n10a

Motif

Name_eng:

The transparent bones

Description:

A woman (rare: a man) with transparent body is described: bones are seen through the skin and marrow through the bones. This transparence is an evidence of the beauty

Name_rus:

Прозрачные кости

Description_rus:

Описывается женщина либо (редко) мужчина с прозрачным телом – сквозь кожу видны кости, сквозь кости виден костный мозг. Эта прозрачность есть признак красоты

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

13 Formulae

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
11.2.1.1	Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
4.1.3.1	Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
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)
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
9.1.1.2	Southern Altai: Teleut
9.1.1.3	Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.1.4	Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
9.3.1.5	Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East