i9a


Motif

Motif code: 
i9a
Name_eng: 
Zenith and nadir
Description: 

The zenith and/or nadir are described together with four cardinal directions as the fifth (and the sixth) ones

Name_rus: 
Зенит и надир
Description_rus: 
Зенит и/или надир рассматриваются вместе с четырьмя сторонами света как еще одно (или два) основных направления
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
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: 
15

Linked traditions:
Songhai
Plains Ojibwa
Pomo
Navajo
Hopi
Zuni
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Kiliwa
Huichol
Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
Gulf Nahuatl
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Warao
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: h12a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k15c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k1i Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif: k10c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: h24a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: g19 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: j34 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 13 Weight: 308
Motif: m103 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 13 Weight: 308
Motif: a22c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 17 Weight: 294
Motif: i118 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 17 Weight: 294
Motif: m79 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: j33 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 15 Weight: 267
Motif: a11c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: h36j Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l71 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 12 Weight: 250
Motif: j3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m76 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l5e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l76 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250