b116


Motif

Motif code: 
b116
Name_eng: 
The first book eaten up
Description: 

An animal or a person eats up the first book (writing, important document). (In some of European traditions the eating up of the book is not directly described but follows from the context)

Name_rus: 
Съеденная книга
Description_rus: 
Первую книгу (письменность, важный документ) съедает животное или человек. (В части европейских традиций само поедание книги не описывается, но подразумевается из контекста)
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
06 Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
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: 
62

Linked traditions:
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Thai of Thailand
Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
Katu (Ködu); Bru (incl. Van Kieu, Khua)
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Palaung (De Ang, Deang)
Khmu (Kammu), Puoc
Viet, Muong
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Lavrung, Jiarong; Qiang (incl rGyalrong)
Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Czech
Slovakians
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Slovenians
Albanians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
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)
Persians
Abkhaz
Ossetians
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Kalmyk
Anatolia Turks
Kazakh
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Chechens
Hani, Akha
Southern Altai: Teleut
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c8f Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: m199g2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b116a Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 14 Weight: 929
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: b116c Shared traditions: 36 All traditions: 47 Weight: 766
Motif: n28h Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b35a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: b6a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k182a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: m133 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: m144a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: k35a7 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c28 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: l94d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l103a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k33c5 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m29z2 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 15 Weight: 667