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l37a
Motif
Motif code:
l37a
Name_eng:
To get know causes of problems
Description:
Name_rus:
Узнать причины несчастий
Description_rus:
По пути к могущественному существу, человек встречает персонажей, которые просят его узнать о причине их несчастий
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:
142
ATU ID:
460A
Stith Thompson ID:
H1291
Linked traditions:
Saudi Arabia
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Morocco Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Kei Islands, Tanimbar Islands, Aru Islands, Watubele Islands, Babar Island
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
Mon
Viet, Muong
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
England
Spain
Portuguese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
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
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
Poles
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Czech
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Karelians
Vepsians
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
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)
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Tajik
Baluch
Pashto
Persians
Bukhara Arabs
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Rutul, Tsakhur
Kumyk, Terekemen
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Mari (Cheremis)
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Dolgans
Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
Nanai
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Mustang
Luri, Bakhtiari
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Icelanders
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
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)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Toto, Rabha (northern Western Bengalia)
Lutsi (Ludza)
Frisians
Faroe Islands
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Eastern Prussia
Dogri
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
i50a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j32b
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j47a1
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m38d4
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k73b2
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b123
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n9
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n28f
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m152f
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f87b
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m74c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k176a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k38b3c
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b104b
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m201
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i132b
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a5a2
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k56a2b
Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 11 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f100b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000