i27b


Motif

Motif code: 
i27b
Name_eng: 
Dog as a ferryman
Description: 

A dog ferries person across a river that forms a border between the worlds

Name_rus: 
Собака-перевозчик
Description_rus: 
Собака перевозит человека через реку в иной мир
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
16
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Crow
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900
Chinantec, Mazatec
Zapotec, Chatino
Tzotzil
Lacandon
Jicaque
Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Muisca, Muzo
Yupa (Yukpa)
Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Aimara

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: g14 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b63 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: a11c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k11 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i5b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: m139 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: g12c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: g27 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: a22b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: j33a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: c15 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: a10 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k38b2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: j19b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: d4d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: a22a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 14 Weight: 286
Motif: b2b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 22 Weight: 273
Motif: a2d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 16 Weight: 250