m44a

Motif

Name_eng:

Thieves of food: the first people

Description:

Person discovers that somebody steals game or fish from his trap or devastates his garden. He or his guards catch the thieves who prove to be the first humans beings or the first men

Name_rus:

Похитители пищи: первые люди

Description_rus:

Персонаж обнаруживает, что кто-то похищает из его ловушки, верши и т.п. дичь или рыбу или разоряет его огород, поле; он или его посланцы подстерегают и ловят вора. Похитители - первые люди, вылезающие из-под земли, первые мужчины

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
15.5.5.2	Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro)
16.1.1.1	Caduveo, Mbaya
16.1.1.2	Terena (Tereno)
7.1.2.3	Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema
7.1.3.1	Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Buna
7.2.4.3	Yap