m59

Motif

Name_eng:

Treacherous rider kills ferry animal

Description:

A small animal asks bigger one to bring him across the stream, rejects one by one all possible places to sit; finds the position that lets him kill the big animal after crossing the stream

Name_rus:

Коварный пассажир убивает перевозчика

Description_rus:

Маленькое животное просит большого перевезти его через реку; последовательно отвергает все места на теле перевозчика, которые тот предлагает; забирается туда, где перевозчика можно убить, когда переправа закончена

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)

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

K952.1.

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.2.2.3	Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
12.3.1.1	Carrier
12.3.1.2	Chilkotin
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.3.1	Okanagon, Sanpoil
12.3.6.2	Nez Perce
12.3.7.8	Klamath, Modoc
12.3.8.1	Kutenai
12.4.2.1	Menominee
12.4.2.8	Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.4.3.5	Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.7.1.10	Southern Paiute
12.7.1.11	Chemehuevi
12.7.1.9	Ute
12.8.2.2	Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
12.8.3.1	Navajo
12.8.3.2	Jicarilla
12.8.3.3	Chiricahua
12.8.3.6	Lipan
12.8.4.1	Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
13.1.2.1	Assiniboine
13.1.3.1	Crow
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
13.2.1.2	Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
13.2.2.1	Kiowa Apache
13.2.2.3	Comanche