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Motif

Name_eng:

The transformers: four brothers

Description:

Four travelling brothers transform the world, annihilating monsters, changig the habits and appearance of different creatures and acquiring valuables (water, fire, cultivated plants and the like). Usually one of them is the main actor, and they often have one name for all the four

Name_rus:

Четверо братьев-преобразователей

Description_rus:

Четверо братьев преобразуют мир, освобождая его от чудовищ, преображая его обитателей и добывая ценности (воду, огонь, культурные растения и т.п.). Обычно один из братьев – главный, остальные ему помогают. У всех четверых нередко одно имя

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
15.3.4.2	Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
12.3.1.1	Carrier
12.3.1.2	Chilkotin
15.3.5.2	Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna)
15.3.4.5	Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna
12.3.2.3	Lillooet
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)