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M198A1 - Elder: round, middle: hard, younger: nut!
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Three characters sequentially and without apparent reason determine the characteristics of an object or person they have not seen.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 |
|---|---|---|
| L9E | 99.80% | The anthropomorphic character has a nose resembling a copper or iron beak. |
| K27Z4B | 99.63% | The husband leaves, meets a swindler and loses everything he has to him. The wife comes disguised as a man, punishes the swindler and rescues her husband. |
| K40 | 99.53% | Two (rarely more) characters consider themselves doomed to death, but the one whose death will come later rejoices, while the one whose death will come earlier grieves. Cf. motif N30. |
| M153B | 99.48% | The wolf is killed or maimed after agreeing to a domestic animal's offer to ride it. |
| M130 | 99.47% | 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. |
| N30 | 99.16% | formula that describes the confusion of feelings: when a character looks in one direction, he cries, and when he laughs or smiles in the other direction. |
| K80C3 | 99.13% | Before his death, a man asks his murderer to tell his pregnant wife to give their newborn a certain name. Upon hearing the unusual name of the child, a powerful figure begins to investigate the case, and the murderer confesses to his crime. (All texts containing motifs K80c3 and K80c4 also contain the more general motif K80c) |
| K110 | 98.92% | The character is asked to retrieve treasure from the bottom of a pond. He does not understand that he is only seeing a reflection and that the treasure is located above. |
| M39A6A | 98.84% | After a long search, the ruler finds an intelligent wife for his son. At the mercy of his enemies, he sends a message with one of them, the true content of which is understood only by his daughter-in-law. She destroys enemies and frees her father-in-law. (The boys have a younger wife instead of an intelligent daughter-in-law). |
| K169 | 98.61% | The hunter spares the hunted animal, noticing that it is a pregnant female and remembering his own pregnant wife. |
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This motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Algeria Arabs, Catalan, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Tajik, Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Karachays, Balkar, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Bashkirs, Mongols (Khalkha), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas