民話をさがす ／ グリーンランド(イヌイット)
The Raven who wanted a wife
グリーンランド(イヌイット)(Greenland) ／ 本文の言語 英語 ／ 原話の言語 kl ／ 出典の刊年 1921 ／ 398 語
出典と権利
| 出典の本 | Eskimo Folk-Tales |
|---|---|
| 提供 | Project Gutenberg ／ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28932 |
| 採集・編者 | Knud Rasmussen |
| 翻訳 | W. J. Alexander Worster |
| 刊年の根拠 | 扉に 1921 |
| 権利状態 | Public Domain (United States)(US)／確認日 2026-09-08 |
| 地図上の位置 | 緯度 64 / 経度 -45(精度 culture_region)。話の舞台でも採集地でもなく、この本が扱う文化圏のおおよその中心である。 |
本文
Project Gutenberg の本文から、PG のヘッダ・フッタ・商標文言を除いたもの。段落は原文のままである。
A little sparrow was mourning for her husband who was lost. She was very fond of him, for he caught worms for her.
As she sat there weeping, a raven came up to her and asked:
"Why are you weeping?"
"I am weeping for my husband, who is lost; I was fond of him, because he caught worms for me," said the sparrow.
"It is not fitting for one to weep who can hop over high blades of grass," said the raven. "Take me for a husband; I have a fine high forehead, broad temples, a long beard and a big beak; you shall sleep under my wings, and I will give you lovely offal to eat."
"I will not take you for a husband, for you have a high forehead, broad temples, a long beard and a big beak, and will give me offal to eat."
So the raven flew away--flew off to seek a wife among the wild geese. And he was so lovesick that he could not sleep.
When he came to the wild geese, they were about to fly away to other lands.
Said the raven to two of the geese:
"Seeing that a miserable sparrow has refused me, I will have you."
"We are just getting ready to fly away," said the geese.
"I will go too," said the raven.
"But consider this: that none can go with us who cannot swim or rest upon the surface of the water. For there are no icebergs along the way we go."
"It is nothing; I will sail through the air," said the raven.
And the wild geese flew away, and the raven with them. But very soon he felt himself sinking from weariness and lack of sleep.
"Something to rest on!" cried the raven, gasping. "Sit you down side by side." And his two wives sat down together on the water, while their comrades flew on.
The raven sat down on them and fell asleep. But when his wives saw the other geese flying farther and farther away, they dropped that raven into the sea and flew off after them.
"Something to rest on!" gasped the raven, as it fell into the water. And at last it went to the bottom and was drowned.
And after a while, it broke up into little pieces, and its soul was turned into little "sea ravens." [8]
緊張のうつりかわり
本文を 12 等分し、張りつめた語(死・血・恐れ・剣…)から和らいだ語(祝い・眠り・ 婚礼…)を引いて、話の中で 0〜1 に均したもの。自前の辞書である。翻訳を経た本文を測っているので、これは原話ではなくこの訳の性質である。
出来事の並び(数え上げ)
区画ごとに、コーパス全体の出現率に対して不釣り合いに多く出た引き金語を採っている。 生の回数で採ると、`father`/`mother` を持つ Family がほぼ全区画で勝つ(実測)。
Journey→Journey→Encounter→Encounter→Transformation
似ている民話
多言語 Embedding のコサイン近傍。類似度は歴史的な起源や伝播を証明する値ではない。同じ本の話は文体を共有するぶん必ず似るので、そう分かるよう印を付けてある。
| # | 題名 | 文化圏 | 類似度 | 出典 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raven and the Geese | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.954 | 別の本 |
| 2 | Up to the Top of the Sky, and Down to the Bottom of the Sea | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.945 | 別の本 |
| 3 | The Insects that wooed a wifeless man | グリーンランド(イヌイット) | 0.939 | 同じ本 |
| 4 | Qujâvârssuk | グリーンランド(イヌイット) | 0.934 | 同じ本 |
| 5 | The First Man | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.933 | 別の本 |
| 6 | The White Snake | ドイツ語圏 | 0.932 | 別の本 |
| 7 | Raven Makes an Ocean Voyage | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.932 | 別の本 |
| 8 | The Dwarfs | グリーンランド(イヌイット) | 0.932 | 同じ本 |
| 9 | Even a Grass Plant Can Become Someone If It Tries | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.931 | 別の本 |
| 10 | Taking Away the Sun | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.930 | 別の本 |
| 11 | The First Woman | ベーリング海峡(アラスカ) | 0.930 | 別の本 |
| 12 | The Seven Ravens | ドイツ語圏 | 0.930 | 別の本 |