k123


Motif

Motif code: 
k123
Name_eng: 
Old woman’s curse
Description: 

A youth or (rare) girl offends an elder woman. Her words make him or her to be overcome by desire to undertake something dangerous (usually to get a particular marriage partner)

Name_rus: 
Проклятье старухи
Description_rus: 
Мальчик, юноша, реже девушка намеренно или случайно обижает пожилую женщину. Она произносит слова, из-за которых у него или у нее возникло желание предпринять нечто опасное (чаще всего найти брачного партнера)
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
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: 
56

Linked traditions:
Aramaic (Syrians)
Saudi Arabia
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Oraon (Kurukh)
Oraon (Kurukh)
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Sardinia, Corsica
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Karelians
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Tajik
Persians
Bukhara Arabs
Abkhaz
Ossetians
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Nogai
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Uyghur
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Urums, Rumei
Kordofan
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: n26 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k123a Shared traditions: 37 All traditions: 42 Weight: 881
Motif: k32b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k155a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 14 Weight: 786
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n19 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i47a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k27f3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m60a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k124 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: n24 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 14 Weight: 714
Motif: m39a6j Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: l42b1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: k162 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 17 Weight: 706
Motif: m154a1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
Motif: m90b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700