Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
I82H — Venus – Cholpan/Cholbon.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe name of Venus sounds like Cholpan, Cholbon, Tsolmon, etc. (čol- 'to sparkle, to shine' [Vámbéri 1879: 155]).
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
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| N28C | 98.71% | In a list of things that do not exist in the world, a pillar of the sky is mentioned |
| M106B | 98.21% | The character who caused harm to the antagonist calls himself by a fictitious name such as "Last Year," and the other antagonists understand this to mean that everything happened a long time ago and there is no point in looking for the culprit. |
| N13 | 97.41% | A girl, a girl is associated with scissors (and a boy, a boy with a knife or an ax). |
| M78F | 96.99% | When a woman falls asleep, a joker (usually a tiny boy) places an embryo or the entrails of an animal or something similar next to her to make the woman herself or others think she has a miscarriage or that her viscera has fallen out. |
| I46C | 96.42% | The rainbow is a rope to which cattle are tied. |
| L95A | 96.21% | A person sees lungs or a liver lying on the ground or floating in the water. As soon as he touches them, a demonic character appears before him. |
| K76F | 96.05% | A young man with the appearance of a calf marries and then turns into a handsome man. |
| M38D3 | 95.89% | The character, who is a lump of earth (oatmeal, salt), blurred in the rain or after going to get water. |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
49 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 49 traditions: Uzbek, Karachays, Balkar, Kumyk, Terekemen, Nogai, Tats, Kalmyk, Anatolia Turks, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kara Kalpak, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uyghur, Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur), Turkmen, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Udmurt, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots), Mongols (Khalkha), Daur (Daghur), Darkhad, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Tofa (Karagas), Khakas, Shor, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, 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, Udeghe, Nanai, Olcha (Ulch), Negidal, Chukchi, Chulym Turks, Urums, Rumei, Salars, Southern Altai: Teleut, Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori, Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki, Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki, Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area
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