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Motif

Name_eng:

Which end of a stick is a butt?

Description:

Person sends a long object that looks identical from each end or is inside a box. Another person is smart enough to give a correct answer

Name_rus:

Где у палки нижний конец?

Description_rus:

Персонаж посылает длинный предмет, который либо выглядит одинаково с обоих концов, либо находится внутри небольшого объекта, и требует сказать, какой конец предмета верхний, а какой – нижний. Отгадчик дает верный ответ

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.3.2.4	Japan AD 700-1700
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.5.2.1	Uyghur
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.3.3	Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.2.3.4	Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.1.8	Zhuang, Dong, Dai
9.1.1.2	Southern Altai: Teleut
9.1.1.4	Siberian Tatars
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)