l15a1

Motif

Name_eng:

Achilles' heel

Description:

Vulnerable place on the body of a person or creature is on his or her foot (toe, heel, sole, ankle)

Name_rus:

Ахиллесова пята

Description_rus:

Уязвимое место персонажа находится внизу ноги (пятка, палец, подошва, лодыжка, щиколотка)

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

Motif analysis result:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
15.3.4.2	Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
15.7.2.1	Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
16.1.2.2	Chamacoco (Ishir)
12.8.3.3	Chiricahua
16.1.3.3	Chorote
12.5.2.2	Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.6.1.5	Hupa, Chilula
11.2.3.5	Iglulik
12.8.3.2	Jicarilla
12.6.1.3	Karok
8.1.3.2	Kimberley Plateau: Gwini, Roebuck Bay, Forest River tribes, Drysdale River tribes, Njulnjul, Ungarinyin, Unambal, Bad (Baada)
12.8.3.6	Lipan
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
16.1.4.1	Makka
12.8.3.4	Mescalero
12.5.1.1	Micmac
1.2.4.12	Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
16.1.3.1	Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
16.2.1.3	Northern and Southern Tehuelche
12.6.5.2	Northern Foothills Yokuts (Chukchansi, Dumna, Kechayi)
12.6.3.1	Pomo
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)
16.1.4.2	Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite)
3.3.4.3	Scotland
12.6.1.4	Shasta; Chimariko
12.6.4.1	Sierra Miwok
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
12.8.4.1	Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
12.6.1.6	Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
12.5.1.3	Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
12.7.1.7	Western Shoshone, Gosiute
12.6.3.3	Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
16.2.2.2	Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
12.6.2.1	Yana
12.6.1.7	Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)