k154a


Motif

Motif code: 
k154a
Name_eng: 
Men in the harem
Description: 

Solving a riddle, a boy or youth unmasks a daughter (wife, minister) of a powerful person: house-maids (or some of them) are men, the minister plans to kill his master)

Name_rus: 
Мужчина в гареме
Description_rus: 
Отгадывая загадку, мальчик или юноша разоблачает тем самым дочь, жену или помощников властного персонажа: служанки или часть из них в действительности мужчины; помощник готовит заговор
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
23

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Kashmiri
Burusho (Hunza)
Greeks (modern)
Lithuanians
Tajik
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Ingush
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Anatolia Turks
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Bashkirs
Khakas
Kordofan
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k167b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k172 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k27z9 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 13 Weight: 769
Motif: k180 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k154 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 16 Weight: 688
Motif: m116b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m114f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: n25 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l94d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i50c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i13e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: l15a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: i46c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: i92a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: m195b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500