m39a5b

Motif

Name_eng:

Husband discredited by absurd truth

Description:

A woman plants fish in the field where her husband is sure to plow them up. He finds them and believes that the fish got there by itself. People take him for mad.

Name_rus:

Рыба в борозде

Description_rus:

Жена подбрасывает в борозды или в грядки рыбу. Муж верит, что рыба сама оказалась там, его принимают за сумасшедшего

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:

1381A

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.3.2.3	Sardinia, Corsica
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
5.1.2.1	Crimea Tatars, Karaims
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.9	Tats
5.2.2.1	Armenians
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
5.3.2.6	Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
5.3.2.7	Nawar (Zutt)
5.3.3.1	Yemen
5.4.2.10	Turkmen
5.4.2.6	Pashto