i33


Motif

Motif code: 
i33
Name_eng: 
Tree of the dead
Description: 

The ultimate aim of the afterlife journey is to reach certain tree

Name_rus: 
Дерево мертвых
Description_rus: 
Душа в загробном путешествии останавливается у некоего дерева
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
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: 
26
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Lunda (Alunda)
Fiji
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Minangkabau; Kerinci
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Central Taiwan: Bunun (Vonum), La'arua, Tsou, Kanabu, Kanakanabu
Andamanese
Semang, Senoi
Early Chinese written sources
Lepcha
Highland Tajik
Kazakh
Khakas
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Jicarilla
Huichol
Tzotzil
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Trio
Wayana, Aparai
Mojo, Baure, Itonama, Kanichana, Chiquito, Manasi
Kayabi
Mataco

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k47c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i111 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: b22a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: h7g2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i81a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l94d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: d12a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b4a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: j58c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: f99 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: j15b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m5c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k19d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: f20a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250