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Motif

Name_eng:

Buried in a head

Description:

(While the earth is still absent or liquid), a bird buries its relative in its own head that usually explains its appearance (a swell on its beak, a crest of feathers) or unpleasant smell

Name_rus:

Похороненный в голове

Description_rus:

(Пока земли еще нет или она не затвердела), птица хоронит умерших в своем теле – обычно в клюве или голове, что объясняет неприятный запах или происхождения хохолка, вздутия на клюве и т.п.

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature

Motif analysis result:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.1.4	Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
1.3.1.5	Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
1.3.3.1	Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
1.3.3.2	Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
1.3.5.14	Bozo, Sorko
1.3.5.16	Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.4.1.1	Ancient Greece
5.3.2.5	Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
6.2.2.5	Almora (Rangkas); Ancient Greek sources on India