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l15i
Motif
Name_eng:
Life in hairs
Description:
A man dies or loses his strength (or pretends that it is so) if (some) hair on his head is cut off
Name_rus:
Жизнь в волосах
Description_rus:
Мужчина умирает или теряет силу (либо делает вид, что это так), если его постричь или вырвать волос на его голове
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:
22
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
3.3.1.2
Portuguese
3.3.2.1
Italians: Northwest (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia–Romagna)
3.4.1.1
Ancient Greece
3.5.1.1
Greeks (modern)
4.1.1.1
Poles
4.1.2.1
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.4
Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.3.3
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.2.5.2
Lithuanians
5.1.1.1
Kalmyk
5.1.2.1
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
5.1.4.2
Ossetians
5.2.1.1
Georgians
5.2.2.1
Armenians
5.3.1.1
Old and New Testament
5.3.2.2
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.6.2.18
Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
6.2.2.2
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
6.3.1.6
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
6.4.3.6
Simeulue, Nias
9.10.1.5
Uilta (Orok)
9.3.4.1
Evens (Lamuts)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
k33c5
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k9a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i87e
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
l15e1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
h55a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
l90b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
l94c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k56a5c
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
l15e2
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
f101
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
m39a4d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
i4d1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
k35a2
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
i92a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
i114
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
b106
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
m90a3
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
f57
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429