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m136c
Motif
Motif code:
m136c
Name_eng:
The man takes seriously the prediction of death
Description:
Considering indirect signs or somebody’s word, a numskull thinks that he is dead and lies motionless
Name_rus:
Глупец принимает всерьез предсказание смерти
Description_rus:
На основании косвенных признаков или чьих-то слов глупец полагает, что умер и лежит без движения
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:
61
ATU ID:
1313A
Linked traditions:
Yemen
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Tunisia Arabs
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Sinhalese; Vedda
Lepcha
Ireland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Sardinia, Corsica
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Poles
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Karelians
Norwegians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Pashto
Persians
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Anatolia Turks
Turkmen
Mari (Cheremis)
Chuvash
Udmurt
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Wallons, Picardie
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
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)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Frisians
Upper Brittany
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
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Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
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i50a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n28f
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b87b
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif:
m38d5
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
k56a5c
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif:
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Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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m112b
Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 13 Weight: 846
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k33c5
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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k73b3
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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m199m
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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k176a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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j51a2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 17 Weight: 824
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k65e1
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif:
m57d4
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif:
i37d1
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800