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Motif
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:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.4.1.2
Arabs of Sudan
10.2.2.10
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
10.2.2.5
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
10.2.3.1
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
10.2.3.4
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
10.2.4.1
Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.2.2
Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
3.1.2.1
Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.2
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.5
Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.7
Tunisia Arabs
3.3.1.1
Spain
3.3.1.2
Portuguese
3.3.2.4
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
3.3.2.6
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
3.3.2.7
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.2.8
Italians: Northeast (Trentino – Alto Adige, Veneto, Venezia Giulia, Southern Tirol, Friuli, Istria)
3.3.3.2
French (northern France)
3.3.3.5
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
3.3.3.5
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
3.3.4.1
Ireland
3.3.4.4
England
3.3.5.1
Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.2
Frisians
3.3.5.3
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
3.3.5.3
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
3.3.5.4
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.3.5.5
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.6
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
3.3.5.7
Eastern Prussia
3.5.1.1
Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2
Bulgarians
3.5.1.3
Macedonians
3.5.2.1
Albanians
3.5.2.2
Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.3
Bosnia Muslims
3.5.2.4
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.2.5
Slovenians
3.5.3.1
Hungarians
3.5.3.2
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.4.1
Gagauz
4.1.1.1
Poles
4.1.1.3
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
4.1.1.4
Czech
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
4.1.3.3
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.4
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
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)
4.2.1.2
Norwegians
4.2.1.3
Danes
4.2.1.4
Swedes
4.2.1.5
Icelanders
4.2.1.6
Faroe Islands
4.2.2.1
Western Sami
4.2.2.2
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
4.2.3.1
Finns
4.2.3.2
Karelians
4.2.3.3
Vepsians
4.2.4.2
Estonians
4.2.4.3
Setu
4.2.4.4
Livonians
4.2.4.5
Lutsi (Ludza)
4.2.5.1
Latvians
4.2.5.2
Lithuanians
4.3.1.1
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2
Udmurt
4.3.2.1
Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.3
Chuvash
4.3.3.1
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
5.1.1.1
Kalmyk
5.1.3.1
Abkhaz
5.1.3.2
Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1
Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2
Ossetians
5.1.5.3
Kumyk, Terekemen
5.1.6.1
Ingush
5.1.7.5
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.6
Rutul, Tsakhur
5.2.1.1
Georgians
5.2.1.2
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.1
Armenians
5.2.2.2
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3
Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.5
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
5.3.3.2
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
5.4.2.1
Persians
5.4.2.10
Turkmen
5.4.2.11
Luri, Bakhtiari
5.4.2.3
Tajik
5.4.2.5
Baluch
5.4.2.6
Pashto
5.4.2.7
Bukhara Arabs
5.4.3.2
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.5.1.1
Kazakh
5.5.1.3
Kirghiz
5.5.2.3
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.5.2.6
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)
5.6.2.1
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.14
Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.2
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
5.6.2.22
Dogri
5.6.2.9
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.1
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
5.6.3.5
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
6.1.1.4
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)
6.1.2.5
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
6.2.1.1
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.1.2
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
6.2.1.3
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
6.2.2.2
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
6.2.2.3
Mustang
6.2.2.7
Toto, Rabha (northern Western Bengalia)
6.2.3.3
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.2.4.1
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.2.10
Viet, Muong
6.3.2.2
Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
6.3.2.5
Mon
6.4.4.4
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
6.4.5.1
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
6.4.7.5
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
6.4.8.12
Kei Islands, Tanimbar Islands, Aru Islands, Watubele Islands, Babar Island
9.1.4.1
Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.5.2
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3
Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.4
Daur (Daghur)
9.10.1.1
Nanai
9.2.1.1
Mansi
9.3.1.2
Dolgans
9.3.2.4
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
f9g1
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m74c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m152f
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n31
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j47a1
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i68a
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif:
d1a4
Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 11 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m199m
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m197f
Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 13 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b87b
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i87c
Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 17 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f87a
Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 14 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j51a2
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k73b3
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l122a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k64c
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k56a4d
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l37a2
Shared traditions: 37 All traditions: 37 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i82e
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l37a1
Shared traditions: 25 All traditions: 25 Weight: 1000