m39a2b


Motif

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:
Areal IDTradition
4.1.2.5Byelarusians
4.1.3.1Russians: 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)
4.1.3.2Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.3Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.3.1.1Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.2.3Chuvash
4.3.3.1Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
5.1.7.7Tabasaran, Aghul
9.1.1.3Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar

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: 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: n28h Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
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: k27q2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: k67h Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k56b1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k103a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k100i Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333