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Motif

Name_eng:

Demons claims the harvest

Description:

Demon claims form himself the harvest from the field possessed by a man. He agrees to renounce his rights if the man brings him an animal which he would be unable to recognize. The man brings his wife who is covered with tar (honey) and feathers, moves on her hands and knees backward, etc. The demon recognizes his defeat

Name_rus:

Демон претендует на урожай

Description_rus:

Демон утверждает, что урожай на принадлежащем человеку поле принадлежит ему. Но если человек приведет не известного ему зверя, он откажется от своих требований. Человек приводит жену, вымазанную чем-то липким и вывалявшуюся в перьях, вставшую на карачки, с распущенными волосами, и т.п. Демон признает свое поражение

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
3.3.3.3	Wallons, Picardie
4.1.1.1	Poles
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
4.1.3.4	Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.4.4	Livonians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva