b4


Motif

Motif code: 
b4
Name_eng: 
The fished out earth
Description: 

Islands or continent are fished out of the ocean or pulled to their present place by rope

Name_rus: 
Выуженная земля
Description_rus: 
Острова или материк выужены в океане, притянуты за веревку
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: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
36
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Tonga
Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Southern Solomons: southern part of Santa Ysabel (Bughotu), Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita (Kwaio people), Ulawa
Santa Cruz Islands (incl. Reef Islands)
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Southern Vanuatu: Tanna, Aneiteum (Polynesian component not included), Eromanga
Kanaka (New Caledonia)
Loyalty Islands (Uvea, Lifu, Mare)
Fiji
Samoa
Rotuma
Wallis (=Uvea, different from Melanesian Uvea), Futuna
Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands)
Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Northern Cook Islands: Rakahanga, Manihiki, Tongareva
Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau
Mangareva
Marquesas
Hawaii
Palau (Western Carolines)
Yap
Ulithi, Ngulu
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Early Chinese written sources
Ainu
Central Yupik
Denaina
Koyukon
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Mackenzie Delta
Tokelau
Japan AD 700-1700

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j23e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: g8a Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 21 Weight: 619
Motif: e15b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: m123a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b44f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m123b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: m53e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m190 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m5b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 19 Weight: 421
Motif: h12a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l133 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: a43a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k27n3c1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: m5a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 30 Weight: 367
Motif: m123d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: e9n Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: l79 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 14 Weight: 357
Motif: j23d Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 20 Weight: 350
Motif: b48d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333