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Motif

Name_eng:

Picked up baby-demon

Description:

Two or more sisters pick up a baby boy. In their absence he turns into adult man but when they come back they find him again in guise of a baby lying in its cradle

Name_rus:

Подобранный младенец-демон

Description_rus:

Несколько сестер подбирают младенца. В их отсутствие тот превращается во взрослого мужчину, а при их приближении снова в ребенка. Приняв свой истинный облик, демон преследует сестер

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
10.3.1.1	Ainu
12.3.1.1	Carrier
9.10.1.1	Nanai
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.4	Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.3	Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki