n27


Motif

Motif code: 
n27
Name_eng: 
The milk of birds
Description: 

Bird’s (hen’s) milk is mentioned in fairy tales, riddles and proverbs as something very rare and difficult to obtain

Name_rus: 
Птичье молоко
Description_rus: 
Птичье (вариант: куриное, голубиное, ястребиное и т.п.) молоко упоминается в сказках, загадках, паремиях и заговорах как нечто очень редкое и труднодобываемое либо несуществующее в действительности
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: 
47

Linked traditions:
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Poles
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Karelians
Vepsians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Persians
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Svans
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Shor
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Early Russian written sources
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)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m57d4 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 11 Weight: 1000
Motif: n27c Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 17 Weight: 1000
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i92a Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: n28f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m114f Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: n27b Shared traditions: 21 All traditions: 22 Weight: 955
Motif: n27a Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 14 Weight: 929
Motif: k85c Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif: l15a2 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: h33a Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 14 Weight: 857
Motif: i59b3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: m199j Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 13 Weight: 846
Motif: i95b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif: i61a Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif: l122a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: f9g1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833