k50


Motif

Motif code: 
k50
Name_eng: 
False wife beheads enemy
Description: 

A man disguised as a woman comes to his enemy and kills him at night (usually cuts off and carries away his head)

Name_rus: 
Мнимая жена отрезает голову врагу
Description_rus: 
Человек приходит к врагу под видом женщины, а ночью убивает его (обычно отрезает голову и уносит ее с собой)
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
21
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Athna
Tlingit
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Blackfoot
Arapaho
Mandan
Kiowa
Crow
Chilkotin
Shuswap
Lillooet
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Tillamook
Takelma
Coos
Alcea; Siuslaw
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: d1a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m15 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: l72k Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m29y Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: b91 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: d4k Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: a32b1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: k25b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k27l Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: l119 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: f15 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: j23a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: l40a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: f55a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: l91 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: h15 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: k43b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 24 Weight: 417
Motif: m61a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400