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Motif

Name_eng:

To divide the cheese biting from both parts

Description:

Two animals ask the third one to divide a piece of food in two halves equally. The divider bites alternatively from both pieces that remain ever unequal until eats it all

Name_rus:

Делит, откусывая по кусочку

Description_rus:

Два персонажа просят третьего поделить между ними нечто съедобное. Тот откусывает понемножку от каждой из половин, поскольку то одна, то другая немного больше. В результате съедает все

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
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.2.2.2	Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
5.2.2.5	Kurds