k93a


Motif

Motif code: 
k93a
Name_eng: 
Sword of chastity
Description: 

Sleeping in one bed with a woman, man puts a sharp or thorny object between them as a sign of chastity (sometimes the woman herself puts the sword)

Name_rus: 
Меч на брачной постели
Description_rus: 
Ложась с женщиной, мужчина кладет между ней и собой острый или колючий предмет в знак того, что ночью он будет соблюдать воздержание (иногда меч кладет сама женщина)
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
52
Stith Thompson ID: 
T351

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Arabs of Iraq
Malagasy
Nubians
Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Ireland
Spain
Portuguese
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)
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Poles
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Lithuanians
Latvians
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Uzbek
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Baluch
Pashto
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Turkmen
Bashkirs
Mordvins
Khakas
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Luri, Bakhtiari
Icelanders
Kordofan
Farsiwans
Upper Brittany
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Dogri

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k38f3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
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l9g Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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k35a6 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
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k103c Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
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n9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
k27z7a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif:
j32b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
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m38c2 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 13 Weight: 692
Motif:
k184 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
l108g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
l65a2 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
i92a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
k56a4c Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 15 Weight: 667
Motif:
b108 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k149 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
i140 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m39a2e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667