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Motif

Name_eng:

The lion in a well

Description:

A weak (animal) person demonstrates a strong one his reflection in water. The latter believes that an animal like he contests his supremacy, invites him for a visit, etc., usually jumps in and drowns

Name_rus:

Лев в колодце

Description_rus:

Один персонаж (обычно зооморфный) показывает другому его отражение в водоеме. Тот верит, что похожий на него зверь оспаривает его старшинство, приглашает в гости и пр.; обычно бросается в воду и 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:

ATU ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.2.1	Hausa
1.3.5.13	Soninke
10.2.2.3	Sichuan Chinese
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
3.2.2.1	Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.3.5.2	Frisians
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.4.1	Early Russian written sources
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.7	Tabasaran, Aghul
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.3.2.5	Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.12	Parachi, Ormur
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.5	Baluch
5.4.2.6	Pashto
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.5.2.1	Uyghur
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.5.2.6	Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.18	Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
5.6.2.21	Rohingya
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.1	Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
6.1.1.5	Kharia
6.1.2.2	Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
6.1.2.3	Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.1.3	Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
6.3.1.1	Burmese, Intha
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
6.3.1.5	Lao
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
6.3.2.2	Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
6.4.2.1	Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.5.2	Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.5	Dongxiang, Baoan
9.1.5.6	Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
9.1.5.7	Mongols of Inner Mongolia