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I51B - Earth – animal.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The earth or sky is perceived as a large mammal or created from parts of its body.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
I51 has 1 other sub-motifsI51a. The earth is supported by or has a large mammal at its centre. See motif I8B. I51b. The earth or sky is perceived as a large mammal or created from parts of its body. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I51's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I101 | 95.09% | The Big Dipper or several bright stars of another constellation are stakes, pillars supporting a platform, or some object is stretched, dried, or stored on these stakes. |
| D13I1 | 94.90% | The characteristics of a character can be determined by his teeth. By laughing and showing his teeth, the character reveals himself. |
| B69 | 92.41% | Wishing to reward or punish a small rodent (chipmunk, marmot, squirrel), the character makes it striped, usually by running a paw or hand down its back. |
| B70 | 91.84% | A man beats defenseless hares, foxes, and other small animals (one or many) that are usually locked in his house. The story explains the colouring of the tips of the ears and tails of these animals. Cf. motif M45A. |
| K89B | 90.30% | At the beginning of the story, the sister parts with her brothers (or one brother), who die, remain on trees, on a hill, ascend to the sky, etc. Usually, after a successful marriage, the sister meets her brothers again, who have acquired superhuman nature. |
| D1 | 89.91% | A woman (usually elderly) is the embodiment of fire – alone or together with her husband, the master of fire. Cf. motif D5 (woman possesses fire). |
| L60 | 89.70% | Several sisters pick up a baby. In their absence, it turns into an adult man, and when they approach, it turns back into a child. Taking on its true form, the demon pursues the sisters. See motif M46a. |
| D13G | 89.46% | When the character starts laughing, people see his or her scary mouth (lots of teeth, human flesh on the teeth); they kill the monster or run away. |
| M108 | 89.07% | The character is called upon to help perform a task (usually to transport property or provisions across a river) and takes away what has been entrusted to him. |
| B42B | 88.98% | In the cosmic hunting plot, the objects of pursuit are hoofed animals (elk, deer, mountain sheep). See motif B42. |
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This motif has been recorded in 19 traditions: Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang, Konds (Khonds; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Nenets, Nganasans, Southern Selkups, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Udeghe, Oroch, Nivkh, Inland Tlingit, Osage, Arikara, Takelma, Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob), Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Egypt