a23d


Motif

Motif code: 
a23d
Name_eng: 
Who will be the first in the calendar cycle?
Description: 

Animals argue which of them should stand at the beginning of the calendar cycle (twelve months or years). Mouse obtains the first place

Name_rus: 
Кто первым в календаре?
Description_rus: 
Животные спорят, с кого из них должен начинаться цикл из 12 месяцев или лет. Первенства добивается мышь
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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: 
15

Linked traditions:
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Zhuang, Dong

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k37e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: n28h Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m99a1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: a37b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l90d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: n28c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: n28g Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: a37c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m133 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: i13e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b1c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: n1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 13 Weight: 538
Motif: n37 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: d4aa Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif: m78e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500