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A7 - The sun chases the moon.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The sun and the moon (month) are two characters, one of which eternally pursues the other across the sky or pursued it when they rose into the sky from the earth.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A7 has 1 other sub-motifsA7. The sun and the moon (month) are two characters, one of which eternally pursues the other across the sky or pursued it when they rose into the sky from the earth. A7a. The light of the sun (moon, Venus) is a burning torch in the hand of a celestial body. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A7's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B4 | 81.40% | Islands or mainland pulled out of the ocean, pulled by a rope. |
| B4A | 78.65% | Fish beat against the ground, breaking off islands from the mainland. |
| M60A | 77.30% | The creature/character runs away or swims away with a hook, harpoon, arrow, or other object thrown by the hero in his body. Local shamans can't heal an existence/character. The hero or his friend comes to the wounded man's village, takes out the object that caused the injury, or drives him even deeper into the body. The patient recovers or dies accordingly. See L105 and M60 motifs. |
| B38 | 76.68% | The character decorates birds or animals, or they decorate each other. Some are dissatisfied with the result. |
| B38A | 76.63% | Two birds agree to paint each other. One of them does not become more beautiful as a result and often becomes uglier. See motif B36A. |
| E12 | 76.55% | A character draws an object or creature on sand, ash, a wall or the surface of water, and it comes to life. |
| I35 | 75.98% | Thunder is produced by a (tanned) animal skin or (rarely) a person being dragged, or clothing being dragged behind or shaken out. |
| A43A | 75.16% | The moon or character currently visible on the moon hastily ascends to the sky. He is missing one trouser leg or shoe on one foot. Cf. motifs A43 and K13A. |
| B10 | 75.06% | The character drinks a lake or all the water in the world, or the only water is in his stomach. They pierce his stomach or remove the plug, forcing him to burp up the water - the water pours out. See motif B7. |
| F49 | 74.92% | Women had their stomachs cut open to remove the baby. Someone explains how to give birth or makes childbirth possible. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Santa Cruz Islands (incl Nguna, Reef Islands), Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken), Negrito (incl. Mamanwa), Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Latvians, Ingush, Armenians, Talysh, Nunivak Island, Inland Tlingit, Koyukon, North Alaskan Inupiat, Netsilik, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, East Greenland (Angmassalik, Kulusuk), Blackfoot, Selknam, Papua-New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema, Greenland