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Motif

Name_eng:

The turtle (tortoise, toad, frog) wins thanks to his smartness

Description:

Being smart and persistent, the turtle (toad, frog) overcomes strong adversaries

Name_rus:

Черепаха (жаба, лягушка) – хитрец-победитель

Description_rus:

Черепаха (жаба, лягушка) побеждает сильных противников с помощью хитрости и настойчивости

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

163

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.1.1.2	Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
1.2.1.3	Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
1.2.1.4	Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
1.2.2.1	Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
1.2.2.2	Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
1.2.2.4	Ila (Baila)
1.2.2.5	Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
1.2.2.6	Nyungwe (Tete)
1.2.3.3	Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
1.2.3.5	Lunda (Alunda)
1.2.4.1	Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo)
1.2.4.12	Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
1.2.4.4	Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
1.2.5.10	Safwa, Nyika (Nyixa, Nyiha), Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga
1.2.5.11	Hehe, Pangwa (Upper Rufudji area), Bena, Matumbi, Ngoni, Pogolo, (Ma)konde, Mawiha
1.2.5.12	Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
1.2.5.13	Comoros Islands
1.2.5.2	Nyamwesi, Sumbwa
1.2.5.3	Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu
1.2.5.6	Kamba, Tharaka
1.2.5.7	Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe
1.2.5.9	Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
1.2.6.1	Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
1.2.6.1	Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
1.2.6.3	Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
1.2.6.4	Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
1.2.6.5	Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
1.3.1.1	Yambasa, Banen (Tunen)
1.3.1.3	Cross-River: Efik, Ibibio, Anaang (Anang), Ikom, Abua
1.3.1.4	Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
1.3.1.5	Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
1.3.1.6	Ijaw (incl. Kalabari)
1.3.2.1	Hausa
1.3.2.4	Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale
1.3.3.4	Fon
1.3.4.2	Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
1.3.4.7	Senufo
1.3.5.4	Temne (Timne)
1.3.5.8	Kono (=Kone), Wai
1.4.2.1	Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
1.4.2.2	Shilluk, Anuak
1.4.3.3	Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango
1.4.3.6	Kalenjin; including Sabaot, Nandi (Nande), Arusha, Kipsigis, Pokot (Suk), Keiyo (Elgeiyo), Marakwet, Sebeei
1.4.4.1	Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
1.4.5.2	Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
10.2.2.9	Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
12.3.3.2	Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
12.3.8.1	Kutenai
12.4.2.1	Menominee
12.4.2.10	Miami, Illini
12.4.2.4	Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.4.2.5	Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
12.4.2.8	Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.4.2.9	Potawatomi
12.4.4.2	Plains Ojibwa
12.5.1.1	Micmac
12.5.1.2	Malecite, Passamaquoddy
12.5.1.3	Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
12.5.2.1	Huron (incl Wyandot)
12.5.2.2	Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.6.6.4	Luiseño, Juaneño
12.7.1.7	Western Shoshone, Gosiute
12.7.1.9	Ute
12.8.1.1	Hopi
12.8.3.1	Navajo
13.1.3.4	Arikara
13.1.4.1	Teton (incl Oglala)
13.1.4.2	Yankton/Yanktonai
13.1.4.4	Osage
13.1.4.6	Omaha, Ponca
13.1.4.7	Oto
13.1.5.2	Cheyenne
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
13.2.1.2	Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
13.2.2.4	Tonkawa
13.3.4.1	Cherokee
14.1.1.1	Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
14.1.4.1	Chinantec, Mazatec
14.2.2.1	Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
14.2.3.1	Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
15.1.1.2	Sicuani
15.1.1.3	Cuiva
15.1.3.2	Sanema
15.2.2.1	Warao
15.2.3.1	Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)
15.2.3.6	Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
15.2.3.8	Macuxi
15.2.3.9	Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
15.2.4.6	Wayana, Aparai
15.3.5.1	Tariana
15.5.2.3	Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.5.4.3	Ese’ejja
15.5.5.4	Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga
15.6.3.1	Rikbaktsa
15.6.3.2	Kayabi
15.6.3.5	Paresi
15.7.1.2	Tapirape
15.7.3.6	Botocudo
16.2.1.1	Mapuche
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.2.1.5	Sanye (Aweer)
3.2.1.6	Bedja
3.2.2.2	Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.1.4	Aragon
3.3.1.6	Galicians
3.3.2.1	Italians: Northwest (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia–Romagna)
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.3.3.5	Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
3.3.5.1	Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.2	Frisians
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.1.4.1	Early Russian written sources
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
5.4.2.5	Baluch
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.18	Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
5.6.2.6	Warli
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.2.1	Lepcha
6.2.3.4	Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
6.2.3.5	Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
6.2.3.6	Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
6.3.1.1	Burmese, Intha
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
6.3.1.5	Lao
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
6.3.1.7	Arakan, Chakma, Khyang
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.3.2.2	Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
6.4.4.1	Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
6.4.4.2	Kayan, Bahau, Kenja, Aoheng, Punan (Bukat, Basap, Oloh Ot, etc); "Klemantan"
6.4.4.4	Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
6.4.5.2	Sundanese
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
6.4.6.2	Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
6.4.7.1	Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
6.4.7.2	Southern Luzon: Pampango, Pangacian, Sambal, Tagal, Tayabas; Calamian
6.4.7.4	Central islands and Bikol: Visaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
6.4.7.5	Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
6.4.8.10	Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
6.4.8.9	Sangir Islands
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.6	Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
9.1.5.7	Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.10.1.1	Nanai
9.10.1.3	Udeghe