f26


Motif

Motif code: 
f26
Name_eng: 
Origin of menses: sacred objects lost
Description: 

The transition of sacred sound instruments (bull-roarers, big trumpets, etc.) from women to men is connected with beginning of menses among the women

Name_rus: 
Причина месячных: утрата сакральных предметов
Description_rus: 
Переход сакральных звуковых инструментов (гуделки, горны) от женщин к мужчинам связан с началом менструаций у женщин
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
5
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso
Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna
Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j51b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: f84 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: e19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: j12c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: l26 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: e34 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b1g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: i37g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: i129 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: e22 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: a30 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: l25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: f37 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: k30a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: k11b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a13b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k19f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a24a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: j12a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200