l44a1


Motif

Name_eng: 
The louse-tortoise
Description: 

A man and a demonic person agree to compare their lice. When the man demonstrates a tortoise (a frog), the demon believes that the man is the strongest of them

Name_rus: 
Вошь – черепаха
Description_rus: 
Человек и демонический персонаж договариваются сравнить своих вшей. Когда человек показывает черепаху или лягушку, демон верит что тот страшнее и сильнее его
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: 
12

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
1.2.2.3Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
1.2.2.5Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
10.2.3.2Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
3.5.1.2Bulgarians
5.4.2.1Persians
5.4.2.10Turkmen
5.4.2.3Tajik
5.5.1.1Kazakh
5.5.1.2Kara Kalpak
6.2.3.5Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
6.3.2.1Khmer
6.3.2.5Mon

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m60a3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k56b3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k27u2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m78e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k172 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: m100a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m53f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: n37 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k27zz2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m147 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b49a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: f72 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c6i1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: h7g2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: n40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333