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l15a1
Motif
Motif code:
l15a1
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:
40
Linked traditions:
Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
Kimberley Plateau: Gwini, Roebuck Bay, Forest River tribes, Drysdale River tribes, Njulnjul, Ungarinyin, Unambal, Bad (Baada)
Scotland
Ancient Greece
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)
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Bashkirs
Mongols (Khalkha)
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Iglulik
Micmac
Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Shasta; Chimariko
Karok
Hupa, Chilula
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Sierra Miwok
Yana
Northern Foothills Yokuts (Chukchansi, Dumna, Kechayi)
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Jicarilla
Chiricahua
Mescalero
Lipan
Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Xipaya (Shipaya)
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite)
Makka
Chamacoco (Ishir)
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Chorote
Northern and Southern Tehuelche
Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
k10i
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
h36j
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l76
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
j53a1
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif:
e37
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 14 Weight: 500
Motif:
j53a
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 16 Weight: 500
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
k10c
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
b42a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
c33a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
f42a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
b61
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
e29
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 14 Weight: 500
Motif:
k42
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
l85e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
i4d1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
l20a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif:
l62
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif:
l123
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400