b33d


Motif

Motif code: 
b33d
Name_eng: 
The old woman of winter
Description: 

Old woman is incarnation of winter, is associated with snow, or there are several cold days between winter and spring (or fall) associated with a certain old woman

Name_rus: 
Старуха зимы
Description_rus: 
Старуха воплощает собой зиму, ассоциируется со снегом, а (либо) на границе зимы и весны (осени) бывает несколько очень холодных дней, ассоциируемых с некой старухой
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
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: 
35

Linked traditions:
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Wales
Portuguese
Catalan
Bretagne
French (northern France)
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
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Czech
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Latvians
Khwarezm Uzbek; Turkic written tradition from Kök Orda
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Yagnobi
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Rutul, Tsakhur
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Anatolia Turks
Kirghiz
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

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i47a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i82g Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 18 Weight: 667
Motif: k167b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i87ad Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i86a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 18 Weight: 611
Motif: k67g Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: j32b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: k172 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k93b6 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 17 Weight: 588
Motif: b33f1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: l9g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b33f2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: m120c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: l65a2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: b33a Shared traditions: 24 All traditions: 44 Weight: 545
Motif: n18 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545