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l46
Motif
Motif code:
l46
Name_eng:
Head downward
Description:
Person ascends, descends, walks head downward or sees the world upside down
Name_rus:
Вниз головой
Description_rus:
Персонаж идет, поднимается или спускается вниз головой, либо видит мир перевернутым вверх ногами
Motif type:
Adventures and tricks
Motif group:
10 Adventures
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:
59
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Muyu
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
Melanesians of southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Lepcha
Finns
Western Sami
Udmurt
Tundra Nenets
Northern Selkups
Ainu
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Tahltan
North Alaskan Inupiat
Iglulik
Tlingit
Lenape (Delaware)
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Carrier
Lillooet
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Nez Perce
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Quinault
Kalapuya
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Lower Chinook (Chinook proper)
Coastal Miwok
Northern Shoshone
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Tzotzil
Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
Kekchi; Mopan
Ijka (Ika)
Warao
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
Locono
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena
Ticuna (Tucuna)
Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
Chacobo
Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown)
Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga
Kayabi
Iranxe
Nambikwara
Paresi
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
d1a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l47
Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 25 Weight: 680
Motif:
b22a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
f54b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
e26
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
b34
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif:
l35
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545
Motif:
b28d1
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
i129
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
b91
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
m6a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif:
m19
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
m15
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
f84
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k27h
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif:
l85e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b28c
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
e34
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k27v2
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500