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Motif

Name_eng:

Šarabkha (animal with legs on its back)

Description:

An ungulate animal with an additional set of legs on its back runs using in turns legs under its belly and on its back. Thanks to this it is indefatigable

Name_rus:

Шарабха (животное с ногами на спине)

Description_rus:

Описывается копытное животное, имеющее второй комплект ног на спине и бегущее то обычным образом, то перевернувшись на спину. Это делает его неутомимым

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
11.2.1.1	Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples