f79


Motif

Motif code: 
f79
Name_eng: 
Animal wives
Description: 

Person marries several non-human wives in succession, every time (besides the last one) is disappointed

Name_rus: 
Жены-животные
Description_rus: 
Персонаж последовательно берет в жены различных женщин нечеловеческой природы, каждый раз (обычно, кроме последнего) разочарован
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
5. Motifs shared by traditions of the Columbian Plateau (with adjacent Pacific Coast) and Central and Eastern Algonkians, with no or few cases in between (northern Plains)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
12
Stith Thompson ID: 
B600.1

Linked traditions:
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Lepcha
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Eastern Cree
Naskapi
Montagnais
Comox, Pentlatch
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Makiritare (Yecuana)
Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)
Umotina (Umutina)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j41a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b42o1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k18c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: b16b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m53a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m29d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: a38c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: i37e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b119 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: d4c1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: c35b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b28d1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: j41b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: m68 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: l33c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: m162b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: a42a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: d1a3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: c8c1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250