i81a1


Motif

Motif code: 
i81a1
Name_eng: 
The crab and the serpent
Description: 

The confrontation between the crab and the serpent (eel) produces the present landscape features or has the cosmic scale

Name_rus: 
Краб и змей
Description_rus: 
Борьба краба и змея (угря) определяет особенности рельефа определенной местности или имеет космические масштабы
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
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:
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Central Taiwan: Bunun (Vonum), La'arua, Tsou, Kanabu, Kanakanabu
Early Chinese written sources
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: e36a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e1d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: e9i4 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: k47d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: i81a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 15 Weight: 267
Motif: k37d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: f20a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k65d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m29x1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: j25b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: b93a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m5d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c39a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: b1b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i111 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: m75b3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: a37a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 12 Weight: 167