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Motif

Name_eng:

Returning after long absence, person throws food to his mother

Description:

Coming home after a long absence, the hero (rare: heroine) peeps into his house and sees his mother (his parents, her husband) who suffers hunger. He or she throws food inside, extinguishes the fire, pushes aside, etc. Usually those who are inside do not understand what is happening

Name_rus:

Вернувшись, подбрасывает еду

Description_rus:

Герой или героиня возвращается после длительного отсутствия. Видя (обычно забиравшись на крышу жилища) прозябающих в бедности родителей (мать, мужа), бросает им еду, гасит огонь, толкает и т.п. Сперва те обычно не понимают, в чем дело

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
11.1.1.1	Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
11.1.1.2	Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.5.2.2	Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
9.2.1.1	Mansi
9.2.1.4	Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.2	Yughs
9.2.2.3	Southern Selkups
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups