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I65 - Souls of the dead on the Milky Way.
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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 a path to another world, followed by the souls of the dead and/or shamans, or it is the path of a funeral procession.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 |
|---|---|---|
| F63 | 94.01% | A male trickster transforms into a woman and gets married. In the end, he is exposed or runs away from his husband. |
| K35 | 92.33% | The deceiver pretends to be a hero in order to take his place (to possess his woman). (This motif includes all texts with motif K35a3). |
| A17 | 92.15% | Having travelled halfway across the sky or the underworld, the Sun stops to rest. |
| K22A | 90.75% | Birds or other creatures that are harmless to ordinary people attack dwarves living in another world. See motif K22. |
| K22 | 89.27% | The inhabitants of a distant land, who differ from (ordinary) people, occasionally fight off enemies of a non-human nature who attack them. |
| K23 | 88.56% | Birds attack inhabitants of another world or a person who has entered another world. See motif K22. |
| E1B | 88.51% | A character made of unsuitable material and turns out to be short-lived or poorly suited to performing his functions. |
| M81 | 88.43% | Wandering, the hero finds himself in a place where blind or blind (two or more) live. |
| M62A | 88.19% | The hero quietly damages each of the two characters; they accuse each other, quarrel, fight. |
| L15B | 87.29% | The character can only be killed with a specific plant, which is not usually used for making weapons. |
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This motif has been recorded in 73 traditions: Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo), Ronga, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf, Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Wales, Portuguese, Portugal, Sicily, Sicilians, Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia, France, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Poles, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Ancient Greece, Finns, Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia), Western Ukrainians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Tajik, Tahltan, Lenape (Delaware), Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Ottawa, Naskapi, Montagnais, Menominee, Winnebago, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Teton (incl Oglala), Omaha, Ponca, Pawnee, Gros Ventre, Plains Ojibwa, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Shasta; Chimariko, Karok, Hupa, Chilula, Klamath, Modoc, Yurok, Natchez (incl Avoyel), Choctaw, Chicasaw, Catawba, Tutelo, Wappo, Pomo, Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Atsugewi, Achomavi, Chumash, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Luiseño, Juaneño, Hopi, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Yucatec, Itza, Lacandon, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Bari, Guajiro, Panare (Eñape), Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Chayahuita , Yagua, Trumai, Tapirape, Vilela, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)