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I63 - The Milky Way – the tapir's path.
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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 Milky Way is the tapir's trail; the tapir can be seen on the Milky Way.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 |
|---|---|---|
| C37 | 99.99% | The sloth causes a global catastrophe or saves people from it. |
| K27H | 99.99% | The hero must carve an image of the character's head, which he never shows. It usually adorns a wooden bench. |
| B58 | 99.96% | After the first ancestors steal the original fire, a forest bird the size of a partridge (Penelope sp.; Anhima cornuta; etc.; jacu, paujil) swallows a hot coal. As a result (except for the Andoc), its neck turns red. |
| D4P | 99.96% | The parrot obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. Australian data is not taken into account, as the common origin of the motif in America and Australia is excluded. |
| D6B | 99.96% | The one who is burned turns into a crocodile/caiman. |
| E21 | 99.91% | A child catches fish (with poison), or fish poison is secreted from his body. Fish or water snakes kill him. Death is avenged. |
| L82 | 99.91% | A person deliberately or accidentally burns his foot in a fire or burns himself completely; he turns into a demonic creature. See motif L9 (man with a sharp foot). |
| M29QQ | 99.91% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| B28A | 99.90% | A character pinned to the ground by a rod, transported somewhere to the edge of the world and associated with an object that continues to influence people. |
| B32 | 99.90% | As a result of conflict with their husbands, women turn into fish. |
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