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I59 - The Milky Way – scattered straw.
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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 Milky Way is associated with agriculture and scattered objects – straw, chaff, less commonly flour, hay, peas.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
I59 has 5 other sub-motifsI59. The Milky Way is associated with agriculture and scattered objects – straw, chaff, less commonly flour, hay, peas. I59a. Astral objects or lunar spots are associated with stories about the theft of various items, the value of which is insignificant (straw, firewood, cabbage, etc.). I59b1. The Milky Way – the road to a distant city, usually with religious significance (Rome, Jerusalem, etc.). I59b2. The Milky Way – St. James' Way. I59b3. The Milky Way – the road of salt traders, "Chumak Way". I59b4. The Milky Way is associated with snow, hoarfrost, and cold. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I59's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K88A | 99.58% | The stepmother (aunt, rival) blinds a young woman. The latter regains her eyesight (often by exchanging them for some valuable item). |
| M75C | 99.54% | A person is offered to climb a rock or tree to get treasures. A return descent is not possible. Doomed to death, the hero remains alive. |
| M75B | 99.42% | A person hides in the skin or carcass of a large animal. A bird brings a skin or carcass to the nest without knowing what it brought the person. |
| K33A6 | 99.04% | A kid (lamb, gazelle, etc.) runs up to a pond into which its owner has pushed it and says that knives are being sharpened and water is being boiled to slaughter and cook it. |
| M165 | 98.52% | One zoomorphic character promises another to sew a coat (boots), asks him to bring sheep, eats them, and does not sew anything. |
| K168A | 98.51% | A person thinks that they are holding something intended for food (a calf's head, a melon, bread, etc.), but these objects turn into human heads or limbs. Cf. motif K80c1. |
| K75A2 | 98.47% | Appearing incognito to an authoritative figure, the hero works for him as a gardener. |
| F9G | 98.43% | A powerful woman defeats and kills her suitors. The hero or his assistant defeats her (usually on their wedding night, subduing her with rods or a whip). The hero marries the heroine. |
| K114 | 98.09% | Several brothers leave home immediately after or shortly before their mother gives birth to a girl (usually they want a brother and wait for news about who their mother has given birth to, but accidentally or maliciously a signal is given that a boy has been born). The girl grows up and goes in search of her brothers. |
| J32A | 98.05% | When dying, a person orders that someone spend the night at his grave or bring something to the grave. |
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian, Aramaic (Syrians), Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Sardinia, Corsica, Sardinians, Corsicans, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Morocco