m197a

Motif

Name_eng:

The pot has a child and dies

Description:

A borrower returns a cattle (pot) together with a small one, claiming that the cattle gave birth to a child. He borrows the pot again but does not return it, claiming that the pot dies

Name_rus:

Большой котел родил маленького

Description_rus:

Человек занял котел (горшок) и вернул с маленьким котелком. Владелец котла согласился, что большой котел родил маленького. В следующий раз человек не вернул котел: он умер. Владельцу пришлось согласиться

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:

ATU ID:

1592b

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.5.12	Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
1.3.5.11	Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
3.1.2.2	Arabs of Libya
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.2.1	Crimea Tatars, Karaims
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.4	Laks
5.1.7.7	Tabasaran, Aghul
5.1.7.9	Tats
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.10	Turkmen
5.4.2.12	Parachi, Ormur
5.4.2.6	Pashto
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.5.2.1	Uyghur
5.6.3.2	Malayali; Kannikaran
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.1.5.2	Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)