k12a


Motif

Motif code: 
k12a
Name_eng: 
A strained bow
Description: 

An unrecognized hero comes to a place where his bride or wife has to marry another man or is tuned into a slave. Despite expectations, he gets to strain a tight bow killing his rivals

Name_rus: 
Натянутый лук
Description_rus: 
Неузнанный герой приходит туда, где его невеста или жена должна быть отдана другому или превращена в служанку. Вопреки ожиданию, ему удается натянуть тугой лук, из которого он убивает соперников
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
20
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Mikir (Karbi)
Burusho (Hunza)
Ancient Greece
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Georgians
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Siberian Tatars
Evens (Lamuts)
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
Salars
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
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k73b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
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c33a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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k9a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
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n25 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
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c33b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i4d1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
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k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
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l110b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
h55a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
l103a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
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l90c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
l9c Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 15 Weight: 467
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m199j Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
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k27v3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
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l15a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
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b38d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
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e41a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
k14c1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400