i117


Motif

Motif code: 
i117
Name_eng: 
Spider ferries from one world to another
Description: 

Spider person raises the hero to the sky, helps him or her to return back to earth or otherwise helps to overcome the borderlines between worlds

Name_rus: 
Паук переносит из мира в мир
Description_rus: 
Паук или паучиха поднимает героя или героиню на небо, помогает спуститься на землю, либо иначе помогает преодолеть дорогу, ведущую в иной мир
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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: 
56
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Yao, Makua
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo)
Bushoong: (Ba)kuba, Dengese, Ngongo; Yansi
Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
Lozi (Losi, Rotse, Barotse), Lui, Subiya (Subia)
Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Chukchi
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
Athna
Tanana
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Tlingit
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Eastern Swamy Cree
Arikara
Pawnee
Kiowa
Kiowa Apache
Hidatsa
Chilkotin
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Quinault
Tillamook
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Pomo
Achomavi
Yana
Navajo
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Guajiro
Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma
Macuxi
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: d1a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k5 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif: i118 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 17 Weight: 706
Motif: l26a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b91 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: a5a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: d4i Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: m61a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k32k Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: j59d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: j12k Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: l33d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: e15b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k27t Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 14 Weight: 571
Motif: m29y Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: l1f Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545
Motif: a32b1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif: b107 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: l119 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500