c30b


Motif

Name_eng: 
To clean traces off the field
Description: 

When an animal or a spirit claims certain field to be his own or suggests an impossible task for a person, the person asks him to delete from the ground traces of his feet or to walk not leaving any traces. The spirit cannot do it

Name_rus: 
Удалить следы с поля
Description_rus: 
В ответ на претензии животного или духа, человек предлагает тому удалить с поля его следы или пройти, не оставив следов. Тот не в состоянии это сделать
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: 
3

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
1.3.4.2Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
1.3.5.7Kru: Kru proper, Sapo (Sapã), Grebo, Kran (Krahn, Guere-Krahn; incl. Putu, Tchien), Bete, Neyo, Wobe, Devoin (Dey), Belle (Kuwaa), Bassa, Sikon
1.3.5.8Kono (=Kone), Wai

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m181b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: e31b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: l121a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m56c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b98c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: j58a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m173 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: f73a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k170 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: b98b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: b2g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m62d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: l33g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: m56b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 12 Weight: 167
Motif: l115 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 19 Weight: 158
Motif: m56d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: k8aa Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: k37c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: m29p Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 23 Weight: 130