c6i


Motif

Motif code: 
c6i
Name_eng: 
Dirt stuck to body turns into the earth
Description: 

Bird or animal returns from the lower world smeared with dirt. It shakes itself or the dirt is scraped off. The dirt turns into the earth

Name_rus: 
Прилипшая грязь превращается в землю
Description_rus: 
Зооморфный персонаж возвращается из нижнего мира, измазанный грязью. Он отряхивается либо грязь с него соскребают и из нее возникает 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
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: 
8
Keywords: 
Creation of the earth, earth-diver, dirt
Keywords_rus: 
Создание земли (суши), ныряльщик за землей, грязь

Linked traditions:
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Karachays, Balkar
Mansi
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c6g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: e1e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: c8d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m84b2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i50c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b109a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i82e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m109a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: m11b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k73a3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m3b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b77b2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m23a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b68a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m83c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: e16 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: i8h Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200