m167

Motif

Name_eng:

A tiger taken for a bull

Description:

During the night a strong predator (a tiger, a lion, etc.) and a thief not knowing about each other get into stable to steal a domestic animal. The thief takes the predator for domestic animal or for a person and acts accordingly

Name_rus:

Тигр принятый за быка

Description_rus:

В темноте человек принимает тигра или льва за другого человека или за домашнее животное (быка, вола)

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:

*177

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.2.2	Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
1.4.2.1	Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
1.4.2.2	Shilluk, Anuak
1.4.5.2	Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
10.2.2.11	Shandong Chinese
10.2.2.2	Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
10.2.2.3	Sichuan Chinese
10.2.2.4	Fujian (Fukian) Chinese
10.2.2.5	Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
10.2.2.6	Henan and Hubei Chinese
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.3.2.2	Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
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
5.6.2.12	Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.14	Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.15	Assamese
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.2	Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
5.6.2.22	Dogri
5.6.3.2	Malayali; Kannikaran
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
5.6.3.5	Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
6.1.1.1	Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.2.1	Oraon (Kurukh)
6.2.1.3	Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
6.2.3.6	Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
6.3.1.3	Shan
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.3.2.5	Mon
9.1.1.2	Southern Altai: Teleut
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.7	Mongols of Inner Mongolia