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l17b
Motif
Motif code:
l17b
Name_eng:
Two faces
Description:
Person or creature has another face (another mouth) on the back of his (her, its) head
Name_rus:
Рот на затылке
Description_rus:
Персонаж или существо имеет второе лицо или второй рот на затылке
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:
68
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
F511.1.1.
Linked traditions:
Masai
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe
Sakata
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
Hausa
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Sardinia, Corsica
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Ingush
Chuvash
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Central Yupik
Tagish
Denaina
Haida
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Cheyenne
Yankton/Yanktonai
Omaha, Ponca
Oto
Iowa
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Plains Cree
Assiniboine
Crow
Carrier
Twana (Skokomish)
Luiseño, Juaneño
Navajo
Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Tzotzil
Tzeltal
Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Muisca, Muzo
Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture
Makiritare (Yecuana)
Colorado (Tsachila)
XVI century Cañari; Kechua-speaking groups of Azuay, Cañar, Cayambe, Otovalo, Imbabura provinces
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Cubeo
Bora
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)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Tacana
Rikbaktsa
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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k181a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i50c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k16a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
g25
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b69b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
f93a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
a1a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b42o
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
l85e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b39
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
i17a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
i4d1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
l51
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
c33a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
f101
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
c35b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
f12
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
j62b1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500