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Motif

Name_eng:

Making a hole in a tree

Description:

A man and his adversary have a contest to see who can make a (deeper) hole in a tree (stump) with his finger (fist, penis, head). The man cuts the hole beforehand with an instrument and replaces it with a bark or leaves (makes a cut in a tree)

Name_rus:

Кто проткнет дерево?

Description_rus:

Человек и его противник договариваются пробить головой (пальцем, пенисом) дыру в стволе дерева (пне) или повалить дерево ударом головы. Человек заранее проделал отверстие (подпилил дерево)

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:

ATU ID:

1085

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.5.12	Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.1.6	Galicians
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.2.8	Italians: Northeast (Trentino – Alto Adige, Veneto, Venezia Giulia, Southern Tirol, Friuli, Istria)
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.3.5.1	Dutch, Flemish
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.4	Livonians
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
6.4.4.1	Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)