l118a

Motif

Name_eng:

To cut his throat imitating a man

Description:

To get rid of a dangerous but stupid demon or animal, a man commits certain acts. His adversary repeats them without understanding their meanings and makes harm to himself

Name_rus:

Подражание: ножом по горлу

Description_rus:

Чтобы избавиться от опасного, но глупого персонажа, человек совершает некие действия, которым персонаж подражает, не понимая, что тем наносит сам себе вред

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.1.2	Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
6.2.2.1	Lepcha
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.5.2	Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)