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Motif

Name_eng:

To fish on a hill

Description:

Person demonstrates the absurdity of the claims of another person saying that he (or somebody else) was fishing on a hill, putting out a fire spilling straw, looking how the fish fly etc. or he is imitating such an activity. Either the place chosen for the activity or the means are irrational

Name_rus:

Ловить рыбу на горе

Description_rus:

Персонаж доказывает абсурдность заявлений другого, утверждая, что он (или кто-то другой) ловил рыбу на горе, тушил соломой пожар, сеял пшеницу в море, наблюдал за летавшими рыбами и т.п. (либо он сам имитирует подобные действия). Абсурдность утверждений следует из неправильно выбранного локуса или средств для совершения определенных действий

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
10.2.2.1	Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.2.1.2	Saho, Afar
3.2.2.5	Omotic: Ari (incl Baka, Male, Schangama, Ubamer), Kafa, Dime, Banna, Basketo, Nao
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.1.5	Basques
3.3.1.6	Galicians
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.2.6	Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
3.3.3.1	Bretagne
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.3.5.1	Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.2	Frisians
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.7	Eastern Prussia
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.3.3	Transylvanian Saksons
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.10	Sindhi
5.6.2.15	Assamese
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.18	Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
5.6.2.19	Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
5.6.3.5	Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)
6.1.2.2	Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
6.1.2.3	Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.1.1	Burmese, Intha
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.3.2.8	Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
9.1.1.4	Siberian Tatars