e9i4


Motif

Motif code: 
e9i4
Name_eng: 
Crane-wife
Description: 

A man marries supernatural woman who is a (white) crane

Name_rus: 
Волшебная жена – журавль
Description_rus: 
Человек берет в жены женщину, которая является в облике журавля (обычно либо всегда – белого стерха)
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: 
7

Linked traditions:
Early Chinese written sources
Dolgans
Evens (Lamuts)
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i81a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: l42f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e9j1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m198b5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b38d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: k25a5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: b11a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m194 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: b68a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m140a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: b64a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: k25a7 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: m39b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: b93a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k65c2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a12g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200