m38a


Motif

Motif code: 
m38a
Name_eng: 
The bungling host
Description: 

Being on a visit to other people or (more often) animals, an (animal)-person sees them act using magic or according to their animal nature. Back at home, he imitates their actions and gets in trouble. Actions are not heroic deeds, competitions or tests and mostly refer to providing and cooking food

Name_rus: 
Неумелое подражание: хождение по гостям
Description_rus: 
В гостях персонаж видит, как хозяин действует с помощью магии или приемов, отвечающих его природе (в Африке также – обмана). Он подражает их действиям, но терпит фиаско. Действия не имеют характера испытаний или соревнований и не связаны с совершением подвигов. В основном это добывание или приготовление
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
141
Stith Thompson ID: 
J2425

Linked traditions:
Nubians
Shilluk, Anuak
Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango
Dholuo (=Luo, Nilotic Kawirondo)
Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara)
Kalenjin; including Sabaot, Nandi (Nande), Arusha, Kipsigis, Pokot (Suk), Keiyo (Elgeiyo), Marakwet, Sebeei
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Kamba, Tharaka
Hehe, Pangwa (Upper Rufudji area), Bena, Matumbi, Ngoni, Pogolo, (Ma)konde, Mawiha
Safwa, Nyika (Nyixa, Nyiha), Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga
Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Cross-River: Efik, Ibibio, Anaang (Anang), Ikom, Abua
Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
Ijaw (incl. Kalabari)
Kru: Kru proper, Sapo (Sapã), Grebo, Kran (Krahn, Guere-Krahn; incl. Putu, Tchien), Bete, Neyo, Wobe, Devoin (Dey), Belle (Kuwaa), Bassa, Sikon
Songhai
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
Hadza
Sandawe
Viet, Muong
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Oraon (Kurukh)
Nepali; Tharu
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Lithuanians
Latvians
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Tundra Nenets
Enets
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Udeghe
Oroch
Nanai
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Tagish
Tlingit
Haida
Tsimshian
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Micmac
Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Naskapi
Montagnais
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Miami, Illini
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Winnebago
Yuchi
Arapaho
Santee
Osage
Omaha, Ponca
Iowa
Arikara
Kiowa Apache
Assiniboine
Carrier
Chilkotin
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lillooet
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Comox, Pentlatch
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Twana (Skokomish)
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Quinault
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Kutenai
Lower Chinook (Chinook proper)
Natchez (incl Avoyel)
Alabama, Koasati
Hitchiti
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Catawba, Tutelo
Cherokee
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Chumash
Kawaiisu
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Eastern Shoshone
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Ute
Serrano
Luiseño, Juaneño
Navajo
Jicarilla
Chiricahua
Mescalero
Hopi
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Lipan
Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Cora
Western Mexico Nahuatl
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
Macuxi
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Maue (Mawe)
Lower Amazon (XIX century data, mostly from Santarem area), tribal affiliation unknown
Tenetehara
Mundurucu, Curuaia
Kayabi
Makka
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Mende, Loma, Gbunde (Gbandi, Bandi)
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Mukulu (Mokilko)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland

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Motif: j59d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: b64c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: e1e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: b28c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: m38a1 Shared traditions: 26 All traditions: 26 Weight: 1000
Motif: b42o1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m15 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: m60b1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m61a3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k5 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 11 Weight: 909
Motif: m11c Shared traditions: 75 All traditions: 83 Weight: 904
Motif: d4i Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: b28d1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: m26 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: m29q Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889