k156

Motif

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.5	Morocco Arabs
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.3.1	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)
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.8	Uzbek