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M204A - Did not notice the money, closing his eyes.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Gold is placed in a person's path so that they can take advantage of it. At that moment, the person accidentally closes their eyes and walks past.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 |
|---|---|---|
| K15 | 98.91% | A woman swears that she has not been with anyone except (her husband and) a dirty beggar. Others do not know that her lover has taken on the appearance of a beggar. |
| L108C | 97.40% | To prevent the victim from recognising him and opening the door, the predator, the cannibal, shows part of his clothing, his hand, his paw, making the victim believe that his mother, teacher, etc. has come. |
| K95 | 97.08% | Two people who love each other (usually a man and a woman) die prematurely and are buried in the same grave or nearby. After or during the burial, something unusual happens that is connected with the story (special plants grow in that place, the smoke from the two funeral pyres joins together, the dead turn into two birds, two stars, etc.). |
| M196A | 96.58% | Arguing over a trivial matter, a husband and wife (or one of them) lie down and do not move, and people gather to bury them. At the last moment, the supposed dead person opens their mouth, and people think that the dead have come back to life; or the supposed dead person is actually buried in the ground. |
| H49 | 96.43% | A dog or other animal kills a creature that threatened a small child. The owner or other people mistake the saviour for an aggressor and kill it. |
| L15I | 96.04% | A man dies or loses his strength (or pretends to) if his hair is cut or pulled out. |
| K76A | 95.90% | A frog or toad marries a beautiful woman, or a handsome young man marries a frog. |
| M195A | 94.91% | A character sends a long object that either looks the same at both ends or is inside a small object, and asks which end of the object is the top and which is the bottom. The guesser gives the correct answer. |
| M171D | 94.87% | The character exchanges one thing for another and ultimately receives a musical instrument (usually a drum). |
| L16B | 94.87% | The eyes or mouths of creatures are located on joints (knees, etc.). |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah, Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples, Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu), Malayali; Kannikaran, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Albanians, Balkarians, Latvians, Kurds