l72a


Motif

Motif code: 
l72a
Name_eng: 
Comb becomes a thicket
Description: 

Running away from a dangerous being, person throws a comb (a brush) that turns into mighty obstacle (usually a thicket) on the way of the pursuer. (In South America the motif is probably of European origin)

Name_rus: 
Гребень-чаща
Description_rus: 
Спасаясь бегством, персонаж бросает позади себя гребень (щетку), который превращается в препятствие на (почти всегда в чащу) пути преследователя. (В Южной Америке мотив с высокой вероятностью европейского происхождения)
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
128

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Tuvalu (Ellice)
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
England
Spain
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sardinia, Corsica
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Poles
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Karelians
Vepsians
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
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)
Uzbek
Tajik
Bukhara Arabs
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Ossetians
Ingush
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Darkhad
Tuvinians of Tuva
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Enets
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Kets
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Udeghe
Oroch
Nanai
Nivkh
Kamchadal
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Tagish
Athna
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Haida
Tsimshian
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Montagnais
Blackfoot
Arikara
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Mustang
Evens (Lamuts) of Kamchatka
Ingrians
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Japan AD 700-1700
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Salars
Galicians
Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Kordofan
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
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)
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
Lutsi (Ludza)
Upper Brittany
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
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
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

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