m167a

Motif

Name_eng:

A tiger who is afraid of Twilight

Description:

A strong predator (usually a tiger) overhears a person saying that he fears something worse than a tiger The word is unknown to the tiger (twilight, etc). Thinking it must be a terrible thing he hides and then runs away

Name_rus:

Тигр испугавшийся Сумерек

Description_rus:

Сильный хищник принимает непонятное слово за имя существа, которое сильнее его, обращается в бегство

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

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
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
10.2.2.9	Shanxi and Hebei 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
5.6.3.2	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
6.1.2.1	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
6.3.1.1	Burmese, Intha
6.3.1.3	Shan
6.3.2.1	Khmer
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)