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n8

Motif

Name_eng:

Storyteller instead of a cannonball

Description:

Closing formula of the folktale: characters put the storyteller into a cannon or rifle and made the shot or he jumped onto a cannonball that has been shot from a cannon and so arrived at the place of performance

Name_rus:

Сказочник вместо ядра

Description_rus:

Сказочный текст завершается формулой, сообщающей о том, что персонажи поместили рассказчика в пушку или ружье и сделали выстрел либо он сам запрыгнул на ядро и таким образом прибыл на место исполнения сказки

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

13 Formulae

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
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.1.2	Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians