i139


Motif

Name_eng: 
Strong men throw an axe to each other
Description: 

Two (rare: three) men or women regularly throw or give somthing to each other despite a significant distance between them. It is a sign of their strength, big size and dexterity

Name_rus: 
Перебрасывание топора
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
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: 
22
Stith Thompson ID: 
F531.3.2.3.

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
10.2.3.4Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
3.3.4.4England
3.3.5.3Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
3.5.1.2Bulgarians
3.5.2.4Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
4.1.1.1Poles
4.1.1.2Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
4.1.2.1Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
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)
4.1.3.4Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.1.3.8Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.5.2Lithuanians
4.3.1.1Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2Udmurt
4.3.2.1Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2Mordvins
5.1.6.2Chechens
9.2.1.4Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.3Southern Selkups

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a3b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: k56ac Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k56a5d Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif: k80a3 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 16 Weight: 688
Motif: b33e2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: f9g1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l42i Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 15 Weight: 600
Motif: l42i1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 15 Weight: 600
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: i132a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: h6c3 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 14 Weight: 571
Motif: m39a2b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: i82f Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545
Motif: k124 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545
Motif: m112b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 13 Weight: 538
Motif: i120a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 15 Weight: 533