e24


Motif

Motif code: 
e24
Name_eng: 
Origin of elbows and knees
Description: 

Human arms and legs become pliant (get joints) when a primeval ancestor(s) fall from height and break his arms and legs

Name_rus: 
Колени и локти
Description_rus: 
Суставы у людей появляются после того, как первопредок (или несколько первопредков) упал с высоты, сломав себе руки и ноги
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
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
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
5
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Dogon
Hadza
Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
Trio
Shavante

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k47c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: h12a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: h38 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: g12b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 14 Weight: 143
Motif: f47b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: f43c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: i133a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: i37g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: f47a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: b1d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: m7a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: f46a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: b58 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: e16 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: h3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: l88 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: m11a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: m29qq Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100
Motif: e21 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100