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Motif
Name_eng:
Cosmic turtle or toad
Description:
A turtle, toad, or frog supports the earth (sky) or is its embodiment
Name_rus:
Космическая черепаха/лягушка
Description_rus:
Черепаха (жаба, лягушка) служит опорой (воплощением) земли (неба); либо из ног черепахи сделаны опоры неба
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:
66
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
1.2.6.5
Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
1.3.5.10
Mende, Loma, Gbunde (Gbandi, Bandi)
10.2.1.1
Early Chinese written sources
10.2.2.1
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
10.2.2.3
Sichuan Chinese
10.2.2.6
Henan and Hubei Chinese
10.2.2.9
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
12.4.2.4
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.5.1.4
Lenape (Delaware)
12.5.1.5
Mohegan (incl Pequot)
12.5.2.1
Huron (incl Wyandot)
12.5.2.2
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
12.5.2.3
Tuscarora
12.5.2.4
Laurentian Iroquois
12.6.3.3
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
13.1.3.3
Mandan
13.1.4.3
Santee
13.1.5.1
Arapaho
13.1.5.2
Cheyenne
13.3.1.1
Shawnee
14.1.1.1
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
14.1.2.2
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
14.1.3.1
Tepehua, Totonac
14.1.5.1
Tzotzil
14.1.6.1
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
14.3.2.1
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
15.4.3.2
Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.5.3.1
Tacana
3.5.1.2
Bulgarians
4.1.2.5
Byelarusians
5.1.1.1
Kalmyk
5.1.4.1
Karachays, Balkar
5.6.1.1
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.1
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
5.6.2.11
Gujarati
5.6.2.12
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
5.6.2.14
Bengali, Maithili
5.6.3.4
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.1.1.1
Santali, Turi, Mahli
6.1.1.3
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
6.1.1.7
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
6.1.2.1
Oraon (Kurukh)
6.2.1.1
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.2.1
Lepcha
6.2.2.2
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
6.3.2.8
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
6.4.1.3
Semang, Senoi
6.4.2.1
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
6.4.5.3
Bali, Lombok
7.1.6.5
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
9.1.1.1
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.1.2
Southern Altai: Teleut
9.1.1.3
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
9.1.1.4
Siberian Tatars
9.1.2.1
Shor
9.1.2.2
Khakas
9.1.3.1
Tuvinians of Tuva
9.1.4.1
Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.1.4.2
Buryats: Eastern (Trans-Baikal, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
9.1.5.2
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
9.1.5.3
Mongols (Khalkha)
9.1.5.6
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
9.1.5.7
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
9.3.2.3
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.3.2
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
n28i
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i27d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b121
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i11a
Shared traditions: 23 All traditions: 24 Weight: 958
Motif:
a37b
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
m99a1
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif:
b47a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
a12g
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
k37e
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
b42h2
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
i59b4
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif:
n28a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l42d
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif:
b68a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
f2a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif:
m11b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
k38b1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
f45a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l15b1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750