b43


Motif

Motif code: 
b43
Name_eng: 
Purusha
Description: 

Parts of the body of the primeval person or creature are transformed into different elements of the landscape and parts of the universe

Name_rus: 
Пуруша
Description_rus: 
Элементы ландшафта или части мироздания созданы из тела первоначального существа
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
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: 
42
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 
D287.5

Linked traditions:
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Chamorro (Guam and other Marianas)
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
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
Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
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)
Juang
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Oraon (Kurukh)
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
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
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Nepali; Tharu
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Li
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Lithuanians
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Karachays, Balkar
Kalmyk
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Evens (Lamuts)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Tacana
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Sichuan Chinese
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Shaanxi Chinese
Chinese of Qinghai and Gansu provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Early Russian written sources
Shandong Chinese
Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c6g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: c8d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: c39 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 12 Weight: 667
Motif: c40 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: a46 Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 25 Weight: 640
Motif: c8a1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: c6i Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: c8f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: c6h1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m106d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: c35 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 13 Weight: 538
Motif: a46a Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 29 Weight: 517
Motif: b75c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k56b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b33g Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: f28a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: c8a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500