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l64
Motif
Motif code:
l64
Name_eng:
Removable head
Description:
Person removes part of his or her body (head, scalp, lungs) and then puts it back
Name_rus:
Съемная голова
Description_rus:
Некий персонаж снимает, вынимает часть своего тела (голову, скальп, легкие), берет в руки, помещает назад
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:
45
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Fon
Songhai
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 southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Portuguese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Lithuanians
Norwegians
Norwegians
Khwarezm Uzbek; Turkic written tradition from Kök Orda
Highland Tajik
Ossetians
Gagauz
Kirghiz
Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
Turkmen
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Daur (Daghur)
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Nanai
Cherokee
Tepehua, Totonac
Lacandon
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Wayapi, Emerillon
Chacobo
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Lutsi (Ludza)
Khamti, Ahom
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
n28e
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
n28c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
n31
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
l17a2
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
i137
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
l5g
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
l103a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
k56b3
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
b32a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
e38c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
e1e
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
n21
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif:
m177a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
i20a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
l39a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
k56b1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif:
f57
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif:
l5h
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
e13
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400