c26


Motif

Motif code: 
c26
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:
Arabs of Egypt
Ancient Greece
Estonians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Persians
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Northern Selkups
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Udeghe
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l85e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: i4d1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k80a5 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: b35a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: f45a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: j62b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 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: m114e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 15 Weight: 333
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b42m2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: k25a7 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: b106 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333