b11a


Motif

Motif code: 
b11a
Name_eng: 
Mammoth creates the landscape
Description: 

Mammoth described as an underground fish-related creature moves across the earth while it is still wet creating the present landscape

Name_rus: 
Мамонт – создатель рельефа
Description_rus: 
Мамонт, представляемый как подземное рыбоподобное существо, создает на непросохшей земле пересеченный рельеф, прокапывает русла рек
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
01 Sun and Moon
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: 
8
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Northern Selkups
Dolgans
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Manchu
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m140b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m108b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: h43ab Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l85e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m74ab Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: m140a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: m39b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: b64a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: b112 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b72d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k63 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 15 Weight: 333
Motif: m60b1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b42m1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m162a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: h54c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c6c2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333