m138a


Motif

Name_eng: 
The lifespan of one hundred twenty years
Description: 

At the beginning of time, a supreme deity or his messengers decided that the human lifespan would be limited to one hundred and twenty years

Name_rus: 
Сто двадцать лет жизни
Description_rus: 
В начале времен верховное божество или его посланники решили, что максимальный срок жизни человека составит 120 лет
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
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: 
5

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
10.2.3.5Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
5.3.1.1Old and New Testament
5.3.1.3Sumer
5.3.1.4Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
5.6.2.19Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: n39 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: g8g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i140 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c8c1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b88 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l94c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: f98 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: m170b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c8f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: f97a5 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i4c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: b111 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: b1a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: i4e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: m155 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: k27z2c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: k27yy Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: k109 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 7 Weight: 143
Motif: a32l Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125