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A13B - Ants eclipse the 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
During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A13 has 2 other sub-motifsA13a. The raven steals or hides the sun, or attempts to do so. A13a1. The raven rescues or obtains the hidden or stolen sun (daylight). A13b. During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A13's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
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| I129 | 99.71% | The rainy season is associated with the appearance of the Heron constellation in the sky. |
| L7B | 99.71% | While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, he mistakenly throws himself after a calabash floating down the river. |
| I27B | 99.67% | A dog carries a person across a river to another world. See motif I27. |
| M47 | 99.67% | When punishing a person or animal or restoring a dismembered body, a character intentionally or accidentally puts his head to his ass. |
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| G4 | 99.29% | Cultivated plants found on or inside a mountain. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Yucatec, Itza, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena , Tacana