other. When they got mortally scared or became to fight with each other, their eyes and legs were cured

Name_rus:

Слепой прозрел, хромой побежал

Description_rus:

Слепой и глухой (хромой) стали жить вместе, помогая друг другу. После того, как смертельно испугались или подрались друг с другом, оба избавились от своих недостатков

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.

4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.2.3	Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
1.2.2.5	Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
1.3.5.7	Kru: Kru proper, Sapo (Sapã), Grebo, Kran (Krahn, Guere-Krahn; incl. Putu, Tchien), Bete, Neyo, Wobe, Devoin (Dey), Belle (Kuwaa), Bassa, Sikon
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
5.6.2.12	Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.2	Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)
6.2.2.8	Bhutan
6.2.3.3	Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.2.3.5	Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.1.2	Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.5	Mon
6.4.5.2	Sundanese
6.4.8.5	Roti