l90d


Motif

Motif code: 
l90d
Name_eng: 
Lips nailed to the sky and the earth
Description: 

A hero attaches the upper lip (jaw) of a monster to the sky, and the lower one to the ground

Name_rus: 
Губы прибиты к небу и земле
Description_rus: 
Герой прикрепляет верхнюю губу (челюсть) чудовища к небу, а нижнюю – к земле
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: 
3

Linked traditions:
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Salars

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m133 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m11b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m78e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: i59b4 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: h40a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k38b1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: a37b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: b1c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: b42h2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: b45b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: b46d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: c31c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: i4e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: h55a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: l122a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: n28c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: j59c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167