Berezkin Analytical Catalogue · Motif
I85C — Vessels with weather.
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Summary of motif
OverviewThe character goes up to the sky and finds vessels containing various (two or more) types of precipitation, weather phenomena, seasons and/or celestial bodies.
Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part of group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature.
I85 has 5 other sub-motifs
RelatedI85. Polar Star – stake, nail, hitching post, etc.
I85a. Animals walk around the North Star, or the movement of the stars is compared to the movement of animals around a pole. See motif I85.
I85a1. The North Star – a hole leading to the upper world.
I85b. The North Star – one person.
I85c. The character goes up to the sky and finds vessels containing various (two or more) types of precipitation, weather phenomena, seasons and/or celestial bodies.
I85c1. In the sky there is a vessel, a box or an indescribable container for storing rain (rain clouds).
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| I78 | 86.33% | The earth is thought of as rectangular (usually square). |
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| I17A | 84.32% | Creatures without an anal opening or mouth - dwarves. |
| I77 | 83.87% | A powerful character associated with thunderstorms and rain, lame. |
| K16 | 83.20% | Taking the form of a bird, bat, insect, small animal, or fish, the man enters the young woman's home (her father's house). |
| I75 | 82.79% | Before the emergence of the present world or present humans, there were others (at least two worlds or races). |
| I59B4 | 82.76% | The Milky Way is associated with snow, hoarfrost, and cold. |
| I48 | 82.06% | The character is deprived of the ability to move, after which he acquires cosmic dimensions: he supports the earth (sky) or his movements cause earthquakes (less often - storms). |
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Map of motif dispersal
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Traditions
17 recordedThis motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong, Estonians, Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug, Tabasaran, Aghul, Mordvins, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nganasans, Chukchi, Chipewyan, Dogrib, Slavey, Tsetsaut, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Gulf Nahuatl, Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo, Zapotec, Chatino, Kekchi; Mopan, Yellowknife
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