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i52
Motif
Motif code:
i52
Name_eng:
Fish the earth-holder
Description:
World is supported by fish or fish-like monster or the earth itself is such a monster
Name_rus:
Рыба – опора земли
Description_rus:
Мир покоится на рыбе или рыбообразном существе либо земля сама представляет собой подобное существо или возникла из рыбы
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)
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:
86
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Morocco Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Minangkabau; Kerinci
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia); Kawalan
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Bengali, Maithili
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Lepcha
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
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
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
Poles
Hungarians
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Tajik
Persians
Abkhaz
Ingush
Nogai
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Talysh
Kazakh
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tofa (Karagas)
Khakas
Shor
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Selkups
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Ainu
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Udeghe
Oroch
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Chulym Turks
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Terek Cossacks
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area
Khamti, Ahom
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
l103a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k113b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a2e
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
h7f2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j25a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n19
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n26
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k181a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a4d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m168b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
h43ab
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b33d1
Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 13 Weight: 923
Motif:
i95b
Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 12 Weight: 917
Motif:
n32
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
m39a5a2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
h55a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
k33c5
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
l110b
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
n21
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818