Berbers of southern Tunisia and adjacent part of Lybia (Matmata, Ghadames, Yefren)



Tradition title rus: 
Берберы района Матмата (южный Тунис) и сопредельных районов Ливии (Матмата, Гадар, Йефрен)
Areal ID: 
3.1.3.1
Language: 
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
34.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
8.00
Motifs: 

Motif

a34


Name_eng: 
The fox and the Moon
Description: 

Jackal, coyote, or fox are connected with the Moon (usually with the origin of spots on the lunar disc)




Motif

h34d


Name_eng: 
Piece of sky bitten off
Description: 

Animal person climbs (or attempts to climb) to the sky or to the Moon to bite off a piece of it




Motif

i104


Name_eng: 
Stars are fragments
Description: 

Stars are fragments of a bigger luminary (usually the Moon); or stars, the sun and the moon are formed from one and the same primeval person or creature




Motif

m29b


Name_eng: 
Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote
Description: 

In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote




Motif

m30


Name_eng: 
Trickster falls down
Description: 

Person or creature who has no wings or is unable to fly on a long distance attempts to ascend to the sky or to fly far away but falls down or, deprived of his wings, remains in a place from which he is unable to return




Motif

m183


Name_eng: 
A race: one against many
Description: 

Many animals of one species that all look identical together fulfill the task that would be impossible for any of them if he were alone; the competitors believe that the task was fulfilled by only one animal. Usually a slow and a fast animals agree to race. The slow one puts other animals of his species at the finish or along the distance, each one answering the fast one that he is ahead of him. The fast one accepts his loss




Motif

l42g


Name_eng: 
Hansel and Gretel
Description: 

Step mother or more often father (persuaded by his wife) abandons children in a desolate place. Getting to the ogre or ogress, children (or at least one of them) survive and ultimately achieve success




Motif

l114


Name_eng: 
The youngest one saves siblings from demon
Description: 

A group of young people comes to a demon. The youngest brother of sister or a person whom others take for a sick, unpleasant, invalid one and who often accompanies the others against their wish saves them all




Motif

l41


Name_eng: 
Hero escapes on the way
Description: 

An ogre or ogress catches a person and carries his or her prey home but the person escapes on the way or immediately after reaching the ogre's house




Motif

l42


Name_eng: 
Hero carried to ogre’s home
Description: 

An ogre or ogress catches a person and brings him to his or her home where he or she plans to cook and eat him. The hero escapes




Motif

l42e


Name_eng: 
Caught again
Description: 

An ogre catches a person and carries his or her prey home but the person escapes on the way. The ogre comes back, this time carries the person to his home. Or the ogre catches a group of children, most of them escape on the way, one is brought to the ogre's place




Motif

m57c


Name_eng: 
Gold producing animal
Description: 

An animal (ass, cow, horse, goat, bear, leopard) extracts gold or food from its body or person makes others believe that it is so




Motif

m127


Name_eng: 
Lost tail of the fox
Description: 

After losing his tail (ear) an (animal) person tries to trick other animals of his species or other people of his group to lose their tails (ears) too




Motif

m127b


Name_eng: 
A jug as a trap
Description: 

Animal person attaches a vessel or its part to his body, puts it into the water, the vessel is heavy and drags him into the water




Motif

m132a


Name_eng: 
Ears, not horns
Description: 

Other animal believes that an ungulate has dangerous horns and is scared




Motif

m146


Name_eng: 
The fox gets bait from trap by luring wolf into it
Description: 

An animal knows that food is in a trap or poisoned and tricks another to take it




Motif

l39


Name_eng: 
Hero is compelled to descend from a tree
Description: 

When a person climbs a tree, a demon comes to it and carries the person away, or the person follows the demon to his world by his own will




Motif

k93b2


Name_eng: 
Conception from eaten fruit
Description: 

After eating a fruit (usually an apple, in Northern traditions also an egg), the sterile woman gives birth to a son or twins




Motif

k93


Name_eng: 
Twin brothers and a woman
Description: 

After a series of adventures and victories, the hero gets into trouble. His twin brother or the best friend follows his traces, gets across the same persons but overcomes the last enemy and revives (liberates) the hero




Motif

m29x


Name_eng: 
The hyena is a failure
Description: 

Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the hyena suffers a reverse, is injured or dies




Motif

m156


Name_eng: 
The ungrateful one returned to captivity
Description: 

An (animal) person saves a dangerous animal from a snare or the like. The saved one is going to kill his savior but the third person saves the second (usually tricks the first one to captivity again)




Motif

m29gg


Name_eng: 
The hedgehog wins thanks to his smartness
Description: 

Being smart and witty, the hedgehog overcomes overcomes strong adversaries




Motif

m166


Name_eng: 
Piece among animals
Description: 

To lure his potential victim down from a tree, a predator pretends not to be dangerous (usually announces that it has been decreed that all animals are united in piece). The victim is dubious and usually asks the predator to announce the same news to the dogs. The predator runs away




Motif

k27z3


Name_eng: 
Cat with a lamp
Description: 

A man trains a cat (monkey, dog) to hold lighted candle (lamp) on its head or to extinguish the light by a signal. When a mouse (a rat) runs through the room, the cat drops the candle (forgets about the lamp) and chases the mouse




Motif

k35a


Name_eng: 
Hero brands his rivals
Description: 

In exchange for temporal advantages, person agrees to be maimed or branded




Motif

k27z4


Name_eng: 
The trained animal of the gambler
Description: 

Person always wins a game thanks to a cat (or a mouse) who carries the lamp (or puts the light out in a certain moment). The hero releases a mouse (or correspondingly a cat), the cat runs after it and the person loses the game




Motif

k173


Name_eng: 
Placidas
Description: 

A powerful and rich man loses everything that he has, is separated with his wife and children and they with each other. Later he obtains everything back, his family is united again




Motif

m202


Name_eng: 
Thorn removed from lion’s paw
Description: 

Person removes a thorn from the paw (bone from the throat) of a strong and dangerous animal or a demon, the animal (demon) is grateful




Motif

l39d


Name_eng: 
To pass an apple from hand to hand
Description: 

A boy climbs a tree to eat fruits. A demon asks him to share the fruits with her (him) but not to throw them to the ground but give them from hand to hand. The demon grabs the boy and carries him away




Motif

f35a


Name_eng: 
Feeding with the kin’s meat
Description: 

Person does not know that he or she eats or cooks the meat of the member of his or her household (blood relation, more rare a spouse or servant) or serves it to his or her friends, or uses her or his bones for everyday needs, or slowly kills him ort her




Motif

m187b


Name_eng: 
The swiftest runner must receive the harvest
Description: 

The swiftest runner must receive the harvest




Motif

m29b1


Name_eng: 
The wolf is a failure
Description: 

Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the wolf suffers a reverse, is injured or dies




Motif

m158a


Name_eng: 
Dividing the harvest (The unjust partner)
Description: 

Two animal persons work their land together and agree to share the profits. While one is working hard, another only pretends to be useful but claims for himself (greater) part of the harvest




Motif

i59


Name_eng: 
Milky Way is spilled straw
Description: 

Milky Way is a trace of people who spilled on their way something related to agriculture (straw, chaff, hay, more rare flour, peas)





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