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Motif

Name_eng:

The heroine is transformed into a forest animal

Description:

After the heroine’s rival transforms her into a forest animal of medium size (lynx, wolf, deer), she makes attempts to contact her children or husband

Name_rus:

Героиня превращена в лесное животное

Description_rus:

Женщина, из-за козней соперницы превращенная в среднее по размеру лесное животное (рысь, волчица, важенка), пытается установить контакт с детьми или с мужем

Motif type:

Adventures and tricks

Motif group:

09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities

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
1.1.1.1	Bushmen (all groups)
11.1.3.4	Kamchadal
3.3.4.1	Ireland
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
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)
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.4	Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
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)
4.2.1.3	Danes
4.2.3.1	Finns
4.2.3.2	Karelians
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.4	Livonians
4.2.4.5	Lutsi (Ludza)
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.1.8.1	Terek Cossacks