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h28a
Motif
Motif code:
h28a
Name_eng:
Mosquitoes from sparks and smoke
Description:
A burned person or creature immediately turns into a multitude of mosquitoes or biting flies
Name_rus:
Пепел сожженного превращается в гнус
Description_rus:
Когда персонажа сжигают, дым и искры превращаются в комаров и других кровососущих насекомых, которые разлетаются по миру
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
04 Origin of death, diseases and hard life
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all:
40
Linked traditions:
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Bali, Lombok
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Karelians
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Tundra Nenets
Enets
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Kets
Ainu
Oroch
Uilta (Orok)
Negidal
Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
Iglulik
Tlingit
Haida
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Malecite, Passamaquoddy
Carrier
Comox, Pentlatch
Tepehua, Totonac
Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
Gulf Nahuatl
Oaxaca Mixe
Warao
Karijona
Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga
Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
k89c
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif:
a29a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
d1a1
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
k56a1
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
l72k
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
d4k
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif:
a32j
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
m60b1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m108b
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
h54c
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
l31a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k52a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif:
l40a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
i84a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
k56a3
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
k89
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 16 Weight: 625
Motif:
b72d
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
j23a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
k89b
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 13 Weight: 615