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Motif

Name_eng:

A stratagem: hero turns into pup or kitten

Description:

Person gets into the place of his antagonists acquiring guise of a pup or a kitten. Usually one of his adversaries suspects the deception but other think that the animal is nice and harmless

Name_rus:

Замаскированный под щенка

Description_rus:

Персонаж проникает в лагерь противников, приняв облик котенка или щенка. Обычно один из противников подозревает обман, но другие верят, что милое животное безвредно

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.3.8.1	Kutenai
12.8.3.2	Jicarilla
12.8.3.6	Lipan
13.1.1.1	Blackfoot
13.1.1.3	Gros Ventre
13.2.2.1	Kiowa Apache
13.2.2.2	Kiowa
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
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)