c6h


Motif

Name_eng: 
An insect brings the earth
Description: 

An insect brings the earth (from under the water, from a lower world or from a far-away place)

Name_rus: 
Насекомое добывает землю
Description_rus: 
Землю (со дна моря или откуда-то издалека) приносит насекомое
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
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
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: 
6
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
13.3.4.1Cherokee
5.6.2.5Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
6.1.1.4Bhuiya (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)
6.2.3.1Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
6.3.1.3Shan
6.4.1.3Semang, Senoi

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b119 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b6a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: c8d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: d1a3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: c8c1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: f28a2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: m55 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c41 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: f97a5 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i8h Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i98c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: d13e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c6h1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: h7f1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: g12a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: j27a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: a12b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 24 Weight: 167
Motif: f28a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: b42a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167