c5b


Motif

Motif code: 
c5b
Name_eng: 
Animal-scouts
Description: 

During the creation of the world or after the world cataclysm animals run around making the earth big, reporting about its condition or they are sent to report the size of the growing earth

Name_rus: 
Животные-разведчики
Description_rus: 
После мировой катастрофы или при создании земли животные бегают, делая землю большой, сообщают о ее состоянии, либо посланы узнать, велика ли земля
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
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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: 
33
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
Kaska
Denaina
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Beaver
Lenape (Delaware)
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
Blackfoot
Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
Iowa
Plains Cree
Plains Ojibwa
Ohlone (Costanoan)
Yokuts
Ute
Chemehuevi
Navajo
Jicarilla
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Pima
Papago
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Guajiro
Locono
Anambé
Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l5e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: i15a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b57a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: f45a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k1j Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: f68 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b96 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: h53 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
Motif: j59b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: k18c Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: l5e1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: m30a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: i117a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: b101 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: m32a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: m53b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 16 Weight: 438
Motif: l99 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 14 Weight: 429
Motif: e15b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: g30 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400