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Motif

Name_eng:

Rolling head is a dangerous monster

Description:

Rolling head is a dangerous mobster (pursues celestial bodies, people etc.)

Name_rus:

Голова-преследователь

Description_rus:

Катящаяся голова – опасное чудовище (преследует светила, людей и т.п.)

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

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

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:

Stith Thompson ID:

D992, D1641.7, D1602.12, R261.1

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.4.2	Sakata
1.2.5.6	Kamba, Tharaka
1.3.2.1	Hausa
1.3.5.3	Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
1.3.5.4	Temne (Timne)
10.3.2.1	Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
11.2.2.1	Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
12.1.1.6	Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
12.1.2.9	Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
12.3.1.1	Carrier
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.3.6.1	Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
12.3.6.2	Nez Perce
12.3.7.6	Takelma
12.3.7.8	Klamath, Modoc
12.4.1.1	Winnebago
12.4.2.1	Menominee
12.4.2.3	Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
12.4.2.4	Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.4.2.5	Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
12.4.2.8	Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.4.3.5	Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
12.4.3.7	Western Woods Cree
12.4.4.1	Plains Cree
12.4.4.2	Plains Ojibwa
12.5.2.2	Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.5.2.3	Tuscarora
12.6.1.4	Shasta; Chimariko
12.6.2.1	Yana
12.6.3.3	Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.7.1.1	Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
12.8.2.2	Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
13.1.1.1	Blackfoot
13.1.1.2	Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
13.1.1.3	Gros Ventre
13.1.2.1	Assiniboine
13.1.4.1	Teton (incl Oglala)
13.1.4.4	Osage
13.1.4.6	Omaha, Ponca
13.1.4.8	Iowa
13.1.5.1	Arapaho
13.1.5.2	Cheyenne
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
13.2.2.2	Kiowa
13.2.2.3	Comanche
13.3.2.2	Natchez (incl Avoyel)
14.1.5.1	Tzotzil
14.1.5.2	Tzeltal
14.1.5.3	Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
14.1.7.5	Pipil
14.2.2.1	Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
14.3.4.2	Yupa (Yukpa)
14.3.4.6	Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture
14.4.1.2	Colorado (Tsachila)
14.4.2.2	Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.2.4	Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.3.1	Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.3.2	Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
14.4.3.3	Aimara
15.2.2.1	Warao
15.2.4.6	Wayana, Aparai
15.2.4.7	Wayapi, Emerillon
15.3.2.1	Cofan (Cofán)
15.3.2.2	Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.3.4.4	Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso
15.3.5.1	Tariana
15.3.6.1	Witoto, Ocaina
15.3.6.2	Bora
15.3.7.1	Ticuna (Tucuna)
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.4.4.1	Tenetehara
15.5.2.1	Culina, Paumarí, Arauá, Apurina, Cuniba
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.5.2.7	Matses (Mayoruna)
15.5.3.1	Tacana
15.6.2.5	Trumai
15.6.3.5	Paresi
15.7.2.1	Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
15.7.2.6	Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje)
15.7.3.2	Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
16.2.1.3	Northern and Southern Tehuelche
4.1.2.1	Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.2.4.2	Estonians
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
6.1.1.1	Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.2.3.1	Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
6.4.4.1	Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
7.1.2.1	Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
7.1.3.2	Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu)