m164a

Motif

Name_eng:

Stinking mouth of the lion

Description:

The lion asks animals does his mouth stink (or his den dirty) and kills both those who answer, Yes, and flatterers who answer, No. The smart one tells that he has the sniffles and is unable to answer

Name_rus:

Запах из пасти льва

Description_rus:

Спрашивая зверей, действительно ли у него изо рта плохо пахнет (или его логово грязное), хищник (лев, волк) убивает как тех, кто отвечает честно, так и льстецов. Хитрец говорит, что не может ответить – у него насморк (забыл очки)

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:

51A

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.3.5.1	Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.2	Frisians
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.4.2.3	Tajik
6.3.1.1	Burmese, Intha