e9b


Motif

Motif code: 
e9b
Name_eng: 
Elephant-wife
Description: 

A man marries a woman who can acquire the image of an elephant or appears from the elephant’s tusk

Name_rus: 
Волшебная жена – слониха
Description_rus: 
Человек сходится с женщиной, которая может принимать облик слонихи или появляется из слонового бивня
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
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: 
7

Linked traditions:
Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Lao
Arakan, Chakma, Khyang

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c6i1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m198b5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: h7g2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k33a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: m152e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: b6a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: h34c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 13 Weight: 231
Motif: l85b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: i119a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: d2a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: b49a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: k27zz2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: m204a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: l77 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: c23 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 21 Weight: 143
Motif: k136d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: m152d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: l128 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 16 Weight: 125
Motif: h39 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 17 Weight: 118