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l17
Motif
Motif code:
l17
Name_eng:
Face on breast
Description:
There is a headless anthropomorphic being who has eyes and/or mouth on his or her breast
Name_rus:
Лицо на груди
Description_rus:
Рот и глаза антропоморфного существа на груди, головы нет
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all:
16
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Bali, Lombok
Early Chinese written sources
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Ancient Greece
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Tundra Nenets
Enets
Northern Selkups
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Chukchi
Copper
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Cubeo
Early Russian written sources
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
m75b3
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
m60b1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
j62b1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
l85e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
f101
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k27n3a1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
a32j
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
i4d1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
c35b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
b107
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
f65d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
k89a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
b112
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
b93a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
k63
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 15 Weight: 400
Motif:
g25
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
k8c2
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
k56a3
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375