e9j


Motif

Motif code: 
e9j
Name_eng: 
Monkey-wife
Description: 

Man marries monkey-woman; supernatural woman takes form of a monkey or the man pretends that the house-keeper is a monkey

Name_rus: 
Жена-обезьяна
Description_rus: 
Человек берет в жены обезьяну, принимающую облик женщины, либо человек скрывает женщину и притворяется, будто хозяйка – обезьяна
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: 
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: 
17
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Egypt
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Portuguese
Catalan
Yagnobi
Warao
Kaxuyana (Warikyana, Arikena)
Wayana, Aparai
Wayapi, Emerillon
Aguaruna, Huambiza
Mundurucu, Curuaia
Urums, Rumei
Kordofan
Parya of Gissar (Hisor) Valley (Tajikistan)
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k27z2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: f43b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l12 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k47c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l88 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k27z2f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: i100d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k73a5a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i28a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l44a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 15 Weight: 333
Motif: m14a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: m76 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: f48 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k27h Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: j15b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: h7b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 12 Weight: 250
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k80a4 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 17 Weight: 235
Motif: j10 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 13 Weight: 231