m39e1a


Motif

Motif code: 
m39e1a
Name_eng: 
The iron-eating mice
Description: 

Person claims that iron or gold disappeared being eaten by mice

Name_rus: 
Мыши съели железо
Description_rus: 
Персонаж утверждает, что мыши съели железо (золото)
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: 
24

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Morocco Arabs
Simeulue, Nias
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Kashmiri
Gujarati
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Kurds
Uyghur
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i68a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: m195b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k131c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m197d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k180 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i47a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: n26 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m39e1 Shared traditions: 18 All traditions: 39 Weight: 462
Motif: k85c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: i92a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: l15h3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: l15a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: i46e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m170a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429