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Motif

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 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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
1.4.1.3	Kordofan
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.7	Tunisia Arabs
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.6	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)
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.4.4	Livonians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.9	Tats
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.2.2.6	Zaza (western Kurds)
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.4	Saudi Arabia
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.10	Turkmen
5.4.2.14	Farsiwans
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.5	Baluch
5.4.2.7	Bukhara Arabs
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.4.3.1	Yagnobi
5.4.3.5	Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
5.4.4.2	Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.5.2.1	Uyghur
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
6.2.1.5	Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
9.1.5.4	Daur (Daghur)