h17


Motif

Name_eng: 
Ring of defenders around the chief
Description: 

Ancestors surround their (dead) chief trying to defend him or his corpse. A trickster gets to go through the ring, kills the chief or steals and devours his heart

Name_rus: 
Кольцо защитников вокруг вождя
Description_rus: 
Первопредки окружают кольцом умершего или больного, стремясь его защитить. Антагонисту удается найти лазейку и он наносит непоправимый вред людям
Motif type: 
Adventures and tricks
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
10 Adventures
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
9

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
12.6.3.3Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
12.6.6.1Serrano
12.6.6.3Cahuilla, Cupeño
12.6.6.4Luiseño, Juaneño
12.8.4.1Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
12.8.4.2Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
12.8.4.3Cocopa
12.8.4.4Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
12.8.5.1Pima

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: d4q Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: i105 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 17 Weight: 353
Motif: j50b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: f72 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k71 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: h14 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: b42h1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 17 Weight: 294
Motif: h36gg Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 34 Weight: 265
Motif: a34 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 23 Weight: 261
Motif: j3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m29i Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 13 Weight: 231
Motif: b16a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: e29 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: j14 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 14 Weight: 214
Motif: f61 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 20 Weight: 200
Motif: f52 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: d10 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: i64a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: c10a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182