h40


Motif

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:
Areal IDTradition
11.1.1.1Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
11.1.4.1Creols of Russkoye Ustye
3.1.3.6Algeria Arabs
4.1.2.2Ukrainians: Eastern 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)
4.1.3.3Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
4.1.3.4Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
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)
4.1.3.8Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
4.1.4.1Early Russian written sources
4.2.4.3Setu
4.3.1.1Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2Udmurt
4.3.2.1Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.2Mordvins
4.3.2.3Chuvash
5.1.3.1Abkhaz
5.2.1.3Svans
5.2.2.1Armenians
5.4.1.1Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
5.4.3.2Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.4.4.2Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
5.5.1.1Kazakh
6.1.1.2Korku
6.1.1.3Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.1.5Kharia
6.1.2.3Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.2.4Khasi
6.2.3.6Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
6.4.8.10Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
9.1.1.1Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.2Southern Altai: Teleut
9.1.1.3Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.2.1Shor
9.1.2.2Khakas
9.1.2.3Chulym Turks
9.1.3.3Tofa (Karagas)
9.1.4.1Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.5.3Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.7Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.10.1.4Oroch
9.10.1.6Negidal
9.2.1.1Mansi
9.2.1.2Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.3Southern Selkups
9.2.3.1Tundra Nenets
9.2.3.2Forest Nenets
9.3.1.1Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.4Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
9.3.2.1Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.3Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.2.4Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.4.1Evens (Lamuts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: h43ac Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 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: b11b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: m108b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: m81e2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: i98b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif: b112 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: h7f2 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: m74ab Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: k27q2 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: h7f Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714