m167a


Motif

Motif code: 
m167a
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: 
31
ATU ID: 
*177

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Burmese, Intha
Shan
Khmer
Viet, Muong
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Oraon (Kurukh)
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Malayali; Kannikaran
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Bengali, Maithili
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Assamese
Sinhalese; Vedda
Koreans; Goguryeo
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Mongols (Khalkha)
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
Sichuan Chinese
Fikian Chinese
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shandong Chinese

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c41 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56b3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: j25b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: c39a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k73a3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: c8a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m23a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k27z2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m167 Shared traditions: 29 All traditions: 39 Weight: 744
Motif: f51d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k56a8b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f9f2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l27a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 17 Weight: 647
Motif: k27z2a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: b93a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: l81d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: e31a2 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 13 Weight: 538