k75a


Motif

Motif code: 
k75a
Name_eng: 
Thrown apple hits the chosen one
Description: 

Boy or girl selects one person among many throwing an object (usually an apple) into him or her. This way a girl makes a choice of a husband, a young man of a bride, a boy identifies his father

Name_rus: 
Бросить яблоко в претендента
Description_rus: 
Персонаж выбирает одного из множества претендентов (девушка - мужа, мальчик – отца, юноша – невесту) бросив в него предмет (часто – яблоко). Ср. мотив K113A (бросить предмет вдаль наудачу, не в человека, который находится рядом)
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
66
Stith Thompson ID: 
H316

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Soqotri
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Algeria Arabs
Malagasy
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Bengali, Maithili
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Spain
Sicily
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
French (northern France)
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
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Lithuanians
Danes
Uzbek
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Tajik
Persians
Bukhara Arabs
Abkhaz
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Georgians
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Talysh
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Turkmen
Bashkirs
Luri, Bakhtiari
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Kordofan
Upper Brittany
Khamti, Ahom

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m60a3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: n25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: k32b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m154a1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: m90b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: k80c3 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: k75b Shared traditions: 21 All traditions: 25 Weight: 840
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: m114f Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k75a1 Shared traditions: 27 All traditions: 33 Weight: 818
Motif: i46b Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 16 Weight: 813
Motif: k58 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800