m197c


Motif

Motif code: 
m197c
Name_eng: 
Sham physician: using the flea powder
Description: 

A huckster sells powder that he guarantees will kill fleas (rats, etc.). When someone asks how to use it, he relies that one has to catch the flea, hold its mouth (eyes) open and put powder in it. When the customer says that it would be easier simply to crush, the seller agrees with him

Name_rus: 
Средство против блох
Description_rus: 
Человек продает песок, пыль и т.п. в качестве средства против блох, мышей и т.п. Объясняет, что надо поймать блоху, насыпать песок ей в глаза. Покупатель отвечает, что пойманную блоху можно раздавить. Продавец: так даже проще
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: 
22
ATU ID: 
1862A

Linked traditions:
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Ireland
Slovakians
Hungarians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Finns
Danes
Uzbek
Tajik
Persians
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Ingush
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kazakh
Turkmen
Bashkirs
Chechens
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m45b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m83c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: k172 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m120c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: m114g Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b33g Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k80c3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: k77b3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m199d1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: j51a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: n19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: n37 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b69b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500