m149a

Motif

Name_eng:

Treaty with the tiger

Description:

A man, light-mindedly or against his own wish, makes an agreement with a dangerous predator. He does not want (cannot) keep it or breaks it and the predator is going to kill him but the man remains alive

Name_rus:

Договор с тигром

Description_rus:

Персонаж легкомысленно либо против собственного желания оказывается связанным с хищником договором, который он не может или не хочет выполнить либо нарушает. Хищник собирается его съесть, но персонаж остается жив

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
10.2.3.5	Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
3.3.1.3	Catalan
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.3.1	Yagnobi
5.4.3.3	Yazgulami
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.6.2.15	Assamese
5.6.2.3	Dhanwar
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
6.1.1.1	Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.1.1.4	Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)
6.1.2.3	Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
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
6.3.2.9	Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)