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i141
Motif
Motif code:
i141
Name_eng:
The magic stick
Description:
A stick is a tool to initiate processes which results have no rational explanation
Name_rus:
Волшебная палочка
Description_rus:
Палочка является инструментом совершения действий, результаты которых рационально необъяснимы
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:
66
Linked traditions:
Yemen
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Tunisia Arabs
Somali
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Zulu, Swazi
Kposso, "Togo-Restvölker" (Adele, Akebu, Akposso, Bowiri/Bowili, Santrokofi, Lelemi, Borada Akrade, Teteman, Baakwa, Bowiri)
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Khmer
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Bengali, Maithili
Kashmiri
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Ireland
England
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Sardinia, Corsica
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
Dutch, Flemish
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Latvians
Estonians
Finns
Swedes
Danes
Yagnobi
Karachays, Balkar
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Bashkirs
Tahltan
Kaska
Carrier
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
Wallons, Picardie
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Arakan, Chakma, Khyang
Upper Brittany
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Eastern Prussia
Khamti, Ahom
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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k27f3
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i22g1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m109d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k56a5a
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m38c3
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
k85a
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
h7c1
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif:
k176a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
j51a2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
k37b
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif:
j51a1
Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 17 Weight: 824
Motif:
k25a4a
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
j51a
Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 19 Weight: 789
Motif:
k107a2
Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 14 Weight: 786
Motif:
b104a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
k149
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
h7g
Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 18 Weight: 778
Motif:
k128a
Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 22 Weight: 773
Motif:
n38
Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 22 Weight: 773