Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
I82D — Morning and Evening Stars – Man and Woman.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe Morning and Evening Stars are contrasted as man and woman. See motifs I82a, I82b.
Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part of group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations.
I82 has 10 other sub-motifs
RelatedI82a. The Morning and/or Evening Star – a male character.
I82b. The Morning and/or Evening Star – a female character.
I82c. Venus or an unidentified star in the eastern and/or western sky – the wife of the Moon. See motif I82b.
I82c1. The Moon has two wives (usually the Morning Star and the Evening Star). With the caring one, he grows fat, with the other, he starves and grows thin.
I82d. The Morning and Evening Stars are contrasted as man and woman. See motifs I82a, I82b.
I82e. It is said that Venus or another star sold her mother or father in order to adorn herself luxuriously and dress up.
I82f. (Evening) Venus is associated with a predatory beast, usually a she-wolf.
I82g. Venus or another star (Arcturus, Sirius, etc.) is called the Shepherd's Star (the star of the Shepherd, Sheepherder, Cowherd, Swineherd, etc.).
I82h. The name of Venus sounds like Cholpan, Cholbon, Tsolmon, etc. (čol- 'to sparkle, to shine' [Vámbéri 1879: 155]).
I82i. The name of the object in the night sky (usually Venus) sounds like Zukhra, Zahra, Zura, etc.
I82j. Venus-man or another star is the husband of the Moon-woman. See motif I82a.
Top 10 motifs with similar dispersal patterns
Phylogeny| Motif | Similarity | Motif summary |
|---|---|---|
| I104 | 88.44% | Stars are formed from particles of the body, fragments of a larger celestial body (usually the moon); stars (usually also the sun and moon) are formed from the body of a single being. |
| G23 | 88.04% | The origin of various (more than two) creatures or objects is explained by the metamorphosis of a living creature or part of its body. {Only texts of an aetiological nature are taken into account. For statistical purposes, all texts with motifs G23A and G23B are also included in motif G23}. |
| A12A | 87.54% | During an eclipse or under other circumstances, predators attack the luminaries: wolves, bears, jaguars, pumas, dogs, foxes, raccoons. See motif A12. |
| K25 | 86.65% | A man consciously marries a woman who belongs to the non-human world. |
| I8G | 86.01% | A single giant holds up the earth or the sky. |
| I62 | 85.98% | The Milky Way is a heavenly river, a body of water, a chain of creatures floating in the water. |
| L14 | 85.53% | People bring a small creature (usually a worm or reptile) into their home and raise it, or it settles into a man-made dwelling on its own. The creature turns into something terrifying or magnificent. See motif L13 (raised monster attacks people). |
| K25A1 | 85.18% | A magical wife leaves her earthly husband when she finds her clothes, which he has hidden (often feathers, if she is a bird woman), persuades him to give them back, makes new ones or receives them from her relatives. (The variant in which the wife leaves her husband because she is offended is not entirely alternative, but in most texts it does not fit with the motif of found clothing). |
| E9 | 85.12% | The character notices that someone is running the house in his absence and catches the person doing so by surprise. |
| F7 | 85.10% | A man catches, grabs, meets, or receives a woman associated with the aquatic-chthonic world (a fish, mermaid, snake, crab, seal, etc.) and takes her as his wife. Cf. motifs E26 and K25. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
31 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 31 traditions: Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Ceram: Alune and Wemale (West Ceram), Patasiwa (Ceram), Honitetu (West Ceram Highlands); Nusawele, Hatuolu, Huaolu, Patasiwa; Ambon; Buru, Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), 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, Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Viet, Muong, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Konds (Khonds; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Armenians, Mordvins, Nenets, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Western Tungus (Evenki), Western Siberia Tungus (Evenki): Sym River, Ket River, Osage, Pawnee, Kitanemuk, Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez), Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum), Sulu, Pamun, Samal, Taosug, Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki, Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki, Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area, Phoenicia
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