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Motif

Name_eng:

Muddled request

Description:

Animals of particular species do not hear well the instructions concerning their way of life or the ask God for some benefit but muddle their request. Thanks to this they acquire their present habits. (In the Toraja tale the motif is used to explain the mortal nature of human beings)

Name_rus:

Животные не поняли указаний

Description_rus:

Животные определенного вида (у тораджа – человек) плохо слышат или плохо понимают указания или вопрос относительно своего будущего либо путаются, излагая просьбу к божеству. Тем самым они обретают нынешние особенности и повадки

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
14.4.2.3	Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
15.3.7.2	Yagua
3.1.3.5	Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
6.1.1.8	Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
6.1.2.2	Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
6.1.2.3	Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.1.3	Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
6.3.1.2	Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
6.3.2.8	Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
6.4.6.2	Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
9.10.1.6	Negidal
9.2.1.1	Mansi
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)