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l18
Motif
Motif code:
l18
Name_eng:
Multi-headed bird
Description:
A bird with two or more heads on top of one body is described in tales or represented in art
Name_rus:
Многоглавая птица
Description_rus:
Птица с двумя или большим числом голов в описаниях или на изображениях
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:
75
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Samoa
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Viet, Muong
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Bulgarians
Ancient Greece
Finns
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Georgians
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Turkmen
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Khakas
Nganasans
Northern Selkups
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Uilta (Orok)
Nanai
Shawnee
Lower Chinook (Chinook proper)
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Huichol
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
Zoque; Izapa iconography (I millennium BC)
Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Tzutujil
Tepehua, Totonac
Chinantec, Mazatec
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
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
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Muisca, Muzo
Yupa (Yukpa)
Makiritare (Yecuana)
Warao
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
Waiwai
Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan)
Locono
Wayapi, Emerillon
Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor)
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Ica department, Costa (Spanish-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Topara, Paracas and Nazca pre-Columbian iconography)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Aimara
Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
Kuikuro, Kalapalo
Kamayura
Trumai
Terena (Tereno)
Mapuche
Kpelle (incl Kono)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Maldives
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m140a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
j50a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
i27d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
b121
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
i55b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
l94d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
b47a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k27u2
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
m75b3
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k167b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
k27h
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
b11a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
k46
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
b120
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
e13
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
b93a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
f43b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
i20b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600