k12

Motif

Name_eng:

Woman is lost and returned

Description:

By trick or by force, a rival or adversary kidnaps hero's wife or bride. The man gets her back

Name_rus:

Похищенная и возвращенная

Description_rus:

Герой возвращает женщину, которую противник или соперник попытался у него отобрать

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

288

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.5.13	Comoros Islands
1.3.2.4	Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale
1.3.5.11	Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
1.4.1.1	Nubians
1.4.1.2	Arabs of Sudan
10.2.2.1	Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
10.2.3.4	Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.1.1	Ainu
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.3.2.2	Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
11.1.1.1	Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
11.1.3.2	Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
11.1.3.4	Kamchadal
11.2.1.1	Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
11.2.1.4	Central Yupik
11.2.1.7	Chugach
11.2.2.2	North Alaskan Inupiat
11.2.3.2	Copper
11.2.3.3	Netsilik
11.2.3.4	Caribou
12.1.1.3	Koyukon
12.1.1.5	Denaina
12.1.1.9	Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
12.1.2.1	Tutchone
12.1.2.4	Tahltan
12.1.2.6	Kaska
12.1.2.7	Beaver
12.2.1.2	Tlingit
12.2.1.3	Haida
12.2.1.4	Tsimshian
12.2.2.1	Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
12.2.2.2	Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
12.2.2.3	Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
12.2.2.4	Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
12.3.1.1	Carrier
12.3.1.2	Chilkotin
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.3.2.3	Lillooet
12.3.3.1	Okanagon, Sanpoil
12.3.3.2	Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
12.3.4.1	Comox, Pentlatch
12.3.4.2	Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
12.3.4.3	Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
12.3.4.6	Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
12.3.5.1	Quinault
12.3.5.2	Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
12.3.6.1	Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
12.3.6.2	Nez Perce
12.3.7.1	Lower Chinook (Chinook proper)
12.3.7.2	Tillamook
12.3.7.3	Coos
12.3.7.4	Alcea; Siuslaw
12.3.7.8	Klamath, Modoc
12.3.7.9	Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.6.4.1	Sierra Miwok
12.6.4.3	Coastal Miwok
12.6.5.1	Yokuts
12.7.1.1	Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
12.7.1.6	Northern Shoshone
12.7.1.9	Ute
12.8.1.1	Hopi
12.8.1.2	Zuni
12.8.1.3	Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
12.8.2.1	Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
12.8.2.2	Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
12.8.3.1	Navajo
12.8.3.2	Jicarilla
12.8.3.3	Chiricahua
12.8.3.5	Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
12.8.4.1	Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
12.8.4.4	Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
12.8.5.1	Pima
12.8.5.2	Papago
13.1.1.1	Blackfoot
13.1.4.1	Teton (incl Oglala)
13.1.4.4	Osage
13.1.4.7	Oto
13.1.4.8	Iowa
13.1.5.1	Arapaho
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
13.2.2.1	Kiowa Apache
14.1.1.1	Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
14.1.6.3	Kekchi; Mopan
15.1.1.2	Sicuani
15.1.1.4	Guayabero
15.1.2.1	Makiritare (Yecuana)
15.2.3.1	Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)
15.2.3.6	Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
15.3.1.1	Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
15.3.2.2	Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.3.5.2	Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)
15.3.5.3	Macu
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.5.4.1	Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
16.2.1.1	Mapuche
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.2.2	Arabs of Libya
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.4	Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
3.1.3.5	Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.6	Algeria Arabs
3.1.3.8	Tuareg
3.2.1.4	Somali
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.1.5	Basques
3.3.2.1	Italians: Northwest Côte d’Azur {Mentona, GorbioЛ}, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia–Romagna)
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.2.3	Corsica
3.3.2.4	Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.3.2.6	Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.2.8	Italians: Northeast (Trentino – Alto Adige, Veneto, Venezia Giulia, Southern Tirol, Friuli)
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.3.3.5	Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
3.3.4.3	Scotland
3.3.5.4	Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.2.1	Albanians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
3.5.2.4	Croatians
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.4	Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.1.3.5	Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.6	Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.1.3.8	Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.2.1	Western Sami
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.3.3	Vepsians
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
4.3.2.1	Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.1.1	Kalmyk
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.1.6.2	Chechens
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.4	Laks
5.1.7.5	Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.8	Udin
5.1.8.1	Terek Cossacks
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.1.3	Svans
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.3.2.1	Aramaic (Syrians)
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3	Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.4	Saudi Arabia
5.3.3.1	Yemen
5.3.3.2	Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.10	Turkmen
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.4	Highland Tajik
5.4.2.5	Baluch
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.4.3.1	Yagnobi
5.4.3.2	Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.4.3.5	Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
5.4.4.2	Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
5.4.4.3	Burusho (Hunza)
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.2	Kara Kalpak
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz
5.5.2.2	Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.5.2.5	Salars
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.10	Sindhi
5.6.2.16	Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.7	Nepali; Tharu
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
5.6.2.9	Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.1.1.10	Tribal groups and castes that speak Aryan languages: Dhoba (Dhobi), Halba (Halbi, Pentia), Bhunjia, Lohar (Luhar, Luhara), Kahar, Kamar (Paharia)
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.1.4	Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.2.1	Lepcha
6.2.2.3	Mustang
6.2.3.1	Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
6.2.3.3	Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
6.2.3.6	Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
6.3.2.10	Viet, Muong
6.3.2.9	Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
6.4.3.6	Simeulue, Nias
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
6.4.8.10	Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
7.1.5.1	Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio
7.1.6.4	Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands
7.1.6.7	Kanaka (New Caledonia)
7.2.1.1	Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro
7.2.1.10	Tokelau
7.2.1.3	Tuvalu (Ellice)
7.2.1.9	Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
7.2.3.4	Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau
7.2.3.6	Marquesas
7.2.3.7	Hawaii
7.2.4.2	Palau (Western Carolines)
7.2.4.3	Yap
7.2.5.1	Merir, Pulo Anna
7.2.5.2	Ulithi, Ngulu
7.2.5.3	Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
7.2.5.4	Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
7.2.5.5	Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae)
7.2.5.6	Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
7.2.5.7	Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.4	Siberian Tatars
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.1.2.3	Chulym Turks
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.3.2	Tuvinians of Southern Altai
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.4.2	Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.5.1	Darkhad
9.1.5.2	Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.5	Dongxiang, Baoan
9.10.1.1	Nanai
9.10.1.3	Udeghe
9.10.1.4	Oroch
9.10.1.5	Uilta (Orok)
9.10.2.1	Nivkh
9.2.1.1	Mansi
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups
9.2.3.1	Tundra Nenets
9.2.3.2	Forest Nenets
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.2	Dolgans
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.3	Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.3.2	Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
9.3.4.1	Evens (Lamuts)