c24

Motif

Name_eng:

The world in danger of falling down

Description:

A tree or pillar supports the sky or the earth. If it collapses, people perish

Name_rus:

Мир под угрозой падения

Description_rus:

Опору неба или земли кто-то грызет или рубит; некие существа пытаются разрушить преграду, отделяющую их мир от мира людей; если работа будет закончена, люди погибнут

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:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
13.1.5.2	Cheyenne
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.6.3.2	Kayabi
15.7.2.1	Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
15.7.2.7	Shavante
3.1.2.1	Arabs of Egypt
3.1.3.2	Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3	Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians