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Motif

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

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Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.2.3.5	Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
14.1.2.2	Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
14.1.2.5	Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
14.1.2.6	Huastec (Teenek)
14.1.3.1	Tepehua, Totonac
14.1.3.2	Gulf Nahuatl
14.1.4.6	Huave
14.1.4.7	Chontal
14.1.4.8	Zoque; Izapa iconography (I millennium BC)
14.1.5.1	Tzotzil
14.1.5.3	Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
14.1.5.4	Chorti
14.1.6.1	Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
14.1.6.3	Kekchi; Mopan
14.1.7.1	Tzutujil
14.1.7.3	Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
14.3.2.1	Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
15.5.3.1	Tacana
3.1.1.1	Ancient Egypt
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.5.4.1	Gagauz
4.2.1.1	Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.3.1.3	Shan
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit