k138


Motif

Motif code: 
k138
Name_eng: 
Exchange of bodies (king and his minister)
Description: 

Person gets an ability to enter a dead body and revive it. His own body remains dead for this time. Another person takes it for himself while the first one remains in an animal’s body

Name_rus: 
Обмен телами (царь и визирь)
Description_rus: 
Человек получает способность оживить мертвого, воплотившись в его теле. Пока он в нем остается, его собственное тело мертво. Другой человек занимает тело первого, оставив тому тело животного
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: 
12

Linked traditions:
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Kashmiri
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Highland Tajik
Persians
Turkmen
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m188a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: m197d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m23a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k27z2c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: a37c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: a12g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k65c2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k116c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif: l16b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: m188 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 17 Weight: 353
Motif: k129a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k56a8b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k27z2a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e9j1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k61f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: i50c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k27z2d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333