The false wife who acquired guise and place of the real one is a smelling bug or a grub
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 11.1.2.1 | Chukchi |
| 11.2.1.1 | Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino) |
| 11.2.1.2 | St. Lawrence Island Yupik |
| 11.2.2.2 | North Alaskan Inupiat |
| 4.2.2.1 | Western Sami |