m38a1


Motif

Name_eng: 
Imitating wife’s kinfolk
Description: 

Person imitates actions of his son- or brothers-in-law or (among Comox and Halcomelem) of his wives

Name_rus: 
Подражает свойственникам
Description_rus: 
Персонаж подражает зятьям или мужьям сестер либо братьям жены (у шошони) или (у комокс и халкомелем) женам
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
26
ATU ID: 
552B
Stith Thompson ID: 
J2411.3.

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
1.4.3.4Dholuo (=Luo, Nilotic Kawirondo)
12.3.4.1Comox, Pentlatch
12.3.4.2Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
12.3.4.3Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
12.3.6.2Nez Perce
12.7.1.6Northern Shoshone
15.2.3.6Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
15.2.3.8Macuxi
15.2.3.9Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
15.3.2.2Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.4.1.3Maue (Mawe)
15.4.3.5Lower Amazon (XIX century data, mostly from Santarem area), tribal affiliation unknown
15.4.4.1Tenetehara
15.6.1.1Mundurucu, Curuaia
15.6.3.2Kayabi
4.1.3.8Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.1.2Norwegians
4.2.1.3Danes
4.2.1.4Swedes
4.2.5.1Latvians
4.2.5.2Lithuanians
4.3.1.1Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2Udmurt
5.6.2.19Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
5.6.2.7Nepali; Tharu
6.1.2.1Oraon (Kurukh)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j15b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: k149 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: d13c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: k168b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b42d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b33e1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: n17 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: c31a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k27h Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: i4d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 14 Weight: 357
Motif: m29d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k23a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: i37e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m53a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b104b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k103c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: m171c1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: k67f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333