b2b


Motif

Motif code: 
b2b
Name_eng: 
The earth eats the dead
Description: 

The earth devours bodies of the people when they die and are buried

Name_rus: 
Земля поедает мертвых
Description_rus: 
Земля питается людьми, которых в ней хоронят
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
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
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
22
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
Catalan
Karachays, Balkar
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa
Cora
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900
Popoloca; Tlapanec
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Tepehua, Totonac
Chinantec, Mazatec
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
Tzotzil
Jicaque
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
Sicuani
Guayabero
Canela (Eastern Timbira): Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra
Xinka

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c22 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: a22a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 14 Weight: 500
Motif: a22b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: g12 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: d4d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: a11c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k11 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: a1a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: g3 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 15 Weight: 467
Motif: b62 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 21 Weight: 429
Motif: b39 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: g16 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 15 Weight: 400
Motif: i27b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 16 Weight: 375
Motif: g4 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 16 Weight: 375
Motif: j33a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: a22c Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 17 Weight: 353
Motif: k10b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e33 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 15 Weight: 333