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Motif

Name_eng:

King is killed after putting on a strange attire

Description:

A powerful person abducts or is going to abduct a poor man’s wife. She tricks him to put on a strange attire (often her husband’s clothes). After this his men or dogs kill him taking for the poor man (fool, devil)

Name_rus:

Переодетый царь гибнет

Description_rus:

Властный персонаж забирает или собирается забрать жену бедняка. Та находит предлог, чтобы убедить царя надеть одежду ее мужа, царя убивают его же воины или собаки, полагая, что это бедняк (шут, черт)

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
10.2.2.10	Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
10.2.3.4	Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
5.4.3.4	Sarikoli
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.5.2.1	Uyghur
5.5.2.5	Salars
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.3.2.8	Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.4.3	Khamnigans
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.7	Mongols of Inner Mongolia