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Motif

Name_eng:

Herdsman explains how to ferry

Description:

To come unnoticed to his adversaries, the hero takes the guise of a servant (usually a herdsman) and before that gets know from the real herdsman how to act and to speak with his masters (usually what should be said to ferry the cattle across a river)

Name_rus:

Слуга объясняет, как переправиться

Description_rus:

Герой расспрашивает слугу (обычно пастуха), как тот действует, как разговаривает с хозяевами (обычно узнает, что следует сказать, дабы переправить стадо через реку) и, приняв облик слуги, проникает в локус антагониста

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
5.4.3.2	Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.4.3.3	Yazgulami
5.4.3.5	Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
6.2.1.2	NE Tibetans (Amdo)
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.4	Daur (Daghur)
9.1.5.6	Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
9.10.1.4	Oroch