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m89a
Motif
Motif code:
m89a
Name_eng:
Horns of hyena
Description:
Only horned animals are invited to a feast. Hyena makes itself false horns but is disguised
Name_rus:
Рогатая гиена
Description_rus:
На праздник пускают только рогатых зверей. Гиена делает себе фальшивые рога, разоблачена
Motif type:
Adventures and tricks
Motif group:
11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Motif analysis result:
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all:
5
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Ila (Baila)
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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k108a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
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m53f
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
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b88
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
l110a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
h1bb
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
m112a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 22 Weight: 227
Motif:
f73a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif:
l100a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif:
m180a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 12 Weight: 167
Motif:
m175
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif:
e30b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif:
l116
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 21 Weight: 143
Motif:
i13e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif:
m89
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 38 Weight: 132
Motif:
i41b2
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif:
i97
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 17 Weight: 118
Motif:
k27u1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 17 Weight: 118
Motif:
i41a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 18 Weight: 111
Motif:
i119a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111