j17


Motif

Motif code: 
j17
Name_eng: 
Frogs in hair
Description: 

Instead of lice, there are other (bigger or dangerous) creatures in the hair of some persons or he or she pretends that his or her hair is infested with them

Name_rus: 
Лягушки в волосах
Description_rus: 
Вместо вшей в волосах персонажа оказываются другие существа, либо он делает вид, что подобные существа живут у него в волосах
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: 
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
62
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Dusun, Murut, Kelabit, Tombonuwo, Bajau, Tidong
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Uzbek
Tajik
Persians
Tabasaran, Aghul
Georgians
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kara Kalpak
Chuvash
Tundra Nenets
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Enets
Southern Selkups
Oroch
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
Chukchi
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Central Yupik
Koyukon
North Alaskan Inupiat
Mackenzie Delta
Haida
Tsimshian
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Malecite, Passamaquoddy
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Menominee
Blackfoot
Arapaho
Arikara
Pawnee
Gros Ventre
Comox, Pentlatch
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Tillamook
Pomo
Sierra Miwok
Ohlone (Costanoan)
Yokuts
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Amuesha
Machiguenga
Piro (Yine)
Yuracare
Chacobo
Nambikwara
Botocudo
Kodiak
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Japan AD 700-1700
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k32k Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k27n3c1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: k23a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m60b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: h28c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: j59d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k172 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: j16 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 14 Weight: 571
Motif: b64b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: b28c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: e6a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k123b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k1j Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k27n3a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b118 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m82a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i50b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: h36j Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k27v2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500