m39a7


Motif

Motif code: 
m39a7
Name_eng: 
Misunderstood instructions: to wash with the boiling water
Description: 

A fool is told to wash an old person with a warm water. He uses a boiling water killing the person

Name_rus: 
A fool is told to wash an old person with a warm water. He uses a boiling water killing the person
Description_rus: 
Получив указание вымыть старого человека теплой водой, дурак шпарит его кипятком
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: 
20

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Spain
Basques
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Greeks (modern)
Byelarusians
Persians
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Anatolia Turks
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k27z2f Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k56a8c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: f57 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k127b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k56a5a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k27f3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k38b3c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k176a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: f101 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k56a5c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: k61f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m109d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k73b3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m136e Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 14 Weight: 500
Motif: k162 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 17 Weight: 471
Motif: k56a5 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 18 Weight: 444