Khorezmian Turkic literary tradition



Tradition title rus: 
Хорезмско-тюркская письменная традиция («Рассказы о пророках» Рабгузи, «Хосрау и Ширин» Кутба и другие тексты на хорезмско-тюркском литературном языке XIII-XIV вв.)
Areal ID: 
5.4.1.2
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Language: 
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
5.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
3.00

Linked Motifs

MotifNameDescription
b50Whose blood is sweeter?An insect feeds on human blood (flesh). Dangerous person asks it where it had sucked blood or whose blood (flesh) is the most delicious. Usually the insect lies or cannot answer (its tongue is cut off) and thanks to this dangerous person attacks certain plants or animals and not people
b51aThe snake is an enemy of the swallowThe snake is an enemy of the swallow (usually because swallow does not let snake to destroy people; the snake sends mosquito or other bloodsucking insect to get know whose blood is the most delicious; the insect flies back to report that human blood is the sweetest; swallow bites its tongue off and the snake gets to pull off feathers from the swallow's tail)
c3Snakes stops up a hole in the Noah’s archWhen a hole is opened in the arch (rare: in the ground) from which a torrent of water flows, a snake (eel, frog) stops it up with its own body
k38e4Palace of gold and silver bricksA palace (castle, crypt, church, bridge) made of gold and silver modules (usually bricks, more rare planks) is mentioned in narratives (in different context)
n10The transparent bodyA woman (rare: a man) with transparent body is described. This transparence is an evidence of the beauty


Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Abaza (Abazins)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Chechens
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Armenians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Uyghur
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Abkhaz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Georgians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Anatolia Turks
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kirghiz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Karachays, Balkar

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Khwarezm Uzbek; Turkic written tradition from Kök Orda
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Arabs of Egypt
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Khorezmian Turkic literary tradition
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Ossetians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Persians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Pashto
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Baluch
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Ingush
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Tajik