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Motif
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:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.1.1.1
Bushmen (all groups)
1.1.1.2
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
1.2.1.1
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
1.2.1.3
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
1.2.2.1
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
1.2.2.2
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
1.2.2.3
Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
1.2.2.5
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
1.2.2.6
Nyungwe (Tete)
1.2.2.7
Yao, Makua
1.2.3.3
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
1.2.3.4
Luchasi (Ngangela), Chokwe (Konwe); Mbukushu
1.2.4.7
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
1.2.5.10
Safwa, Nyika (Nyixa, Nyiha), Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga
1.2.5.11
Hehe, Pangwa (Upper Rufudji area), Bena, Matumbi, Ngoni, Pogolo, (Ma)konde, Mawiha
1.2.5.12
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
1.2.5.2
Nyamwesi, Sumbwa
1.2.5.4
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
1.2.5.6
Kamba, Tharaka
1.2.5.9
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
1.2.6.1
Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
1.2.6.3
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
1.3.1.2
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
1.3.1.5
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
1.3.2.1
Hausa
1.3.2.6
Mukulu (Mokilko)
1.3.4.2
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
1.3.5.11
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
1.3.5.13
Soninke
1.3.5.3
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
1.4.1.2
Arabs of Sudan
1.4.1.3
Kordofan
1.4.2.2
Shilluk, Anuak
1.4.2.3
Bari (incl Fajulu, Kuku), Kakwa
1.4.3.5
Masai
1.4.5.3
Zaghawa
1.4.5.6
Fur
10.2.4.1
Koreans; Goguryeo
3.1.2.1
Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.2
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.4
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
3.1.3.5
Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.6
Algeria Arabs
3.2.1.2
Saho, Afar
3.2.1.3
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
3.2.1.5
Sanye (Aweer)
3.2.2.1
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
3.2.2.4
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
3.3.1.1
Spain
3.3.1.2
Portuguese
3.3.1.3
Catalan
3.3.2.3
Sardinia, Corsica
3.3.2.5
Maltese
3.3.2.6
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
3.3.3.4
Upper Brittany
3.3.3.5
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
3.3.5.2
Frisians
3.3.5.5
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.4.1.2
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
3.5.1.1
Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2
Bulgarians
3.5.1.3
Macedonians
3.5.3.1
Hungarians
3.5.3.2
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.2.1
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.4
Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.2.5
Byelarusians
4.1.4.1
Early Russian written sources
4.2.2.1
Western Sami
4.2.3.1
Finns
4.2.3.2
Karelians
4.2.5.1
Latvians
4.2.5.2
Lithuanians
4.3.3.2
Bashkirs
5.1.1.1
Kalmyk
5.1.6.1
Ingush
5.1.7.3
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.5
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.7
Tabasaran, Aghul
5.2.1.1
Georgians
5.2.2.2
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.5
Kurds
5.3.1.3
Sumer
5.3.2.3
Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.4
Saudi Arabia
5.3.2.5
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
5.4.2.1
Persians
5.4.2.12
Parachi, Ormur
5.4.2.3
Tajik
5.4.2.4
Highland Tajik
5.4.2.5
Baluch
5.4.3.2
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.5.1.1
Kazakh
5.5.1.2
Kara Kalpak
5.5.1.3
Kirghiz
5.6.1.1
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.12
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.14
Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.16
Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
5.6.2.17
Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.9
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.1
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
6.2.1.1
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.1.5
Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
6.3.1.1
Burmese, Intha
6.3.1.4
Thai of Thailand
6.3.1.5
Lao
6.3.1.6
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
9.1.4.1
Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.5.2
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3
Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.4
Daur (Daghur)
9.1.5.7
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.3.1.1
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
m195b
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k172
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b69b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l93d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b108
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j6a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f100b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 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:
k67g
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m39a4g
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
f73a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
l108b2
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m89a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m177a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
k156
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778