k156


Motif

Motif code: 
k156
Name_eng: 
Will flowers wither undeer the pillow?
Description: 

A girl conceals her real identity and pretends to be a young man. To identify real sex of the person, flowers are put under his/her pillow or the mattress. If it is a man, the flowers should remain fresh and if a girl, wither (or, if it is a woman, milk in a pot under the bed will be fermented)

Name_rus: 
Завянут ли цветы под подушкой
Description_rus: 
Девушка выдает себя за мужчину. Чтобы определить, кто же это на самом деле, под подушку или матрац кладут цветы. Если спит мужчина, они останутся свежими, а если женщина, то к утру завянут (либо, если женщина, то оставленное под кроватью молоко скиснет)
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
8

Linked traditions:
Morocco Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Uzbek
Tajik
Persians
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k156b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: k56a8c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l81a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l65a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k156a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 25 Weight: 320
Motif: l100d1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: m152c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: k27z7a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m39a4c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: l103b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m60a3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: n26 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m197d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m198b3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250