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Motif

Name_eng:

Series of creatures ever greater in size

Description:

Personage of gigantic dimensions in respect to normal humans and animals proves to be tiny dwarf in respect to another personage

Name_rus:

Одно существо больше другого

Description_rus:

Персонаж гигантских размеров оказывается мал по сравнению с персонажем еще больших размеров либо один и тот же персонаж оказывается небольшим в одних эпизодах и гигантским в других

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.2.2.5	Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.3.2.2	Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.3.7	Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.5.3	Kumyk, Terekemen
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.6.2	Chechens
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.4	Laks
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.1.3	Svans
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.6.2.19	Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
5.6.2.20	Maldives
5.6.2.7	Nepali; Tharu
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
6.2.2.6	Dhimal
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.3.2	Tuvinians of Southern Altai
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)