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Motif
Motif code:
l6
Name_eng:
Demon clings to person
Description:
A demonic being demands that a person would carry it permanently, clings to his shoulder or back
Name_rus:
Демон-прилипала
Description_rus:
Существо требует, чтобы человек его постоянно носил, не позволяет сбросить себя
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:
95
Linked traditions:
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Algeria Arabs
Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong
Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara)
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Lega, Bangubangu
Boa, Komo, (Ba)Nyanga, Mbole
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Cross-River: Efik, Ibibio, Anaang (Anang), Ikom, Abua
Hausa
Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale
Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Temne (Timne)
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Bushmen (all groups)
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
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)
Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio
Southern Solomons: southern part of Santa Ysabel (Bughotu), Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita (Kwaio people), Ulawa
Kanaka (New Caledonia)
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Koreans; Goguryeo
Spain
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Czech
Slovakians
Uzbek
Persians
Armenians
Anatolia Turks
Kazakh
Turkmen
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Tuscarora
Omaha, Ponca
Iowa
Arikara
Pawnee
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Tonkawa
Plains Cree
Assiniboine
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Tillamook
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Natchez (incl Avoyel)
Alabama, Koasati
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Cherokee
Pipil
Tzotzil
Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
Lacandon
Kekchi; Mopan
Warao
Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)
Wayana, Aparai
Wayapi, Emerillon
Colorado (Tsachila)
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Cofan (Cofán)
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso
Cubeo
Tariana
Witoto, Ocaina
Bora
Ticuna (Tucuna)
Xipaya (Shipaya)
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Machiguenga
Trumai
Iranxe
Paresi
Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Early Russian written sources
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
m55
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l12
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l6a
Shared traditions: 26 All traditions: 26 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k8f
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
b98c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l7a
Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 16 Weight: 750
Motif:
m39a4d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l7b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l5d
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700
Motif:
b44d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m132
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
j27a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
c15
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k48a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636
Motif:
m66a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
f26
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
g30
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
k8aa
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
m75a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545