k99a1


Motif

Motif code: 
k99a1
Name_eng: 
Smart man is rescued from prison
Description: 

An imprisoned man is rescued and exalted because only he gets to resolve problems that trouble the king or to save the princess (prince, the king himself)

Name_rus: 
Осужденный отгадчик освобожден
Description_rus: 
Брошенный в темницу человек освобожден и возвышен, поскольку только ему удается разгадать заданные царю загадки или спасти принцессу (царя, царевича и т.п.)
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: 
53

Linked traditions:
Old and New Testament
Aramaic (Syrians)
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Tunisia Arabs
Hausa
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
Thai of Thailand
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Slovakians
Hungarians
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Estonians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Persians
Ingush
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Georgians
Armenians
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Bashkirs
Udmurt
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Kono (=Kone), Wai
Kpelle (incl Kono)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Lao
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Salars
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i140 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: k27z2a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: a12g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k27z2a1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: l94c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i137 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k27z2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k27z9 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif: k129a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m74e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k61f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: i50c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k22aa Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k27z2c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k56a8b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667