e9n


Motif

Motif code: 
e9n
Name_eng: 
Sea mammal-wife
Description: 

Man marries a seal, dolphin or porpous who takes guise of a woman and lives with her in the human world

Name_rus: 
Жена – водное млекопитающее
Description_rus: 
Человек берет в жены самку нерпы, тюленя или дельфина, принявшую облик женщины, и живет с ней среди людей
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: 
11

Linked traditions:
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Yap
Ulithi, Ngulu
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae)
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Scotland
Olcha (Ulch)
Nivkh
Icelanders
Faroe Islands

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l132 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: l133 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m203b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: f54c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k184 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: g8a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 21 Weight: 286
Motif: m5b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 19 Weight: 263
Motif: b77c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l42h Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: f48 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m203a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k27f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m5c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k107e1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m187a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: b72a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m29m Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 17 Weight: 176
Motif: m5a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 30 Weight: 167
Motif: m44a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167