m98

Motif

Name_eng:

Who are more numerous?

Description:

Person reckons up number of members in two enormous and alternative multitudes (alive trees and dead trees, men and women, etc.). Usually numbers prove to be equal but one member possesses the qualities of the both multitudes. Adding it to one of them, person demonstrates his case

Name_rus:

Кого больше?

Description_rus:

Персонаж подсчитывает число членов в двух огромных и альтернативных множествах (мертвые и живые, мужчины и женщины и т.п.). Обычно числа распределяются поровну, а один член (либо некоторые) оказывается наделен свойствами обеих. Отнеся его к одному из множеств, персонаж доказывает некий тезис

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.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.2.1	Hausa
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.5	Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
4.2.3.3	Vepsians
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.4	Talysh
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.6.2.10	Sindhi
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.3	Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.5.1	Darkhad
9.1.5.2	Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.6	Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
9.1.5.7	Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.2.1.1	Mansi
9.2.2.3	Southern Selkups