k107c


Motif

Motif code: 
k107c
Name_eng: 
Knives on the windowsill (the prince as bird)
Description: 

Magic bridegroom who comes as bird or other guise and then changes into a man meets regularly with a young woman. Her jealous sisters (stepmother, brother, etc.) wound him (usually putting knives of broken glass around the window). He disappears, the girl goes to find him.

Name_rus: 
Ножи на окне (Финист – ясный сокол)
Description_rus: 
Прилетающий в облике птицы или иным образом появляющийся волшебный супруг встречается с женщиной. Завистливые сестры (мачеха, брат т.п.) ранят его (обычно подкладывают бритвы, осколки стекла и т.п.). Израненный юноша пропадает, девушка уходит на поиски
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
52
ATU ID: 
432

Linked traditions:
Yemen
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Morocco Arabs
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Malagasy
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Hausa
Bengali, Maithili
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Sinhalese; Vedda
Lepcha
Ireland
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Catalan
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
French (northern France)
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Slovenians
Lithuanians
Finns
Western Sami
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Kumyk, Terekemen
Georgians
Armenians
Anatolia Turks
Bashkirs
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
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)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m198b1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
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k27z2e Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k107a4 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 14 Weight: 857
Motif:
k32b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
m38b1 Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 18 Weight: 778
Motif:
k27z2f Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
f3 Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 21 Weight: 762
Motif:
k38b3c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
k27f3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
k27g2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif:
k178 Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 24 Weight: 708
Motif:
m38c2 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif:
l4a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 16 Weight: 688
Motif:
k56a5a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
i50a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m81f Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 21 Weight: 667
Motif:
m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667