i31


Motif

Motif code: 
i31
Name_eng: 
Master and mistress of the dead
Description: 

In the Beyond, two mythological personages, one male and another female, meet the newcomers, or the same person meet the women in the female and the men in the male guise

Name_rus: 
Хозяин и хозяйка мертвых
Description_rus: 
В загробном мире души умерших встречает пара мифологических персонажей – мужчина и женщина, либо хозяин мертвых предстает женщинам в женском облике, а мужчинам – в мужском
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: 
13

Linked traditions:
Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Denaina
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Chorti
Lacandon
Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon)
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Yabuti, Amniapä, Kumana, Wari (Aikana), Moré (Itene)
Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i30 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: c6i1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: g12a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: e15b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: d1a3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: h12b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: j3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b6a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m61a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: d2a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: h36e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 10 Weight: 200
Motif: k13d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: i8h Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a9 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: f97a5 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: f19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: j29 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182
Motif: c15 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: m6b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167