n22


Motif

Motif code: 
b22
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
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
13 Formulae
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: 
27

Linked traditions:
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Dutch, Flemish
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
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Slovakians
Hungarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Estonians
Setu
Western Sami
Norwegians
Norwegians
Swedes
Persians
Karachays, Balkar
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Upper Brittany
Transylvanian Saksons
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Eastern Prussia

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j51a2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k73b3 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k107e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: m198b1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: k101b1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif: k76d Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif: b104b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m74c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k176a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: b115a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636
Motif: l73a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: l65b5 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: b110a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k56a8c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: i22d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: l72e1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: h6c2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k73a9 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571