m39a8b


Motif

Motif code: 
m39a8b
Name_eng: 
The cut off tongue of a robber
Description: 

Using a stratagem, someone who hides in a tree cuts (bits) off the tongue of a dangerous person and the latter is unable to describe situation to his partners

Name_rus: 
Разбойник без языка
Description_rus: 
Прячущийся на дереве с помощью хитрой уловки отрезает (откусывает) язык опасному персонажу и тот не может ни о чем сообщить товарищам
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: 
11

Linked traditions:
Khmer
Spain
Greeks (modern)
Bosnia Muslims
Livonians
Swedes
Byelarusians
Baluch
Georgians
Udmurt
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m141a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k100i Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k103a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i22d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: k2a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: b87b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: k58 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: k64c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m90a3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m39a5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: n32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: k124 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: m29z3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 23 Weight: 261
Motif: k56a5c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250