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Motif

Name_eng:

If they are not dead, they are still alive

Description:

Closing formula of the folktale: the teller says that the characters are still alive if they are not already dead

Name_rus:

Живы, если не умерли

Description_rus:

Сказочный текст завершается формулой, сообщающей о том, что если персонажи не умерли, они и сейчас живы

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Motif analysis result:

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.3.2.4	Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
3.3.2.8	Italians: Northeast (Trentino – Alto Adige, Veneto, Venezia Giulia, Southern Tirol, Friuli, Istria)
3.3.3.4	Upper Brittany
3.3.5.1	Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.3	Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
3.3.5.4	Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.7	Eastern Prussia
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.3.3	Transylvanian Saksons
4.1.1.2	Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.4.2.1	Persians