l90


Motif

Motif code: 
l90
Name_eng: 
Mouth from the earth to the sky
Description: 

Monster's upper lip (fang, horn, etc.) touches the sky, lower touches the ground

Name_rus: 
Пасть до неба
Description_rus: 
Одна губа (один клык, рог и т.п.) существа достигает неба, другая волочится по земле
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: 
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
52
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Old and New Testament
Ugarit
Arabs of Egypt
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Bengali, Maithili
Nepali; Tharu
Balahi; Lambadi (Banjara)
Lepcha
Slovakians
Hungarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Estonians
Setu
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Byelarusians
Highland Tajik
Baluch
Persians
Abkhaz
Ossetians
Laks
Kumyk, Terekemen
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kazakh
Turkmen
Bashkirs
Mordvins
Chuvash
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Ainu
Nivkh
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Southern Altai: Teleut
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Farsiwans

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: n25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l90c Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: h55a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: l108f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: l90b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m141a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: i4e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: n37 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k90b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif: b42h2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: i87ad Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: a37b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: a8a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: b73a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: n28b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: m78e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750