m101

Motif

Name_eng:

Some are afraid of men, and some of partridges

Description:

The bear answers the fox (rare sable or wolf) that he is not afraid of the men (often says that he is afraid of the partridges when they fly up suddenly). When the bear attacks a man, he is wounded or killed. Cf. motif M101A

Name_rus:

Кто чего боится (лиса и медведь)

Description_rus:

Медведь отвечает лисе (редко соболю, волку), что не боится людей (обычно говорит, что боится вылетающих куропаток). Попытавшись напасть на людей, он убит или ранен. Ср. мотив M101A

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
11.1.1.2	Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
11.1.3.1	Reindeer Koryak
11.1.4.2	Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
11.2.1.1	Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
11.2.2.1	Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
9.1.3.3	Tofa (Karagas)
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
9.3.1.5	Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.2	Sym Tungus/Evenki
9.3.2.4	Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
9.3.2.5	Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.4.1	Evens (Lamuts)