l122a


Motif

Motif code: 
l122a
Name_eng: 
Stitching up cracks in the earth
Description: 

A (demonic) person is stitching up cracks in the earth with a giant needle and thread

Name_rus: 
Зашивает трещины земли
Description_rus: 
Персонаж занят тем, что зашивает трещины в земле подобно тому, как зашивают порванную ткань
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:
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Georgians
Kazakh
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k77b3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: l15a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: i20b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b73a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: m83c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k80c3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k27l1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: i87ab Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 14 Weight: 357
Motif: i87a1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 17 Weight: 353
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l90d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i92a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: l90b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333