c28

Motif

Motif code:

c28

Name_eng:

Unconsidered promise

Description:

A demon obtains valuables essential for another person's (and for all the people) survival but is tricked to return the valuables

Name_rus:

Опрометчивое обещание

Description_rus:

Демонический персонаж овладевает ценностью, без которой другой персонаж (и люди) погибнут. Демона хитростью вынуждают вернуть ценности

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature

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:

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Linked traditions:
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Gagauz
Kirghiz
Mordvins
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l94d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: n28c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b68a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l9e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: m130 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: m81e2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i132a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b42h2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: c31a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k137 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m38d1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m116b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b48d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l90d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333