h7


Motif

Name_eng: 
The personified Death
Description: 

Death (also Old Age, Disease, etc.) is a particular person not identical with the Master of the Dead. He kills people usually carrying away their souls

Name_rus: 
Персонификация смерти
Description_rus: 
Смерть (либо также болезнь, старость) – особый персонаж, отличный от владыки мира мертвых. Он уносит душу человека или иным образом предает его смерти
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
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: 
198

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
1.2.1.1Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
1.2.3.3Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
1.2.4.10Yaka (in Angola and Congo)
1.2.4.12Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
1.2.4.13Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
1.2.4.2Sakata
1.2.4.7Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
1.2.4.9Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo
1.2.5.1Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
1.2.5.12Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
1.2.5.2Nyamwesi, Sumbwa
1.2.5.5Fipa (Bafipa), Iramba, Bende
1.2.6.3Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
1.3.1.2Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
1.3.1.5Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
1.3.2.2Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
1.3.2.6Mukulu (Mokilko)
1.3.3.1Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
1.3.3.2Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
1.3.3.3Krache (Kraci); Ga; Adele
1.3.3.4Fon
1.3.3.5Ewe
1.3.4.2Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
1.3.4.4Lobi
1.3.4.6Songhai
1.3.5.16Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
1.3.5.4Temne (Timne)
1.3.5.7Kru: Kru proper, Sapo (Sapã), Grebo, Kran (Krahn, Guere-Krahn; incl. Putu, Tchien), Bete, Neyo, Wobe, Devoin (Dey), Belle (Kuwaa), Bassa, Sikon
1.3.5.9Kpelle (incl Kono)
1.4.1.2Arabs of Sudan
1.4.4.3Banda, Gbaya (Baya), Manja, Ngbandi, Mbum (incl Mbaye), Fali; Mündü
1.4.4.5Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong
1.4.5.2Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
10.2.2.8Chinese of Qinghai and Gansu provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
11.2.1.7Chugach
12.1.2.11Yellowknife
12.4.2.8Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.8.3.1Navajo
13.1.3.4Arikara
15.4.3.2Xipaya (Shipaya)
3.1.2.1Arabs of Egypt
3.1.2.2Arabs of Libya
3.1.3.2Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
3.1.3.3Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
3.1.3.5Morocco Arabs
3.1.3.6Algeria Arabs
3.1.3.7Tunisia Arabs
3.2.2.1Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
3.2.2.4Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
3.3.1.1Spain
3.3.1.2Portuguese
3.3.1.3Catalan
3.3.1.4Aragon
3.3.1.5Basques
3.3.1.6Galicians
3.3.2.1Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
3.3.2.2Sicily
3.3.2.3Sardinia, Corsica
3.3.2.4Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
3.3.2.6Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
3.3.2.7Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.3.1Bretagne
3.3.3.2French (northern France)
3.3.3.3Wallons, Picardie
3.3.3.5Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
3.3.4.1Ireland
3.3.4.2Wales
3.3.4.3Scotland
3.3.4.4England
3.3.5.1Dutch, Flemish
3.3.5.2Frisians
3.3.5.3Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
3.3.5.4Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
3.3.5.5Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.6Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
3.3.5.7Eastern Prussia
3.4.1.1Ancient Greece
3.4.1.2Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
3.5.1.1Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2Bulgarians
3.5.1.3Macedonians
3.5.2.1Albanians
3.5.2.2Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.2.4Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
3.5.2.5Slovenians
3.5.3.1Hungarians
3.5.3.2Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.3.3Transylvanian Saksons
4.1.1.1Poles
4.1.1.3Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
4.1.1.4Czech
4.1.1.5Slovakians
4.1.1.5Slovakians
4.1.2.1Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.1.2.2Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.5Byelarusians
4.1.3.1Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
4.1.3.2Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.1.3.4Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.1.3.5Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
4.1.3.6Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
4.1.3.7Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
4.1.3.8Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.1.4.1Early Russian written sources
4.2.1.1Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
4.2.1.3Danes
4.2.1.4Swedes
4.2.1.5Icelanders
4.2.2.1Western Sami
4.2.2.4Ingrians
4.2.3.1Finns
4.2.3.2Karelians
4.2.4.1Votians
4.2.4.2Estonians
4.2.4.4Livonians
4.2.4.5Lutsi (Ludza)
4.2.5.1Latvians
4.2.5.2Lithuanians
4.3.1.1Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2Udmurt
4.3.2.1Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2Mordvins
4.3.2.3Chuvash
4.3.3.2Bashkirs
5.1.1.1Kalmyk
5.1.2.1Crimea Tatars, Karaims
5.1.3.1Abkhaz
5.1.3.3Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.1.4.1Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2Ossetians
5.1.6.1Ingush
5.1.6.2Chechens
5.1.7.1Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.3Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.5Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
5.1.7.6Rutul, Tsakhur
5.1.7.9Tats
5.2.1.1Georgians
5.2.1.2Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.1Armenians
5.2.2.4Talysh
5.2.2.5Kurds
5.3.1.2Ugarit
5.3.1.3Sumer
5.3.1.3Sumer
5.3.1.6Phoenicia
5.3.2.1Aramaic (Syrians)
5.3.2.2Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
5.3.2.3Arabs of Iraq
5.3.2.6Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
5.3.3.1Yemen
5.3.3.3Soqotri
5.4.1.1Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
5.4.2.1Persians
5.4.2.10Turkmen
5.4.2.4Highland Tajik
5.4.2.5Baluch
5.4.2.6Pashto
5.4.2.8Uzbek
5.5.1.1Kazakh
5.5.1.3Kirghiz
5.6.1.1Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.12Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.17Sinhalese; Vedda
5.6.2.18Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
5.6.2.3Dhanwar
5.6.2.5Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
5.6.2.6Warli
5.6.2.9Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
5.6.3.1Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
5.6.3.3Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
5.6.3.4Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.1.1.10Tribal groups and castes that speak Aryan languages: Dhoba (Dhobi), Halba (Halbi, Pentia), Bhunjia, Lohar (Luhar, Luhara), Kahar, Kamar (Paharia)
6.1.2.3Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.3.1Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
6.2.4.1Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
6.3.1.2Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
6.3.1.7Arakan, Chakma, Khyang
6.3.1.9Khamti, Ahom
6.3.2.2Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
6.3.2.3Stieng, Chrau, Sre (Koho), Maa, Mnong
6.4.1.3Semang, Senoi
6.4.2.1Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
6.4.5.3Bali, Lombok
7.1.6.4Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands
7.2.5.3Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
8.1.2.1SE Australia: Kamilaroi, Yualarai (Ualarai, Euahlayi), Milpulo (Mailpurgu), Wuradjeri (Wiradjurim, Wiradjeri, Wurundjeri, Yarra, Yarra Yarra), Wongaibon (Wonghibon), Noongahburrah (Narran, Narran River), Kurnai, and many others (see file 0.doc)
9.1.1.1Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.2.1Shor
9.1.2.2Khakas
9.1.5.1Darkhad
9.1.5.3Mongols (Khalkha)
9.10.1.1Nanai
9.2.1.3Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.3.2Forest Nenets
9.3.2.4Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l103c Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif: k176a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: h52b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56a8b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l15g1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k38b3c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k32b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: l65b5 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: b87b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: k180 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: b33g Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: b115a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 11 Weight: 1000
Motif: c36 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: a32m Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: m23a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k80a5 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: m147b Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 16 Weight: 1000
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000