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Motif
Name_eng:
Patriarch kills the boys
Description:
A powerful man kills every baby boy born by his wives or by his sister
Name_rus:
Патриарх убивает мальчиков
Description_rus:
Властный мужчина последовательно убивает мальчиков, которых рожают его жены или его сестра
Motif type:
Adventures and tricks
Motif group:
10 Adventures
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:
12
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.2.1.2
Zulu, Swazi
11.2.1.3
Aleuts
12.1.2.2
Tagish
12.1.2.4
Tahltan
12.2.1.2
Tlingit
12.3.7.9
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
13.1.1.2
Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
15.1.1.2
Sicuani
15.4.1.1
Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda
7.1.6.1
Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu
7.2.5.4
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
8.1.5.1
Central Australia: Kaitish, Warramunga, Arunta (Aranda), Loritja (Kukatja), Pijandjara (Pitjantjara), Adnjamatana (Andjamathana, Wailpi), Aluridja, Walpiri (Walbiri), Aluridja, Matuntara (Maduntara), Nambutji, Wamma (=Wommana?)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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l132
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
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m61a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
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k1d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
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l133
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
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l72f
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
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k32c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
b4a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
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k111
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
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f94
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
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j58b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
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k31
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 18 Weight: 278
Motif:
l119
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
b64c
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
a22d
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
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k27v2
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
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f48
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
l17a2
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
m29y
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif:
m61a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222