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A1 - The ancient sun.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Another sun — less powerful or less favourable to humans — existed before the appearance of the current one.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A1 has 1 other sub-motifsA1. Another sun — less powerful or less favourable to humans — existed before the appearance of the current one. A1a. Before the sun appeared, the world was lit by a large bird with bright colours (a parrot or toucan). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A1's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K16 | 93.59% | Taking the form of a bird, bat, insect, small animal, or fish, the man enters the young woman's home (her father's house). |
| J50 | 91.71% | The father or mother of twin heroes dies or is killed. An attempt to revive the deceased fails. |
| H24 | 91.40% | A vessel or other small container with valuables or living beings (creatures) is opened (prematurely). Its contents get out of control or disappear. |
| A11B | 91.28% | The sun or moon has one eye (usually the second eye is knocked out or sucked out, but sometimes the reason is not explained; among the Munduruku, the sun of the rainy season has lost both eyes, while the sun of the dry season has retained both). See motif 11A. |
| K15A | 91.12% | The hero secretly replaces the weapon or magical tool of a powerful character with a worthless fake. Traditions in which the replaced weapon belongs to Grom are highlighted in bold. |
| A24 | 91.12% | The first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones. |
| J29 | 90.71% | Murdered parents themselves inform their children about the circumstances of their death. |
| D4G | 90.68% | Hummingbird steals, finds or spreads fire. See motif D4A. |
| E22 | 90.55% | Once inside a certain creature, the swallowed character learns rituals, songs, ornamental motifs, obtains drugs or poison, and, once outside again, passes this knowledge on to people. |
| I10B | 90.28% | Individual layers or categories of earth differ in colour (and other characteristics). |
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This motif has been recorded in 35 traditions: Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo), Ronga, Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Paparatava, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland, St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland), Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi, Svans, Naskapi, Tonkawa, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Shuswap, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Comox, Pentlatch, Cherokee, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Panamint, tarasques, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Tzotzil, Yucatec, Itza, Lacandon, Kekchi; Mopan, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Chimila (Ette), Guajiro, Panare (Eñape), Colorado (Tsachila), Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Witoto, Ocaina, Juruna, Amuesha, Machiguenga, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Nambikwara, Paresi, Selknam