l85a


Motif

Motif code: 
l85a
Name_eng: 
One-sided child
Description: 

Person is born as half of a child or loses his or her half in an accident. The person does not belong to any category of supernatural beings and usually turns into normal girl or young man

Name_rus: 
Ребенок-половинка
Description_rus: 
Персонаж рожден в виде половины человека или становится таковым в результате несчастного случая. Он или она не принадлежит к особой категории мифических существ-половинок и обычно обретает телесную полноту
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Motif group: 
10 Adventures
Motif analysis result: 
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
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: 
40
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Arabs of Libya
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Tunisia Arabs
Malagasy
Arabs of Sudan
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Ulithi, Ngulu
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Roti
Sangir Islands
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Ceram: Alune and Wemale (West Ceram), Patasiwa (Ceram), Honitetu (West Ceram Highlands); Nusawele, Hatuolu, Huaolu, Patasiwa; Ambon; Buru
Kei Islands, Tanimbar Islands, Aru Islands, Watubele Islands, Babar Island
Numfoor, Warope, Wamesa (Wandamen, Windesi)
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Bali, Lombok
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Simeulue, Nias
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Portuguese
Catalan
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
French (northern France)
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Byelarusians
Persians
Anatolia Turks
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Nanai
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l112 Shared traditions: 17 All traditions: 19 Weight: 895
Motif: l85b1 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 17 Weight: 765
Motif: b118 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m60a3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: e39a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k32b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k27z2e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k27z2f Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: k27z2a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b33f1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif: m78d Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 16 Weight: 500
Motif: f54d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k33c4 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: l17a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m78b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
Motif: k178 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 24 Weight: 458
Motif: l85b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444