i13a


Motif

Motif code: 
i13a
Name_eng: 
The horned serpent
Description: 

Giant water-chthonic or sky serpent or dragon has horns or antlers on its head

Name_rus: 
Рогатый змей
Description_rus: 
Огромный водно-хтонический или небесный змей, дракон, змееобразное существо имеет на голове рога
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
140
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 
B91.3

Linked traditions:
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Boa, Komo, (Ba)Nyanga, Mbole
Fon
Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Bali, Lombok
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Viet, Muong
Semang, Senoi
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Early Chinese written sources
Early Chinese written sources
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Ancient Greece
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Nogai
Armenians
Kalmyk
Kirghiz
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Udeghe
Oroch
Nanai
Central Yupik
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Lenape (Delaware)
Micmac
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
Eastern Swamy Cree
Eastern Cree
Naskapi
Montagnais
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Huron (incl Wyandot)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Blackfoot
Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
Shawnee
Yuchi
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Teton (incl Oglala)
Santee
Omaha, Ponca
Iowa
Kiowa
Kiowa Apache
Gros Ventre
Plains Cree
Plains Ojibwa
Assiniboine
Crow
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Coos
Chelan, Wenatchi
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Yurok
Caddo
Natchez (incl Avoyel)
Alabama, Koasati
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Choctaw, Chicasaw
Cherokee
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Yana
Ute
Navajo
Chiricahua
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Hopi
Zuni
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Lipan
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa
Tarascan
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
Gulf Nahuatl
Zapotec, Chatino
Oaxaca Mixe
Tzotzil
Chorti
Kekchi; Mopan
Lenca
Jicaque
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Guajiro
Warao
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Iranxe
Paresi
Mapuche
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Xinka
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Byzantine literature
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)

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b42o1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
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m61a3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
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f45a1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
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b121 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
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k18c Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 11 Weight: 909
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j12j Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 14 Weight: 857
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f55a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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m79 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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b35 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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j41a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
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j41 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 13 Weight: 846
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b42a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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e6a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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f93a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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m29j Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
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k1j Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
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m66 Shared traditions: 19 All traditions: 23 Weight: 826
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m53c Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 17 Weight: 824