m23


Motif

Motif code: 
m23
Name_eng: 
Mock plea
Description: 

Person or creature pretends to be afraid of a particular sort of treatment that really cannot do him any harm

Name_rus: 
Притворный страх перед мнимой опасностью
Description_rus: 
Персонаж делает вид, что боится лишь одного способа умерщвления, который в действительности для него не опасен
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
143
ATU ID: 
1310, 1310A, 1310B, 1310C
Stith Thompson ID: 
K581

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Tunisia Arabs
Malagasy
Nubians
Saho, Afar
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
Shilluk, Anuak
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Ila (Baila)
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Nyamwesi, Sumbwa
Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Safwa, Nyika (Nyixa, Nyiha), Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Lunda (Alunda)
Sakata
Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Yambasa, Banen (Tunen)
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Hausa
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Dogon
Mandjak, Mankanya, Pepel, Balant, Felupe, Diola (Jola)
Gola
Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands)
Sangir Islands
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Kayan, Bahau, Kenja, Aoheng, Punan (Bukat, Basap, Oloh Ot, etc); "Klemantan"
Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
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
Palaung (De Ang, Deang)
Viet, Muong
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Malayali; Kannikaran
Nepali; Tharu
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Sinhalese; Vedda
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Lepcha
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
England
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
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
Poles
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Finns
Karelians
Western Sami
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Byelarusians
Ingush
Tabasaran, Aghul
Georgians
Armenians
Anatolia Turks
Kazakh
Bashkirs
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tlingit
Malecite, Passamaquoddy
Micmac
Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Naskapi
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Potawatomi
Miami, Illini
Huron (incl Wyandot)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Blackfoot
Cheyenne
Teton (incl Oglala)
Yankton/Yanktonai
Osage
Omaha, Ponca
Oto
Pawnee
Plains Ojibwa
Quinault
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Kutenai
Lower Chinook (Chinook proper)
Catawba, Tutelo
Cherokee
Pomo
Ute
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Navajo
Hopi
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
Chinantec, Mazatec
Chorti
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Warao
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
Macuxi
Tariana
Yagua
Tenetehara
Paresi
Botocudo
Chamacoco (Ishir)
Kpelle (incl Kono)
Mende, Loma, Gbunde (Gbandi, Bandi)
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Wallons, Picardie
Frisians
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)

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k104 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
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m24 Shared traditions: 21 All traditions: 23 Weight: 913
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m24a Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 11 Weight: 909
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b104b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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b42a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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m89a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
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b93a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
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m38c3 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
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k76d Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 13 Weight: 769
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k38b3c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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m61a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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f45a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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m199d1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
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b42o1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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l72e1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 12 Weight: 750
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m179b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
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m198b1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714