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M198A4 - Who is nobler? ATU 976.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Those who listened to the story must answer who they liked more: the husband who let his wife go to another man after the wedding, the robber who did not harm her, or the man who immediately sent her back to her husband.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I89 | 99.70% | There is a star that brings death and misfortune; it is usually told how people mistake a star or constellation rising at night for the Morning Star, set off on a journey and lose their way. |
| M91C3 | 99.57% | A person releases an animal or a bird - supposedly with his wife instructing his wife to cook food, etc. Another does not understand deception and buys an animal. |
| C33 | 99.43% | A strongman-god-fighter is chained to a rock or a pillar for centuries. |
| M29Z | 99.38% | hero of the story is a character named “Beardless” or Aldar-Kose (Aldar is a “deceiver”, a braid is “beardless”). |
| M198A3 | 99.37% | One of the brothers secretly takes valuables belonging to all of them or is illegitimate. The brothers come to an authoritative figure to determine who is the thief or illegitimate child. Usually, the figure tells a story and determines the culprit based on the reaction of those who have come. |
| B51A | 99.22% | The snake is the enemy of the swallow (usually because the swallow prevents the snake from destroying people – the snake sends a mosquito or other blood-sucking insect to find out whose blood tastes better; the mosquito returns to report that it is human blood; the swallow bites off its tongue, and the snake plucks the feathers from the swallow's tail). |
| M130 | 99.21% | The fox and the bird hide from the hunter in the same burrow or hollow. The bird pretends to be dead and as a result is saved – either alone or together with the fox. Cf. motif M130A. |
| N24 | 99.05% | You can see a light that resembles a second moon or a second sun. It comes from a pretty girl. |
| B46A1 | 99.05% | The stars of the Big Dipper – thieves or robbers. |
| I87AB | 98.94% | Strong men or a crowd of people cannot move the body of a dead animal or the leg of a motionless person, but a child or a woman can do it easily. Cf. motif B83. |
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This motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki, Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area), Ireland, Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Yazgulami, Yagnobi, Tajik, Persians, Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin, Ingush, Armenians, Kalmyk, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Anatolia Turks, Kurds, Kirghiz, Bashkirs