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k76a
Motif
Motif code:
k76a
Name_eng:
Frog as a marriage partner
Description:
Frog or toad marries a girl or a handsome youth marries a frog or road
Name_rus:
Лягушка – брачный партнер
Description_rus:
Лягушка или жаба женится на красавице либо красивый юноша берет в жены лягушку
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
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:
68
Linked traditions:
Tunisia Arabs
Burmese, Intha
Shan
Mon
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Assamese
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Lavrung, Jiarong; Qiang (incl rGyalrong)
Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
England
Spain
Catalan
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Latvians
Livonians
Norwegians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Highland Tajik
Abkhaz
Ossetians
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Georgians
Armenians
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Uyghur
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Tuvinians of Tuva
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Nanai
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Toto, Rabha (northern Western Bengalia)
Bhutan
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
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Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
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e9o
Shared traditions: 35 All traditions: 42 Weight: 833
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h55a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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i42g3
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif:
i87e
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
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k80a5
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif:
k76f
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
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b6a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
h33a
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 14 Weight: 714
Motif:
k64c
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif:
a32m
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
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m38d7
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
Motif:
b104a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
c33b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k113b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k9a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k56d
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 15 Weight: 667
Motif:
f9g1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k22aa
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667