b2b


Motif

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:
Areal IDTradition
1.3.1.4Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
12.4.2.8Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
14.1.1.3Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa
14.1.1.5Cora
14.1.2.2Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
14.1.2.3Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900
14.1.2.4Popoloca; Tlapanec
14.1.3.1Tepehua, Totonac
14.1.4.1Chinantec, Mazatec
14.1.4.2Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
14.1.5.1Tzotzil
14.1.7.2Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
14.1.7.3Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
14.1.7.6Xinka
14.2.1.2Jicaque
14.2.2.1Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
14.2.2.3Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
15.1.1.2Sicuani
15.1.1.4Guayabero
15.7.2.3Canela (Eastern Timbira): Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra
3.3.1.3Catalan
5.1.4.1Karachays, Balkar

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c22 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: g12 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: a11c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: a22b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: d4d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: k11 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: a1a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: a22a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 14 Weight: 500
Motif: g3 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 15 Weight: 467
Motif: b62 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 21 Weight: 429
Motif: g16 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 15 Weight: 400
Motif: b39 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: g4 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 16 Weight: 375
Motif: j33a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: i27b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 16 Weight: 375
Motif: a22c Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 17 Weight: 353
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b75d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k10b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333