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m39a4
Motif
Motif code:
m39a4
Name_eng:
Fool and his shadow
Description:
Fool takes his own shadow for a person who pursues him and gives it his possessions
Name_rus:
Дурак обращается к тени
Description_rus:
Дурак принимает собственную тень за преследующего его персонажа и отдает ей свое имущество
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:
25
ATU ID:
(1681A)
Linked traditions:
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
Kharia
Kharia
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Nepali; Tharu
Assamese
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Latvians
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Laks
Laks
Georgians
Kurds
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Galicians
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Nawar (Zutt)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
m45b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m39a3b
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
i137
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
f9g1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
k124
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif:
k56b1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
m39a5
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
l110c
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 14 Weight: 429
Motif:
n32
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
m39a2a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif:
m201
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
k14c1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
a12g
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
k73b6
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif:
l90c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
m188a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
k35c2
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 16 Weight: 375
Motif:
m141a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
k171
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364