m191a


Motif

Motif code: 
m191a
Name_eng: 
Belling the cat
Description: 

The mice decide to tie a bell on the cat, so they can hear when the cat comes. Usually they cannot find anyone to tie it on her

Name_rus: 
Колокольчик на шею кошке
Description_rus: 
Мыши решают повесить кошке на шею или на хвост колокольчик, чтобы знать о ее приближении. Обычно никто из мышей не в состоянии это сделать
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: 
41
ATU ID: 
110

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Yemen
Arabs of Egypt
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Somali
Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Ireland
Scotland
Portuguese
Catalan
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Slovenians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Finns
Vepsians
Swedes
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Tajik
Persians
Ossetians
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Georgians
Kurds
Kazakh
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Frisians

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k107e1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m170a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
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: i140 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m74e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l15e2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: i100d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: b104a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: k184 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m164 Shared traditions: 20 All traditions: 31 Weight: 645
Motif: f5a Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 22 Weight: 636
Motif: m179b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636
Motif: m168a Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 19 Weight: 632