i8e


Motif

Motif code: 
i8e
Name_eng: 
Four men at the cardinal points
Description: 

Four (or eight) anthropomorphic male persons support the earth or the sky or are placed at the four cardinal points

Name_rus: 
Четверо по углам мира
Description_rus: 
Небо или землю поддерживают, либо по четырем сторонам мира находятся четверо (либо восемь) антропоморфных мужских персонажей
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: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
27

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Arabs of Egypt
Shan
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Gagauz
Chuvash
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Pawnee
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Zoque; Izapa iconography (I millennium BC)
Tzutujil
Tepehua, Totonac
Huastec (Teenek)
Gulf Nahuatl
Chontal
Huave
Tzotzil
Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
Chorti
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Kekchi; Mopan
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Tacana
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: a13b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m11d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m56a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 16 Weight: 500
Motif: g3 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 15 Weight: 467
Motif: g16 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 15 Weight: 467
Motif: m47 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 16 Weight: 438
Motif: a24a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b62 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 21 Weight: 381
Motif: a22b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: j24 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e9j1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b44d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k184 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: g9b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: b25 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333