m203a


Motif

Motif code: 
m203a
Name_eng: 
Tell them that I am dead
Description: 

Supernatural being asks a man to pass certain message for the unknown addressee. Back at home, the man tells what he has heard and does not know that the addressee is nearby and hears him. As a result, the man dies or is harmed

Name_rus: 
Передай, что я умер
Description_rus: 
Сверхъестественное существо посылает через встречного человека неизвестному адресату сообщение. Дома человек рассказывает об этом случае, не зная, что адресат рядом и слышит его. В результате человек гибнет или терпит ущерб
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: 
4

Linked traditions:
Lithuanians
Icelanders
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Northern dialects

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k56ac Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: j47a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: a32m Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: a2e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: i7b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: d1a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: h36j Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m182a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 17 Weight: 235
Motif: k25a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: h33a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: m182a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 15 Weight: 200
Motif: g25 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k168b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m203b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: l42i1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 15 Weight: 200