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m29w3
Motif
Motif code:
m29w3
Name_eng:
The lion is a failure
Description:
Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the lion suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
Name_rus:
Лев – неудачник и проигравший
Description_rus:
Вследствие своей глупости или асоциального поведения лев гибнет или претерпевает ущерб
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
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:
117
Linked traditions:
Sumer
Saudi Arabia
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.)
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Morocco Arabs
Algeria Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Saho, Afar
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
Shilluk, Anuak
Bari (incl Fajulu, Kuku), Kakwa
Sanye (Aweer)
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Masai
Yao, Makua
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Nyungwe (Tete)
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Nyamwesi, Sumbwa
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
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Luchasi (Ngangela), Chokwe (Konwe); Mbukushu
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Hausa
Zaghawa
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Soninke
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Bushmen (all groups)
Burmese, Intha
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Thai of Thailand
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
Sinhalese; Vedda
Koreans; Goguryeo
Spain
Portuguese
Catalan
Maltese
Sardinia, Corsica
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Finns
Karelians
Western Sami
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Baluch
Persians
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Tabasaran, Aghul
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Georgians
Kalmyk
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Bashkirs
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Lao
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Kordofan
Parachi, Ormur
Mukulu (Mokilko)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Fur
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Frisians
Upper Brittany
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
j6a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m195b
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f100b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k172
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b108
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b69b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m152c
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
m170a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
k73a9
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
m152b
Shared traditions: 20 All traditions: 24 Weight: 833
Motif:
i100d
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
m89a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
f73a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m39a4g
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
k67g
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
l108b2
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m177a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
b33f1
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 12 Weight: 750
Motif:
m23a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750