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Motif

Name_eng:

Demon puts the spilled treasure back into bag

Description:

A man receives a box or bag as a gift and is told that he should open it not before he comes to his place. The curious man opens it before time and everything that must make him rich (cattle, houses, etc.) falls out. A demon puts everything back but under certain condition. Usually the man does not understand that he promised to the demon his child

Name_rus:

Демон собирает богатство обратно в шкатулку

Description_rus:

Человек получает в подарок коробку (сумку, рог и т.п.), открыть которую должен лишь дома. Движимый любопытством, он открывает ее по дороге и оттуда сыплется все, что должно сделать его зажиточным (дома, скот и т.п.). Появившийся демон соглашается вернуть все назад, но ставит условие, тяжесть которого человек обычно понимает не сразу

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
3.3.4.3	Scotland
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.2.1	Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.5.1	Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar