c26


Motif

Name_eng: 
Guardian at the border of the non-human world
Description: 

Monsters or ghosts try to invade our world. Powerful person or creature is on guard and prevents the invasion

Name_rus: 
Страж на краю мира чудовищ
Description_rus: 
Чудовища готовы вторгнуться в наш мир из иного, но могущественный персонаж охраняет людей от нашествия
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
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: 
20

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
12.4.2.1Menominee
12.4.2.8Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.5.2.2Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
15.3.1.1Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
3.1.2.1Arabs of Egypt
3.4.1.1Ancient Greece
4.1.2.1Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.2.4.2Estonians
5.3.2.5Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
5.4.1.1Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
5.4.2.1Persians
9.1.1.3Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.4.1Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.10.1.3Udeghe
9.2.2.4Northern Selkups
9.3.2.1Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.3Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: f45a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k80a5 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: i4d1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: j62b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l85e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b35a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k25a5 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: j47a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b112 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b74 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif: f2a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k33c5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b111 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c6c2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333