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g2
Motif
Motif code:
g2
Name_eng:
The return of Persephone
Description:
Person who is the incarnation of fertility and life first disappears and then (reriodically) returns
Name_rus:
Возвращение Песефоны
Description_rus:
Персонаж, воплощающий плодородие и жизнь, сперва исчезает, а затем (периодически) возвращается
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:
55
Linked traditions:
Sumer
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Ugarit
Dogon
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Slovakians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Ancient Greece
Hittite, Hurrit
Karelians
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Karachays, Balkar
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Ainu
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Lenape (Delaware)
Blackfoot
Shawnee
Crow
Kutenai
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Sierra Miwok
Yokuts
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Hopi
Zuni
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Papago
Huichol
Cora
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
Kekchi; Mopan
Jicaque
Rama, Guatuso
Boruca (Brunka)
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Puinave
Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Mojo, Baure, Itonama, Kanichana, Chiquito, Manasi
Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Mustang
Lao
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
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i4d1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
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k15c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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n39
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i15a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i82e
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
g8g
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
f98
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif:
f101
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k38f3
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
n9
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
f69
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
h36j
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k11
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
j3
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
c33a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
i132b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
j62b1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
e34
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500