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K82 - The evil sister-in-law.
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Summary of Motif
A man's wife or another woman tries to destroy his sister.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K82 has 1 other sub-motifsK82. A man's wife or another woman tries to destroy his sister. K82a. A malevolent woman forces a woman to swallow a snake egg (snake, something else) so that a man will think that the woman is pregnant out of wedlock (rarely: so that snakes will suck the juices out of her). Cf. motif L89. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K82's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K93B2 | 99.28% | A childless woman conceives a child after eating a fruit (usually an apple; in northern traditions also cabbage, eggs, peas, etc., in India – mangoes). |
| M39A6D | 98.69% | One of the relatives or spouses transfers a text or object to the other through third parties. Only the recipient understands the meaning of the words or the item handed over, saves the sender and/or destroys his enemies. |
| K77B2 | 98.48% | The goat (goat, ram, etc.) responds to the predator's questions in the sense that parts of its body are weapons and other objects designed to kill the questioner, or that the goat is actually armed. |
| M99 | 98.46% | The character is going to abuse all birds or (less commonly) animals, but after hearing wise advice, he abandons his intention. |
| M98 | 98.39% | The character counts the number of members in two huge and alternative sets (dead and alive, men and women, etc.). Usually numbers are distributed equally, and one term (or some) is endowed with the properties of both. By referring it to one of the sets, the character proves a thesis. |
| L90 | 98.34% | One lip (one fang, horn, etc.) of the creature reaches the sky, while the other drags along the ground. |
| E9H | 98.27% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of a dove. |
| L72C | 98.16% | Fleeing for his life, the character throws a mirror behind him, which turns into an obstacle for his pursuer (ice, lake, etc.) or attracts his attention and causes him to lose time. (In the Udmurt version, objects destroy obstacles in the character's path). |
| M198 | 97.92% | In the house of the khan (judge, king, etc.), three brothers (rarely one person) determine that the food and drink served to them smell of dead flesh, dog, goat, etc., and (or that) the host who receives them is illegitimate or of low birth. After questioning the servants and his mother, the host is convinced that the brothers are right. |
| F9F1 | 97.90% | Inside the woman there is a snake (snakes, scorpions, just poison) that comes out of her mouth. {Motifs F9f1 and K100C are almost identical, but the first can be included in the cosmological-etiological category and is associated with the idea of a dangerous woman, while the second belongs to the adventure category}. |
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This motif has been recorded in 50 traditions: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian, Yemen, Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Algeria Arabs, Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan), 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, Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu), Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Bengali, Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani), Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area), Sinhalese; Vedda, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Finns, Vepsians, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Uzbek, Persians, Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Karachays, Balkar, Ossetians, Nogai, Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz, Georgians, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Anatolia Turks, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kurds, Uyghur, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Chuvash, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Shor, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Oroch, Tlingit, Witoto, Ocaina, Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha), Tunisia