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Motif

Name_eng:

Proteus

Description:

Person gets hold of another. Trying to free himself, the latter turns into different materials, elements, animals or (Urarina and Setebo) orders different dangerous creature to attack the person

Name_rus:

Протей

Description_rus:

Пытаясь освободиться, схваченный персонаж последовательно превращается в различные вещества, материалы, животных или (урарина, сетебо) велит различным опасным животным атаковать схватившего его человека

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

Motif analysis result:

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.2.1	Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
1.4.2.2	Shilluk, Anuak
1.4.4.1	Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
10.2.3.4	Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
15.3.2.2	Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.3.3.2	Aguaruna, Huambiza
15.3.8.1	Urarina
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.5.2.3	Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
3.3.4.3	Scotland
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.7	Eastern Prussia
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
3.4.1.2	Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.3.3	Transylvanian Saksons
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.1	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)
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk 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)
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.3.3	Vepsians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.4.5	Lutsi (Ludza)
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.4.4.1	Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
6.4.7.6	Sulu: Mapun, Samal, Sama, Taosug (Tausug), Badjaw
6.4.8.4	Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
7.1.2.1	Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
7.1.3.1	Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Buna