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Motif

Name_eng:

Demonic baby

Description:

A baby or small child proves to be a demon, devours or injures people

Name_rus:

Страшный младенец

Description_rus:

Младенец или маленький ребенок оказывается демоном, убивает людей

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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.1.1.2	Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
1.2.6.3	Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
1.4.4.5	Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong
10.2.1.1	Early Chinese written sources
10.2.3.1	Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
10.3.1.1	Ainu
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
11.2.1.1	Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
11.2.1.4	Central Yupik
11.2.2.1	Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
11.2.2.2	North Alaskan Inupiat
11.2.3.10	East Greenland (Angmassalik, Kulusuk)
11.2.3.9	West Greenland
12.1.1.3	Koyukon
12.1.1.6	Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
12.1.2.11	Yellowknife
12.2.1.2	Tlingit
12.2.2.2	Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
12.2.2.4	Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
12.3.1.1	Carrier
12.3.3.4	Flathead
12.3.6.2	Nez Perce
12.3.7.8	Klamath, Modoc
12.4.3.3	Naskapi
12.5.1.2	Malecite, Passamaquoddy
12.6.3.4	Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
12.6.6.1	Serrano
12.6.6.3	Cahuilla, Cupeño
12.7.1.1	Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
12.7.1.7	Western Shoshone, Gosiute
12.7.1.9	Ute
13.1.2.1	Assiniboine
13.1.3.3	Mandan
13.1.4.2	Yankton/Yanktonai
13.1.5.1	Arapaho
14.3.4.2	Yupa (Yukpa)
14.3.4.6	Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture
14.4.1.3	XVI century Cañari; Kechua-speaking groups of Azuay, Cañar, Cayambe, Otovalo, Imbabura provinces
14.4.2.1	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)
15.1.1.1	Yaruro
15.2.4.6	Wayana, Aparai
15.3.2.2	Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
15.3.3.1	Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
15.5.1.2	Ashaninca (Campa)
15.5.1.3	Machiguenga
15.5.3.2	Moseten, Chimane
16.1.3.1	Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
16.2.2.1	Selknam
2.1.1.1	Malagasy
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.3.3	Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.6.2.5	Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
6.1.1.7	Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
6.1.2.5	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
6.2.4.1	Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.4.8.3	Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
7.1.3.1	Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Buna
7.1.5.1	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
7.2.1.4	Samoa
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.10.1.3	Udeghe
9.10.1.5	Uilta (Orok)
9.10.2.1	Nivkh
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.4	Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.3	Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.4.1	Evens (Lamuts)