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Motif
Name_eng:
A dangerous woman
Description:
For different reasons, sexual contact with a woman is deadly dangerous for a man
Name_rus:
Опасная женщина
Description_rus:
По разным причинам, совокупление с женщиной смертельно опасно для мужчины
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
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:
217
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.2.2.1
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
1.2.5.9
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
1.3.5.11
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
10.1.1.1
Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia); Kawalan
10.1.1.3
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
10.1.1.4
Ami
10.2.2.1
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
10.2.2.10
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
10.2.3.4
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
10.2.3.6
Li
10.2.4.1
Koreans; Goguryeo
10.3.1.1
Ainu
10.3.2.1
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
10.3.2.3
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
11.1.1.1
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
11.1.1.2
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
11.1.2.1
Chukchi
11.1.3.4
Kamchadal
11.2.1.3
Aleuts
11.2.2.2
North Alaskan Inupiat
11.2.3.10
East Greenland (Angmassalik, Kulusuk)
11.2.3.9
West Greenland
12.1.1.2
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
12.1.1.3
Koyukon
12.1.1.6
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
12.1.1.7
Han
12.1.1.9
Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
12.1.2.1
Tutchone
12.1.2.11
Yellowknife
12.1.2.2
Tagish
12.1.2.6
Kaska
12.1.2.7
Beaver
12.1.2.9
Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
12.2.1.3
Haida
12.2.1.4
Tsimshian
12.2.2.2
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
12.2.2.3
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
12.3.1.2
Chilkotin
12.3.2.1
Shuswap
12.3.2.2
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.3.2.3
Lillooet
12.3.4.1
Comox, Pentlatch
12.3.4.2
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
12.3.4.4
Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit)
12.3.4.6
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
12.3.6.1
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
12.3.6.2
Nez Perce
12.3.7.3
Coos
12.3.7.7
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
12.3.7.9
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
12.4.2.3
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
12.4.3.2
Montagnais
12.4.3.3
Naskapi
12.4.4.2
Plains Ojibwa
12.5.1.2
Malecite, Passamaquoddy
12.5.2.2
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.6.1.1
Yurok
12.6.3.1
Pomo
12.6.3.2
Wappo
12.6.3.4
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.6.5.1
Yokuts
12.7.1.1
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
12.7.1.10
Southern Paiute
12.7.1.11
Chemehuevi
12.7.1.2
Owens Valley Paiute
12.7.1.7
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
12.7.1.9
Ute
12.8.1.1
Hopi
12.8.1.2
Zuni
12.8.3.1
Navajo
12.8.3.2
Jicarilla
12.8.3.3
Chiricahua
12.8.3.5
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
12.8.4.1
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
13.1.1.1
Blackfoot
13.1.3.1
Crow
13.1.3.3
Mandan
13.1.4.1
Teton (incl Oglala)
13.1.4.7
Oto
13.1.4.8
Iowa
13.1.5.1
Arapaho
13.2.1.1
Pawnee
13.2.1.2
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
13.3.2.2
Natchez (incl Avoyel)
13.3.3.2
Alabama, Koasati
14.1.1.4
Huichol
14.1.2.2
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
14.1.2.5
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
14.1.4.1
Chinantec, Mazatec
14.1.4.2
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
14.1.4.4
Oaxaca Mixe
14.1.4.6
Huave
14.1.4.8
Zoque; Izapa iconography (I millennium BC)
14.1.4.9
Mestizos of Soconuzco; Cotzumapguapa iconography
14.2.2.1
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
14.3.2.1
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
14.3.3.1
Guajiro
14.4.1.2
Colorado (Tsachila)
14.4.2.2
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.2.5
Ica department, Costa (Spanish-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Topara, Paracas and Nazca pre-Columbian iconography)
15.1.1.2
Sicuani
15.1.2.1
Makiritare (Yecuana)
15.1.3.1
Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
15.2.2.1
Warao
15.2.3.1
Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)
15.2.3.9
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
15.2.4.3
Waiwai
15.2.4.4
Hixkariyana
15.2.4.6
Wayana, Aparai
15.3.1.1
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
15.3.1.2
Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon)
15.3.4.1
Karijona
15.3.4.3
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
15.3.5.1
Tariana
15.3.5.2
Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)
15.3.5.3
Macu
15.3.5.5
Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena
15.3.6.1
Witoto, Ocaina
15.3.7.2
Yagua
15.4.1.3
Maue (Mawe)
15.4.3.2
Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.5.2.3
Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
15.5.2.5
Marubo
15.5.2.6
Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.5.3.1
Tacana
15.5.4.2
Chacobo
15.5.4.3
Ese’ejja
15.6.1.1
Mundurucu, Curuaia
15.6.2.3
Kuikuro, Kalapalo
15.6.2.4
Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
15.6.3.5
Paresi
15.7.1.1
Caraja
15.7.1.2
Tapirape
16.1.1.1
Caduveo, Mbaya
16.1.2.2
Chamacoco (Ishir)
16.1.3.1
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
16.1.3.3
Chorote
16.1.3.4
Mataco
16.1.4.1
Makka
16.1.4.3
Toba (incl Pilaga)
16.2.1.3
Northern and Southern Tehuelche
3.1.2.1
Arabs of Egypt
3.2.1.4
Somali
3.3.3.2
French (northern France)
3.3.5.1
Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.3
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
3.3.5.4
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.5.1.2
Bulgarians
3.5.2.1
Albanians
3.5.2.2
Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.3.1
Hungarians
3.5.3.2
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.1.1
Poles
4.1.2.1
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.3.1
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
4.1.3.2
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.8
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.2.1.2
Norwegians
4.2.3.1
Finns
4.2.5.2
Lithuanians
4.3.2.1
Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2
Mordvins
5.1.1.1
Kalmyk
5.1.3.1
Abkhaz
5.1.4.2
Ossetians
5.1.7.1
Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.2.1.1
Georgians
5.2.2.1
Armenians
5.2.2.5
Kurds
5.3.1.1
Old and New Testament
5.3.2.2
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.4
Saudi Arabia
5.3.3.3
Soqotri
5.4.2.1
Persians
5.4.2.2
Ormuzd strait Arabs; mostly Arabian-speaking Bušehr and Sāheli areas at the northern coast of Persian and Oman gulfs in Iran (in Marzolph 1984 Arabian or Persian attribution of particular texts is impossible to ascertain)
5.4.2.3
Tajik
5.4.4.2
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
5.5.2.1
Uyghur
5.5.2.3
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.5.2.3
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
5.6.2.14
Bengali, Maithili
5.6.2.8
Kashmiri
6.1.1.1
Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.1.1.10
Tribal groups and castes that speak Aryan languages: Dhoba (Dhobi), Halba (Halbi, Pentia), Bhunjia, Lohar (Luhar, Luhara), Kahar, Kamar (Paharia)
6.1.1.2
Korku
6.1.1.3
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.1.4
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
6.1.1.6
Juang
6.1.1.7
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
6.1.1.8
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
6.1.2.1
Oraon (Kurukh)
6.1.2.2
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
6.1.2.3
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.1.2.5
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
6.2.3.6
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
6.3.1.1
Burmese, Intha
6.4.7.1
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
6.4.8.8
Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru
7.1.2.3
Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema
7.1.5.3
Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
7.1.6.1
Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu
7.2.4.2
Palau (Western Carolines)
7.2.5.2
Ulithi, Ngulu
7.2.5.3
Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
7.2.5.4
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
7.2.5.7
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
9.1.3.1
Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.3.2
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
9.1.5.3
Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.7
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.10.1.1
Nanai
9.10.1.3
Udeghe
9.10.1.4
Oroch
9.10.2.1
Nivkh
9.3.1.1
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.3.1
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.4.1
Evens (Lamuts)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
l76
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l123
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l33d
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i117a
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i15a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f9e
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f9e1
Shared traditions: 52 All traditions: 52 Weight: 1000
Motif:
c8d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l119
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
h28c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k27n3a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f9a
Shared traditions: 104 All traditions: 106 Weight: 981
Motif:
f10
Shared traditions: 70 All traditions: 72 Weight: 972
Motif:
f9b
Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 18 Weight: 944
Motif:
f9c
Shared traditions: 26 All traditions: 28 Weight: 929
Motif:
f24
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
k27y1
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
f9f
Shared traditions: 23 All traditions: 26 Weight: 885
Motif:
f13
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875