i87b


Motif

Motif code: 
i87b
Name_eng: 
The quest for a strong adversary
Description: 

A man seeks a strong adversary to wrestle with and comes across person who is incomparably stronger than he

Name_rus: 
Хвастун встречает сильнейшего
Description_rus: 
Когда персонаж хвастается силой, жена или мать замечает, что есть посильнее его. Он отправляется на поиски и встречает персонажа, намного превосходящего его силой
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
33
ATU ID: 
650B

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Sudan
Hausa
Zaghawa
Songhai
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Mandjak, Mankanya, Pepel, Balant, Felupe, Diola (Jola)
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Nepali; Tharu
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Catalan
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Finns
Karelians
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Kalmyk
Anatolia Turks
Kirghiz
Chechens
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
Khamti, Ahom

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l85d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: i87 Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 18 Weight: 778
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n28e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: l9c Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 15 Weight: 733
Motif: b33e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: k77b3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m116b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: n25 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k167b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k27l1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636