h12a


Motif

Name_eng: 
Dead woman pursues her husband
Description: 

Wife dies, husband comes after her or he kills his untrue wife. The dead wife turns into monster and pursues him

Name_rus: 
Мертвая жена преследует мужа
Description_rus: 
Жена умирает, муж приходит за ней, либо он сам убивает ее за измену; она превращается в чудовище, преследует его
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
10 Adventures
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
5
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
10.3.2.4Japan AD 700-1700
12.8.1.1Hopi
12.8.2.2Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
12.8.3.1Navajo
7.2.1.9Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: h24a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: j3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k15c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: g14 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m103 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 13 Weight: 231
Motif: h23 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: e24 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k16a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m37 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: d2a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: e14a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i9a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 15 Weight: 200
Motif: k27b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 16 Weight: 188
Motif: a22c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 17 Weight: 176
Motif: i118 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 17 Weight: 176
Motif: i70 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: f28d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 12 Weight: 167
Motif: h9a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: l80 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 12 Weight: 167