b73b


Motif

Motif code: 
b73b
Name_eng: 
The cuckoo: in search of lost family member
Description: 

Two teenagers or young people are in search of each other, call each other (or one of them call another): a girl in search of her lost (or dead) brother or brother’s wife, a boy in search of his brother or sister, young parents in seach their child. One or both of them turn into birds with specific cry

Name_rus: 
Кукушка: в поисках члена семьи
Description_rus: 
Двое подростков или молодых людей ищут друг друга, перекликаются (или один из них зовет другого): девушка – пропавшего (умершего) брата или жену брата; брат – сестру или брата; молодые родители – своего ребенка; один из них или оба превращаются в птиц с характерным призывным криком
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
33

Linked traditions:
Bali, Lombok
Lepcha
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Czech
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Byelarusians
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Rutul, Tsakhur
Kumyk, Terekemen
Georgians
Armenians
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Khakas
Shor
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Zaparo
Witoto, Ocaina
Ticuna (Tucuna)
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
Fikian Chinese
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Shandong Chinese
Zaza (western Kurds)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b73a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: c39a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m90a3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b105 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: c8a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m154a1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: c41 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k22aa Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: h55a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k56b3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: i132b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: j32b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: k8f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m3b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500