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I126 - The constellation of funeral bier.
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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 Great Bear or other constellation – a bier on which the dead or sick are carried, a body prepared for burial, a grave.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L6A | 82.40% | An unremarkable, weak-looking character asks a person to carry him or her on their back, and then refuses to get off. |
| B46B | 80.98% | Each of the seven main stars of the Big Dipper is a separate female character. {Included in the online database, but not in the correlation table in *sav)}. |
| L15B1 | 76.82% | In the battle between positive and negative creators, the positive one chooses the deer horn as a weapon – usually because this is the only weapon that the enemy fears. |
| L72J | 70.67% | Fleeing for his life, the character throws behind him an awl or needle, which turns into many awls or needles. |
| K27Z9 | 69.99% | (Dried) fish (water, satyr, etc.) laughs, smiles or spits. The reason is that there is a man dressed as a woman in the house. |
| B48B | 69.64% | The bodies of animals that are now hunted contain a piece of human flesh that has remained since these animals had an anthropomorphic appearance. |
| B69A | 69.63% | A chipmunk or a similar small animal (weasel, shrew) argues with another animal character (bear, moose, puma, snake) about whether there should be light and warmth or darkness and cold. |
| F70A | 69.38% | Accusing a man or young man of assaulting her (usually sexually), a woman presents fabricated material evidence (tearing her clothes, scratching her body, etc.). See motif F70. |
| K180 | 69.14% | The ruler demands an explanation of his dream. The snake tells the man that this dream signifies the coming of a time when people tend to behave in a certain way. This happens several times. Each time, the man's behaviour towards the snake confirms her words. |
| K27O1 | 68.75% | Severed human heads are compared to balls. Either a character plays with a severed human head or skull as a ball. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 15 traditions: Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Algeria Arabs, Geez, Tigrai, Tigre, Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori, Tajik, Persians, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Arikara, Pawnee, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon