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Motif

Name_eng:

The predestined death because of the wolf

Description:

A wolf is predicted to become a cause of death of a person or the person must die at his wedding day. The prophesy becomes true. If it is about the marriage, the bride herself turns into a wolf and kills her bridegroom

Name_rus:

Предсказанная смерть от волка

Description_rus:

Человеку предсказано быть растерзанным волком либо погибнуть во время свадьбы. Предсказание оказывается верным. Если речь о свадьбе, то невеста становится волком и убивает жениха

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

10 Adventures

Motif analysis result:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

934B

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.3.1.3	Catalan
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.2.1.4	Swedes
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.5	Lutsi (Ludza)
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz