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I46D - Rainbow loop.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Rainbow – a hunting loop, a trap.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part 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
I46 has 5 other sub-motifsI46. Rainbow – an ornamented part of clothing, bright fabric, decoration, belt. I46a. The rainbow is associated with a woman, usually an elderly one. I46b. The colour of the rainbow can be used to predict the harvest of individual crops. I46c. The rainbow is a rope to which cattle are tied. I46d. Rainbow – a hunting loop, a trap. I46e. Rainbow - sword, cutting weapon. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I46's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K51A | 98.50% | One woman comes to another in the absence of a man and kills her by pushing her rival's head into boiling liquid or pouring boiling water or hot fat into her ear. See motif K51. |
| B44F | 97.18% | In the dispute over whether the world should be bright, the fox is on the side of light (almost always against the bear). |
| E9A | 97.01% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of a fox. |
| E15B | 97.01% | Bird women sew the birch bark covering of the hero's boat. See motif E15. |
| E9AA | 97.01% | A man searches for a missing woman, who is a fox by nature, and comes to the burrow where she has hidden. Various bird or animal women come out of the burrow and offer themselves in place of the fox. Then they let him inside. |
| F51C | 97.01% | Upon learning that her unknown lover is her own brother, the girl shows him her genitals or bare breasts, offering him what he so desired. After that, she runs away, and he rushes after her. |
| H37A | 97.01% | A character gives another the ability to easily light a fire. The latter uses it unnecessarily and loses it. |
| K25A3 | 97.01% | The magical bird-wife flies away when she makes herself new feather clothing from feathers collected on the ground. |
| K8B | 97.01% | A raven finds itself in the belly of a whale; the woman inside asks it not to touch a certain organ of the whale (usually the heart) or a burning lamp. The raven breaks the prohibition, the woman disappears, and the whale dies. |
| M123A | 97.01% | A raven marries or tries to marry, pretending to be a chief and a handsome man. One day, someone notices that he is eating carrion. Usually, everyone is forced to take off their moccasins, and they see that the raven has a three-toed paw. The raven is banished in disgrace or hastens to leave on his own. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Nanai, Chipewyan, Tagish, Athna, Gros Ventre, Flathead