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Motif

Name_eng:

Objects that give the answers

Description:

Dangerous animal seeks to kill a person or other animal who rescued it from captivity. The dangerous animal and its victim agree to ask somebody else if a good deed should be repayed with a bad one. Inanimate objects are among those who answer to this question

Name_rus:

Предметы-ответчики

Description_rus:

Опасное животное собирается убить человека или другое животное, которые ему помогли. Хищник и жертва договариваются спросить встречных (проходящих, проплывающих мимо), кто из них прав. Среди отвечающих есть неодушевленные предметы и объекты (чаще всего дерево)

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities

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
1.3.1.5	Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.7.6	Rutul, Tsakhur
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.10	Turkmen
5.4.2.12	Parachi, Ormur
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.4	Highland Tajik
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.4.3.2	Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.12	Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.14	Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.15	Assamese
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.18	Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
5.6.2.19	Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
5.6.2.7	Nepali; Tharu
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.1.1.1	Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)
6.1.2.5	Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.2.6	Dhimal
6.2.3.3	Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.2.3.4	Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.4.2.1	Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
6.4.3.4	Lampung (Lampong); South Sumatra Malays (incl. Bengkulu)
6.4.3.6	Simeulue, Nias
6.4.3.8	Rejang
6.4.5.1	Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
6.4.5.3	Bali, Lombok
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
9.1.3.3	Tofa (Karagas)
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)