k121


Motif

Motif code: 
k121
Name_eng: 
Wanderer at a crossroad
Description: 

It is written at a crossroad that following one of the paths person will safely return and following another it will not return (there is often a third path following which person either returns or not). Hero follows the dangerous path

Name_rus: 
Витязь на распутье
Description_rus: 
На распутье указано, что одна дорога благополучна, другая нейтральна, третья смертельно опасна. Дорог может быть только две – опасная и безопасная. Герой едет по опасной дороге
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
57
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Saudi Arabia
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Tunisia Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Poles
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Albanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Karelians
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Yagnobi
Tajik
Baluch
Persians
Bukhara Arabs
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Nogai
Tats
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Daur (Daghur)
Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
Kordofan
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
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)
Farsiwans
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Zaza (western Kurds)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m116b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i82e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k113b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
e41 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
m90a3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
k123b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
k35c2 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 16 Weight: 813
Motif:
m39a4g Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
k172 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m90b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
k561 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 14 Weight: 786
Motif:
i92a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
k35c Shared traditions: 27 All traditions: 35 Weight: 771
Motif:
k99a2 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 17 Weight: 765
Motif:
k56f1 Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 21 Weight: 762
Motif:
k35a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
i137 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
k180 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750