m130c


Motif

Motif code: 
m130c
Name_eng: 
The mouse and the lion (the help of the weak)
Description: 

When a lion (tiger, bear, elephant, man) gets into a trap, a mouse (rat) makes him free (usually bites through the ropes)

Name_rus: 
Лев и мышь
Description_rus: 
Когда лев (тигр, медведь, слон, человек) попадает в ловушку, мышь или крыса освобождает его (обычно перегрызает веревки)
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
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: 
47
ATU ID: 
75

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Aramaic (Syrians)
Saudi Arabia
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Morocco Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Somali
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
Susu
Burmese, Intha
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Catalan
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Czech
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Slovenians
Ancient Greece
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Finns
Persians
Georgians
Kalmyk
Kazakh
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: k32b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: i114 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: f101 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k38b3c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m179b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: h6c2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: b87b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: l15g1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m75b3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m136e Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 14 Weight: 643
Motif: m191b Shared traditions: 19 All traditions: 30 Weight: 633
Motif: k56a8c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600