i87a


Motif

Motif code: 
i87a
Name_eng: 
Series of creatures ever greater in size
Description: 

Personage of gigantic dimensions in respect to normal humans and animals proves to be tiny dwarf in respect to another personage

Name_rus: 
Одно существо больше другого
Description_rus: 
Персонаж гигантских размеров оказывается мал по сравнению с персонажем еще больших размеров либо один и тот же персонаж оказывается небольшим в одних эпизодах и гигантским в других
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: 
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
43
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Nepali; Tharu
Koreans; Goguryeo
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Finns
Danes
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Svans
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Anatolia Turks
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
Chechens
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Maldives
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k73b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i87ac Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 16 Weight: 938
Motif: i87a1 Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 17 Weight: 882
Motif: l9c Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 15 Weight: 867
Motif: l85d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: l122a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: i20b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: n28d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: i87ab Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 14 Weight: 786
Motif: i87 Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 18 Weight: 778
Motif: i87ad Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: b73a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: m83c Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k38b1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b68a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750