m195a


Motif

Motif code: 
m195a
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: 
26

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Iraq
Malagasy
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
Hungarians
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Estonians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Uyghur
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Mongols (Khalkha)
Siberian Tatars
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Japan AD 700-1700
Southern Altai: Teleut
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Zhuang, Dong

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: e9j1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m195 Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 23 Weight: 652
Motif: m195c Shared traditions: 21 All traditions: 37 Weight: 568
Motif: k131c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m198b6 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m189 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: m205 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: i46c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: b93a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l118a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: a12g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k65c2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k37e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b93 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif: m21b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375