m120c

Motif

Name_eng:

Shared children

Description:

Two animals agree to care for their children together. The stronger one devours the children of the weaker one and pretends to be angry when the latter asks whose were the lost children

Name_rus:

Общие дети

Description_rus:

Двое животных договариваются воспитывать детей вместе. Одно из них съедает детей другого, продолжая делать вид, что дети общие и неважно, какие пропали

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:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.6.2	Chechens
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.2	Dido (Tsez), Hunsib, Khvarshi
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.6	Rutul, Tsakhur
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.5.1.1	Kazakh