i131


Motif

Name_eng: 
The thread of life
Description: 

Life of every man is related to certain thread. When the thread is cut, the man dies

Name_rus: 
Нить жизни
Description_rus: 
Жизнь каждого человека соответствует нити, когда нить обрывается, человек умирает
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: 
16
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
3.4.1.1Ancient Greece
3.4.1.2Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
3.5.1.2Bulgarians
3.5.1.3Macedonians
3.5.2.2Serbs, Monte Negro,
4.1.1.4Czech
4.1.2.1Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
4.2.1.1Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
4.2.5.1Latvians
4.2.5.2Lithuanians
7.2.3.8Easter Island
7.2.5.3Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
9.2.1.3Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.3Southern Selkups
9.2.3.4Nganasans
9.3.2.1Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: a2c1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: k184 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: g25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m140b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: e1e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: c35b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: i4d1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: j62b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: f101 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c35 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
Motif: b124 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: h6c2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: f57 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: h7f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: k145b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: m81e2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i68a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400