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M83C - Who gets drunk faster
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Summary of Motif
Animals argue who of them gets drunk easier. The last one falls down because he becomes drunk as soon as somebody talks about alcoholBerezkin 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
M83 has 3 other sub-motifsM83. Each character claims that he is older and appeared before this world or (Ingush) that his father was cosmic in size. M83a. The characters are arguing which one is older. After some people tell us how long they were born, the latter says that this and that happened in his memory at that time. M83b. Two (or more) characters agree to give food to whoever has the best dream. One talks about a feast he went to in a dream (or says he was in a different world), the second admits that he ate everything alone - he was sure that after the feast, the first one would not qualify for food (which someone who finds himself in a different world does not need food). M83c. Animals argue who of them gets drunk easier. The last one falls down because he becomes drunk as soon as somebody talks about alcohol Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M83's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K27V1 | 99.97% | The character must hit the eye of a needle with an arrow (the eye of a needle). |
| M114B2 | 99.95% | A man (an authoritative character) asks a girl (a subordinate) a question about the number of routine actions she has performed (or small items she has), which no one counts. She asks a counter-question about the number of similar actions performed by the questioner. |
| K27Z2D | 99.87% | A conflict arises between a pair of birds (sparrows, pigeons, etc.), in which the male is more likely (and more often clearly) to be at fault. This episode serves as the starting point for a story about the relationships between people of noble origin. |
| B47A | 99.85% | A cow steps on the Pleiades stars lying on the ground, which were demonic creatures. Some of the stars slipped through her split hoof. |
| M188 | 99.65% | The character is honoured after accidentally acquiring an unusual appearance – getting paint on himself or attaching an object to himself that he cannot remove. |
| M188A | 99.47% | The character demands to be addressed as a ruler (usually sits on a pile of rubbish and demands to be recognised as king). One of the animals exposes him. |
| K136C | 99.22% | Upon leaving, the demon temporarily kills or puts the girl to sleep, and upon returning, revives her. |
| M60A2 | 99.21% | The servant must lick the master or mistress's feet or wound. The hero comes disguised as a servant and instead of licking his heels, touches them with the animal's cut off tongue. |
| M60A1 | 99.06% | The hero meets a servant (usually a shepherd) and takes his form, after asking how he acts, how he talks to the hostess (usually finds out what to say in order transport the herd across the river). |
| C31C | 99.00% | The bat turns out to be smarter and wiser than other living creatures. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin, Karachays, Balkar, Ossetians, Ingush, Kumyk, Terekemen, Mongols (Khalkha), China