k14d

Motif

Name_eng:

The make believe crime

Description:

To test his wife (friend, member of his household), a man pretends to commit a crime or his behavior seems to be strange and deserved to be punished. At the last moment he presents evidence that proves his innocence

Name_rus:

Мнимое преступление

Description_rus:

Испытывая жену (домочадца, знакомого), человек делает вид, будто совершил преступление либо он совершает непонятные действия, которые могут быть истолкованы как преступление. Обычно жена (друг) выдают его, а он предъявляет доказательства своей невиновности

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:

ATU ID:

(910A)

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
1.4.2.1	Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.2.1.4	Somali
3.2.2.1	Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
4.1.3.6	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)
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.7.9	Tats
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.4	Saudi Arabia
5.3.2.6	Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
5.3.3.1	Yemen
5.3.3.2	Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.2.3	Mustang
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong