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Motif

Name_eng:

But the mother also could eat her baby up

Description:

A woman is accused of doing something that she could not do by her very nature. To reject accusation, another example of something absurd and impossible is suggested or it is told that the person believes in impossible though rejects possibility of the possible

Name_rus:

Так и мать не могла съесть ребенка

Description_rus:

Женщину обвиняют в действиях, которые она по природе своей не могла совершить. Чтобы отвергнуть обвинение, приводится пример чего-то столь же абсурдного и невозможного либо указывается, что собеседник принимает на веру невозможное, но не верит в возможное

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
4.1.3.4	Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.3.1	Yagnobi
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.14	Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.2	Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
5.6.2.22	Dogri
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)