e9i4


Motif

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:
Areal IDTradition
11.2.2.1Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
6.2.1.1Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
9.3.1.2Dolgans
10.2.1.1Early Chinese written sources
9.3.4.1Evens (Lamuts)
10.3.2.1Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
9.3.1.5Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e9j1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m198b5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i81a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: l42f 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: b68a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b64a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: m39b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: k25a7 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: m140a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: m194 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: k56aa Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c39a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k65c2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200