j12

Motif

Name_eng:

Travelling girl walks across suitors

Description:

A girl (or two sisters) travel, usually in search of a proper marriage partner who lives far away or who has gone away. On her way or after reaching the place of destination the girl gets to some unpleasant suitors

Name_rus:

Девушки в поисках жениха

Description_rus:

Девушка или две сестры странствуют, обычно в поисках подходящего, ушедшего или живущего далеко жениха или мужа. По пути или по достижении цели они попадают к ложным претендентам на их руку

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

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

115

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.3.1.1	Ainu
12.1.1.5	Denaina
12.1.1.8	Athna
12.2.2.2	Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
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)
12.3.4.3	Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
12.3.4.6	Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
12.3.5.1	Quinault
12.3.6.1	Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
12.3.6.2	Nez Perce
12.3.7.2	Tillamook
12.3.7.3	Coos
12.3.7.5	Kalapuya
12.3.7.6	Takelma
12.3.7.8	Klamath, Modoc
12.3.7.9	Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
12.3.8.1	Kutenai
12.4.2.1	Menominee
12.4.2.3	Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
12.4.2.4	Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.4.2.5	Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
12.4.2.9	Potawatomi
12.4.4.1	Plains Cree
12.5.1.1	Micmac
12.5.1.2	Malecite, Passamaquoddy
12.5.2.1	Huron (incl Wyandot)
12.5.2.2	Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.6.1.1	Yurok
12.6.1.2	Wiyot
12.6.1.3	Karok
12.6.2.1	Yana
12.6.2.2	Achomavi
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.6.3.3	Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.6.4.1	Sierra Miwok
12.6.5.6	Kawaiisu
12.6.5.7	Chumash
12.6.6.1	Serrano
12.7.1.10	Southern Paiute
12.7.1.11	Chemehuevi
12.7.1.6	Northern Shoshone
12.7.1.7	Western Shoshone, Gosiute
12.7.1.9	Ute
12.8.3.5	Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
12.8.3.6	Lipan
12.8.4.1	Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
12.8.4.2	Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
12.8.4.3	Cocopa
12.8.4.4	Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
12.8.5.2	Papago
13.1.1.3	Gros Ventre
13.1.4.3	Santee
13.1.4.8	Iowa
13.1.5.1	Arapaho
13.2.1.3	Caddo
13.3.3.1	Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
13.3.3.2	Alabama, Koasati
13.3.3.4	Choctaw, Chicasaw
14.2.3.1	Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
15.1.1.2	Sicuani
15.1.1.4	Guayabero
15.1.3.1	Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
15.1.3.2	Sanema
15.2.4.1	Trio
15.2.4.6	Wayana, Aparai
15.3.2.2	Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.3.2.4	Kandoshi (Murato, Maina); Iquito
15.3.3.1	Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
15.3.3.2	Aguaruna, Huambiza
15.3.4.2	Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
15.3.4.3	Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
15.3.4.4	Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso
15.3.4.6	Cubeo
15.3.5.1	Tariana
15.3.5.5	Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena
15.3.6.1	Witoto, Ocaina
15.4.1.1	Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.4.4.1	Tenetehara
15.4.4.2	Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor)
15.4.4.3	Tupinamba
15.5.4.3	Ese’ejja
15.5.5.4	Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga
15.6.2.1	Kamayura
15.6.2.2	Bakairi
15.6.2.3	Kuikuro, Kalapalo
15.6.2.4	Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
15.6.2.5	Trumai
15.6.3.3	Iranxe
15.6.3.5	Paresi
16.1.3.1	Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
16.1.3.3	Chorote
16.1.3.4	Mataco
16.1.4.1	Makka
16.1.4.3	Toba (incl Pilaga)
16.2.1.3	Northern and Southern Tehuelche
5.6.2.17	Sinhalese; Vedda
6.4.8.4	Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
7.1.3.1	Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Buna
7.1.5.2	Melanesians of southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
7.1.6.7	Kanaka (New Caledonia)
7.2.5.7	Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
8.1.3.1	Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
8.1.5.1	Central Australia: Kaitish, Warramunga, Arunta (Aranda), Loritja (Kukatja), Pijandjara (Pitjantjara), Adnjamatana (Andjamathana, Wailpi), Aluridja, Walpiri (Walbiri), Aluridja, Matuntara (Maduntara), Nambutji, Wamma (=Wommana?)
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