k24c


Motif

Name_eng: 
An old man helps to obtain the bird-wife
Description: 

A youth comes to an old man (rare: old woman) who instructs him how to obtain magic wife hiding her feather-clothing. For the first time, the youth usually gives her her clothes back, the girl disappears and he lives with the old man till the next opportunity

Name_rus: 
Старик помогает получить жену-птицу
Description_rus: 
Юноша приходит к старику (реже – к старушке), который учит его добыть волшебную жену, спрятав ее птичью одежду. Обычно юноша в первый раз отдает одежду и живет у старика до тех пор, пока девушки вновь не прилетают
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: 
17

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
3.3.1.3Catalan
3.3.5.4Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.5.1.1Greeks (modern)
3.5.3.1Hungarians
3.5.3.3Transylvanian Saksons
4.1.1.1Poles
4.1.1.4Czech
4.1.2.4Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.3.8Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
5.1.4.1Karachays, Balkar
5.2.1.1Georgians
5.2.2.2Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.5Kurds
5.6.2.1Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.3.3Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
6.1.1.3Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.2.2Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i7b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i92a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: b33f2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: k73a9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m90a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: k90a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: k14c1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i22d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: l73a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k136d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: b115a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: m90a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: i114 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l122a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: h52b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k33c5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333