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Motif
Name_eng:
Chameleon walked while the earth was still soft
Description:
Chaeleon is a premordial animal and walked on the earth while its was not still solid
Name_rus:
Хамелеон ходит по мягкой земле
Description_rus:
Хамелеон ходил по земле, когда та еще не затвердела
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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:
5
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.3.3.1
Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
1.3.3.2
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
1.3.4.2
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
1.3.5.14
Bozo, Sorko
1.3.5.16
Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
m56c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
l121a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
f73a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
b2f1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif:
m181b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
c30b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
l33g
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif:
m56d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif:
e31b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif:
b3
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 18 Weight: 278
Motif:
b2f
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 15 Weight: 267
Motif:
m56b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 12 Weight: 250
Motif:
b98c
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
m173
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif:
k170
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif:
m62e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif:
m29p
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 23 Weight: 174
Motif:
m62d
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif:
a39
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167