k66


Motif

Motif code: 
k66
Name_eng: 
Extraordinary companions
Description: 

Several companions have extraordinary abilities (one who runs fast, one who eats great quantities, one who produces or can withstand severe frost, etc.); a hero comes across and takes for companions several men, each of them being involved into a special and unusual activity

Name_rus: 
Богатыри с различными способностями
Description_rus: 
Каждый из нескольких спутников или братьев в чем-то превосходит других людей (лучше всех видит, слышит, бегает и т.п.); герой последовательно встречает мужчин, каждый из которых занимается каким-то особым и необычным делом, берет их в спутники
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: 
175
ATU ID: 
513, 653
Stith Thompson ID: 
F601

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Morocco Arabs
Algeria Arabs
Malagasy
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Tonga
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Lunda (Alunda)
Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
Hausa
Zaghawa
Songhai
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Southern Gur (Oti-Volta): Grusi, Kabiye, Kasena, Lyela (Lyele), Wala, Dyan
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)
Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Thai of Thailand
Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
Viet, Muong
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Sindhi
Nepali; Tharu
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Sinhalese; Vedda
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Li
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
England
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Catalan
Aragon
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Sardinia, Corsica
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Finns
Karelians
Vepsians
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Sarikoli
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Baluch
Bukhara Arabs
Abaza (Abazins)
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ingush
Udin
Rutul, Tsakhur
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Laks
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Anatolia Turks
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Darkhad
Tuvinians of Tuva
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Khakas
Shor
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Nganasans
Northern Selkups
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Nanai
Mandan
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Kiowa
Chumash
Navajo
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Chechens
Senufo
Chulym Turks
Luri, Bakhtiari
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Wallons, Picardie
Galicians
Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
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)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Bhutan
Frisians
Faroe Islands
Upper Brittany
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Eastern Prussia

Motifs correlation (top 20):
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Motif: l9g Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: j51a2 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i100d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56ab Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: k33c5 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: k67g Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: h54a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56e1 Shared traditions: 19 All traditions: 19 Weight: 1000
Motif: k101b1 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 13 Weight: 1000
Motif: k27f3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m157d Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 14 Weight: 1000
Motif: b68a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: n28b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: k107e1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m38c2 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 13 Weight: 1000
Motif: n17 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000