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i2

Motif

Name_eng:

Lightning from eyes

Description:

Lightning emerges from eyes or mouth of the being who is thought to produce thunderstorms

Name_rus:

Молнии из глаз или рта

Description_rus:

Молнии вылетают из глаз или изо рта существа, воплощающего грозу

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature

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:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.2.4	Ila (Baila)
10.1.1.2	Central Taiwan: Bunun (Vonum), La'arua, Tsou, Kanabu, Kanakanabu
10.2.2.7	Shaanxi Chinese
11.2.1.6	Kodiak
11.2.3.2	Copper
12.1.1.5	Denaina
12.1.1.6	Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
12.1.2.1	Tutchone
12.1.2.2	Tagish
12.1.2.3	Inland Tlingit
12.1.2.5	Tsetsaut
12.1.2.8	Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
12.1.2.9	Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
12.2.1.2	Tlingit
12.2.2.4	Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
12.3.4.2	Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
12.3.5.2	Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
12.3.7.3	Coos
12.3.7.4	Alcea; Siuslaw
12.4.1.1	Winnebago
12.4.2.1	Menominee
12.4.2.4	Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.4.2.8	Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.4.2.9	Potawatomi
12.4.4.1	Plains Cree
12.4.4.2	Plains Ojibwa
12.6.1.7	Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.8.2.2	Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
13.1.1.2	Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
13.1.3.2	Hidatsa
13.1.3.3	Mandan
13.1.3.4	Arikara
13.1.4.1	Teton (incl Oglala)
13.1.4.8	Iowa
13.1.5.1	Arapaho
13.2.1.1	Pawnee
13.3.4.1	Cherokee
14.2.3.1	Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
14.4.2.4	Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.3.1	Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.3.2	Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
15.3.4.3	Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
15.5.4.4	Siriono
16.1.1.1	Caduveo, Mbaya
16.1.3.4	Mataco
16.1.4.3	Toba (incl Pilaga)
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
6.3.1.6	Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
6.4.7.5	Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
7.2.5.7	Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.10.2.1	Nivkh
9.2.1.2	Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.1	Kets
9.2.3.1	Tundra Nenets
9.2.3.2	Forest Nenets
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena