m142


Motif

Motif code: 
m142
Name_eng: 
Fox blames his tail
Description: 

Fox blames his tail for being useless when escaping from the pursuers (usually he punishes his tail and gets killed himself as a result)

Name_rus: 
Наказанный лисий хвост
Description_rus: 
Лиса обвиняет свой хвост в том, что он лишь мешал уходить от погони (обычно наказывает его и в результате сам гибнет)
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: 
35
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Catalan
Bulgarians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Latvians
Estonians
Setu
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Tajik
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Georgians
Gagauz
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Mordvins
Chuvash
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Southern Selkups
Galicians
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
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)
Lutsi (Ludza)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j47a1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m74c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m38d5 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif: k64c Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: b123 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: a32m Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: i100d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: l120b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif: k27x8 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif: m201 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: j7a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: b33d1 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 13 Weight: 769
Motif: l108f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n19 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i95b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 12 Weight: 750
Motif: k102c1 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 15 Weight: 733