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Motif

Name_eng:

The square earth

Description:

The earth is square, the sky is usually round

Name_rus:

Квадратная земля

Description_rus:

Земля мыслится прямоугольной (обычно – квадратной)

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:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.1.2	Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
1.4.3.1	Murle, Me'en (Bodi), Didinga
10.2.1.1	Early Chinese written sources
10.2.3.1	Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
10.2.3.4	Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
10.2.3.5	Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
12.2.1.2	Tlingit
12.3.2.1	Shuswap
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.6.1.7	Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.8.2.1	Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
12.8.3.1	Navajo
13.3.3.1	Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
14.1.2.5	Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
14.1.3.1	Tepehua, Totonac
14.1.4.8	Zoque; Izapa iconography (I millennium BC)
14.1.5.1	Tzotzil
14.1.5.2	Tzeltal
14.1.5.3	Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
14.1.6.1	Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
14.1.7.3	Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
14.4.1.1	Cayapa (Chachi); Cuaiquer (Kwaiker)
15.2.4.2	Akuriyo (incl Turaekare)
15.3.2.4	Kandoshi (Murato, Maina); Iquito
15.5.2.3	Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
15.5.2.4	Cashibo
16.1.3.3	Chorote
3.5.1.5	Byzantine literature
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
4.1.4.1	Early Russian written sources
4.2.1.1	Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
4.3.2.2	Mordvins
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
5.1.5.2	Nogai
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.2.3.5	Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
6.3.1.3	Shan
6.4.3.5	Kubu
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.5	Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
9.3.2.3	Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.2.4	Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East