l98


Motif

Motif code: 
l98
Name_eng: 
Cannibal owl
Description: 

Dangerous cannibal or bush spirit who abducts children, attacks people, etc. is associated with an owl

Name_rus: 
Сова-людоед
Description_rus: 
Демоном, который уносит детей, угрожает героям, людям и т.п., является филин, сова; есть раса сов, враждебная людям
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
54
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Southern Selkups
Chukchi
Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
Tutchone
Tagish
Tahltan
Athna
Eyak
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Menominee
Tuscarora
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Osage
Comanche
Hidatsa
Carrier
Chilkotin
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lillooet
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Takelma
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Kutenai
Shasta; Chimariko
Yurok
Tunica
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Choctaw, Chicasaw
Pomo
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Ute
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Jicarilla
Mescalero
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Hopi
Zuni
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Lipan
Sicuani
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Cofan (Cofán)
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Aguaruna, Huambiza
Chayahuita
Mura (Pirahã)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l3a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: m61a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: b64c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: l1f Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: K27n3c2 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: i37e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m82 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: k10f Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 17 Weight: 647
Motif: b1g Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: k10c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: k104 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: d4i Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: j12a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m37 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: b35 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: m79 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: m61a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: i117a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: k27y1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556