h40


Motif

Motif code: 
h40
Name_eng: 
Dog is the guard of man
Description: 

Dog guards (successfully or unsuccessfully) the (still unfinished) physical body of man or the entrance to paradise

Name_rus: 
Собака охраняет человека
Description_rus: 
Собака охраняет, защищает (успешно или безуспешно) не доделанную творцом окончательно фигуру человека либо вход в рай
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages 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
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
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: 
55

Linked traditions:
Algeria Arabs
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Korku
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Kharia
Khasi
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Setu
Byelarusians
Russians: 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)
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Abkhaz
Svans
Armenians
Kazakh
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tofa (Karagas)
Khakas
Shor
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Southern Selkups
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Oroch
Negidal
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Creols of Russkoye Ustye
Chulym Turks
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
Southern Altai: Teleut
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Russians: 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)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: h43ac Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: b81 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 13 Weight: 923
Motif: h43aa Shared traditions: 28 All traditions: 31 Weight: 903
Motif: h27a Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 16 Weight: 875
Motif: m108b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: h7f2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: b112 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: i98b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif: m81e2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: h42 Shared traditions: 45 All traditions: 59 Weight: 763
Motif: h40a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: h43ab Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: l108f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: h27a1 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 15 Weight: 733
Motif: k27q1 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: m74ab Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: h7f Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: m133 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714