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e9i1
Motif
Motif code:
e9i1
Name_eng:
Swan-wife
Description:
A man marries supernatural woman who is a swan
Name_rus:
Волшебная жена – лебедь
Description_rus:
Человек берет в жены женщину, которая является в облике лебедицы
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
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:
65
Linked traditions:
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Ireland
England
Portuguese
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
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
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Czech
Hungarians
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Lithuanians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Karelians
Western Sami
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Karachays, Balkar
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Kalmyk
Anatolia Turks
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Chuvash
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Khakas
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Ainu
Oroch
Nanai
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Japan AD 700-1700
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
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: 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)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Transylvanian Saksons
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Eastern Prussia
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Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778