m114k

Motif

Name_eng:

Water which is not from the earth and not from the sky

Description:

A liquid which usually should not be used for drinking or cooking once is used for these purposes. A person who is told that this liquid is neither from the earth must guess what is the source of this liquid

Name_rus:

Змея заткнула дыру в ковчеге

Description_rus:

Во время потопа змея (угорь) заткнула хвостом образовавшуюся в ковчеге дыру

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

12 Proper names

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
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.4	Aragon
3.3.1.6	Galicians
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
5.3.2.1	Aramaic (Syrians)
5.3.2.5	Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)