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Motif
Motif code:
g21
Name_eng:
Coconut palm from a human head
Description:
Coconut palm grows out of the human head
Name_rus:
Голова-кокос
Description_rus:
Кокосовая пальма вырастает из головы персонажа
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
06 Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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:
29
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Muyu
Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu)
Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo
Melanesians of southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
Melanesians of Admiralty Islands (incl Manus); Seimat (Western Islands)
Samoa
Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Tuvalu (Ellice)
Yap
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Numfoor, Warope, Wamesa (Wandamen, Windesi)
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Bali, Lombok
Aceh (Acheh)
Simeulue, Nias
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Burmese, Intha
Nicobarese
Semang, Senoi
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Maldives
Sundanese
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
e39a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
f54d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
a21a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
m5c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
b77c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
l132
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
e39
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 17 Weight: 412
Motif:
l133
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
m170b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif:
f43c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif:
k47d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif:
m44a
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif:
d12a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
b4a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
i41c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 9 Weight: 333
Motif:
f9f2
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
e5e
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif:
a8
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
l112
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 19 Weight: 316