l10a

Motif

Name_eng:

Demon comes to hunter’s camp-fire

Description:

A hunter spends night in a desolate place. A demon comes to his fire. When the demon falls asleep or goes away for a while, the hunter puts his clothes over a log and hides nearby. When the demon attacks the log taking it for the man, the hunter wounds or kills the demon

Name_rus:

Демон подходит к костру охотника

Description_rus:

К костру человека подходит демонический персонаж. Человек предварительно оставляет вместо себя чурбан, сам прячется. Персонаж бросается на чурбан, приняв его за спящего человека, обычно охотник убивает или ранит демона

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.2.5	Slovenians
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
4.3.2.1	Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.5.3	Kumyk, Terekemen
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.6.2	Chechens
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.3	Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)