i48a


Motif

Motif code: 
i48a
Name_eng: 
Falling down into the underworld
Description: 

At the terminal part of the narrative the antagonist of the hero descends into the underworld

Name_rus: 
Провалившиеся сквозь землю
Description_rus: 
По завершении повествования противник героя опускается в нижний мир
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: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
30

Linked traditions:
Old and New Testament
Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Vepsians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Chuvash
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Khakas
Shor
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Evens (Lamuts)
Udeghe
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Tuscarora
Klamath, Modoc
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Pima
Papago
Western Mexico Nahuatl
Southern Altai: Teleut
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Bhutan

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l94d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: n32 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: l15b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k38b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l94c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: d1a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m38a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l85e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: j50b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b73 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: c28 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: h17 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: d4q Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m133 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: h43ac Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: l9e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: h7f2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b42h2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: h14 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400