l127


Motif

Motif code: 
l127
Name_eng: 
Dancing ears
Description: 

In the other world person sees separate body parts or other strange creatures that dance, etc. He or she should neither express his or her surprise, laugh, nor name the God

Name_rus: 
Танцующие уши
Description_rus: 
Попав в иной мир, персонаж видит там танцующие части тел и т.п. странных существ. Он не должен удивляться, смеяться или поминать Бога
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: 
6

Linked traditions:
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Malagasy
Sakata
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tuareg
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b98c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m56c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: d13hh Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: m132 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: h44a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: k8aa Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: k37c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: i46e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: l42h Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: j58a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: K73a2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: k103c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: k140 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: k27i Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: l115 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 19 Weight: 105
Motif: l81d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100
Motif: b98b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100
Motif: l116 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 21 Weight: 95
Motif: m115 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 21 Weight: 95