m39a2b


Motif

Motif code: 
m39a2b
Name_eng: 
A fool salts the river
Description: 

A fool buys salt or sugar but throws them into a river to salt or to sweeten the water

Name_rus: 
Дурак солит реку
Description_rus: 
Глупец (или персонаж, притворяющийся безумным) сеет соль (мелкие предметы) подобно зерну
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: 
9

Linked traditions:
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)
Tabasaran, Aghul
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Chuvash
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m39a3b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: m39a2a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: n28h Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k64c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: n32 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: i95b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: l42i Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 15 Weight: 400
Motif: k27x8 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: k124 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: k67h Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: k27q1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l103a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f9g1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k100i Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333