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Motif

Name_eng:

Water body at the base of a tree

Description:

There is a source or body of water at the base of a tree which connects layers of the universe and/or has gigantic dimensions and considered to be the main tree of the world

Name_rus:

Водоем у подножья древа

Description_rus:

У подножья или вокруг основания дерева, соединяющего ярусы мироздания или имеющего гигантские размеры и считающегося главным деревом мира, расположен источник или водоем, вода которого обычно обладает необыкновенными свойствами

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:

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
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
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.4.1.1	Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
5.4.4.1	Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.2.2	Khakas
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.3	Southern Selkups
9.2.3.4	Nganasans
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins