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Motif

Name_eng:

Bride purchased for her weight in gold

Description:

An object (usually the bride) purchased for the sum of money equivalent (or bigger) than its weight in gold (silver) or a heap of valuables as high as the corresponding person

Name_rus:

Столько золота, сколько весит невеста

Description_rus:

За объект (обычно девушку) отдано или обещано столько (либо больше) золота (серебра), сколько он весит сам, либо кучу ценностей высотой с того, кого покупают

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:

Stith Thompson ID:

T52.3

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.1.1	Nubians
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
3.4.1.2	Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
4.2.1.2	Norwegians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.3.1.2	Ugarit
5.3.2.2	Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.3.3	Soqotri
5.4.2.11	Luri, Bakhtiari
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.2.4	Highland Tajik
5.4.2.5	Baluch
6.3.2.1	Khmer
9.2.1.1	Mansi