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i46
Motif
Motif code:
i46
Name_eng:
Rainbow belt
Description:
Rainbow is the ornamented part of the clothes, its decoration, a belt
Name_rus:
Радужный пояс
Description_rus:
Радуга – орнаментированная часть одежды, яркая ткань, украшение, пояс
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:
94
Linked traditions:
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Greeks of Cyprus
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Kalenjin; including Sabaot, Nandi (Nande), Arusha, Kipsigis, Pokot (Suk), Keiyo (Elgeiyo), Marakwet, Sebeei
Masai
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Krache (Kraci); Ga; Adele
Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)
Hawaii
Sumbawa (incl Dongo)
Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Central Taiwan: Bunun (Vonum), La'arua, Tsou, Kanabu, Kanakanabu
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Early Chinese written sources
Spain
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Czech
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Livonians
Estonians
Vepsians
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Swedes
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Ossetians
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Nogai
Svans
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Talysh
Kirghiz
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mordvins
Forest Nenets
Tundra Nenets
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Enets
Nganasans
Northern Selkups
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Ainu
Nivkh
Kamchadal
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Naskapi
Montagnais
Cherokee
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Zuni
Pima
Chinantec, Mazatec
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Byzantine literature
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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j25a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m168b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m116b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i132b
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i87e
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m170a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
h55a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
j51a2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
m114f
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
a32j
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
b87b
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
i132a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
b110a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif:
j32b
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 10 Weight: 800
Motif:
i92a
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
i87ad
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
b105
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif:
b103
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 13 Weight: 769
Motif:
m11b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750