l103c


Motif

Motif code: 
l103c
Name_eng: 
A dog tries in vain to defend its masters against the ogres
Description: 

A dog (cat, hare) tries to drive away a demon (usually an old ogres). The demon (or her victims themselves being unaware of the danger) cut off or break one by one the animal’s body parts and ultimately kills it that gives her the power over her victims

Name_rus: 
Собачка-защитница и людоедка
Description_rus: 
Собачка, кошка или другое животное пытается отогнать демона (обычно старую людоедку). Демон (либо его жертвы, сами не понимающие опасности) последовательно отрубает (ломает) животному части тела и в конце концов убивает после чего получает власть над своими жертвами
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
12

Linked traditions:
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Tunisia Arabs
Sinhalese; Vedda
Lithuanians
Latvians
Finns
Karelians
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)
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Lutsi (Ludza)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
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Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f9g1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k100i Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: n28f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: j6a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: n31 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k131c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m191c Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 17 Weight: 471
Motif: m112b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
Motif: l23b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 16 Weight: 438
Motif: l81a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: h7f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: l42i Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 15 Weight: 400
Motif: i132a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400