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A22A - The Hot Sun and its Companion.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A22 has 4 other sub-motifsA22. One or two people fall into fire or boiling water and ascend to the sky, turning into the sun and/or the moon. A22a. Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22. A22b. The sun and its companion burn up. The companion burns in a less intense fire (is thrown into the ashes, etc.); therefore, the moon (or star) is cold. See motif A22. A22c. In order for the sun to rise, move to the right distance from the earth, or follow its heavenly path, a human being must be sacrificed. A22d. The burned character turns into a constellation or a dark spot on the Milky Way. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I27B | 99.79% | A dog carries a person across a river to another world. See motif I27. |
| B62 | 99.59% | Man believes that vultures live better than humans, changes his appearance to that of a vulture. The former vulture lives with the man's wife, and the man usually does not like his new life. |
| A22B | 99.53% | The sun and its companion burn up. The companion burns in a less intense fire (is thrown into the ashes, etc.); therefore, the moon (or star) is cold. See motif A22. |
| K30A | 99.45% | The wife of the first ancestor flies away with the vultures (usually voluntarily, after she has already cheated on her husband), and the chief (Uito: her brother) brings her back. See motif K30. |
| A13B | 99.39% | During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun. |
| A9 | 99.39% | The moon-woman does not allow her son or husband, the Sun, to destroy people. |
| L3A | 99.39% | Left alone, a woman carelessly calls for someone to help her with the housework; a demon comes and kills the woman or her child. |
| G4 | 99.28% | Cultivated plants found on or inside a mountain. |
| M47 | 99.07% | When punishing a person or animal or restoring a dismembered body, a character intentionally or accidentally puts his head to his ass. |
| B67 | 98.78% | A fallen tree and/or its stump turns into a mountain (mountain range) or rocks. (Usually, the branches of this tree bear the fruits and shoots of various cultivated plants, see motif G5). |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Oraon (Kurukh), Tanana, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Tepehua, Totonac, Gulf Nahuatl, Chinantec, Mazatec, Kekchi; Mopan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama, Sicuani, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon), Yagua, Tacana