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N37 - Sheltered in the sky
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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 character is said to sleep under the sky (like a blanket).Berezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 13, Formulae
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A23D | 97.30% | Animals argue about which of them should start the cycle of 12 months or years. The mouse wins the primacy. |
| M157A3 | 96.07% | A character demands that another provide him with offspring or milk from a male animal. |
| I52 | 95.68% | The world rests on a fish or fish-like creature, or the earth itself is such a creature or originated from a fish. See motif I8B. |
| N4 | 95.66% | Fused ribs are a sign of heroic strength. {The motive was highlighted and the material was collected by Kostyantin Rahno}. |
| I85 | 95.64% | Polar Star – stake, nail, hitching post, etc. |
| L95 | 95.25% | A person (usually a child or teenager) returns to a previous location for a forgotten item (often a toy) and finds a demon there, from which they struggle to escape. |
| K98 | 95.22% | An animal or (less commonly) a woman who gave birth to a hero or helped him turns into a house and property. |
| B116 | 95.10% | The first book (writing, important document) is eaten by an animal or a person. (In some European traditions, the eating of the book is not described, but is implied from the context). Cf. ATU 200. Cf. Thompson 1955-1958. †A2219.2. Cow swallows book; cause of maniplies in stomach. |
| L125 | 94.90% | After meeting a beautiful woman, a man finds her in a situation where her inhuman nature is revealed. After that, the marriage falls apart. |
| I20A | 94.87% | Anthropomorphic inhabitants of the upper world – giants. |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Uyghur, Turkmen, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Mongols (Khalkha), Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori