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I67 - Emu and nandu in the Milky Way.
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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 giant figure of an emu (in Australia) or a rhea (in South America) is visible in the Milky Way.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I134 | 99.42% | Along the axis of the Milky Way, a creature with a long neck (llama, emu, rhea) can be seen. |
| B20 | 89.42% | People ascend to the sky to hunt, fish, or gather honey; they do not give honey, fish, or good meat to the person who remained below; that person makes sure that they remain in the sky forever. |
| B21 | 85.25% | People climb trees to hunt, fish or gather honey. The tree is felled, people fall down and undergo a metamorphosis, or remain in the upper world. |
| D13F | 80.71% | Laughter causes the appearance or spread of fire or the sun. Usually, the owner of fire or the sun loses it after bursting into laughter. |
| B7C | 75.48% | Fresh water, which its sole owner hides in a vessel or pond, is scattered throughout the world. |
| A30 | 71.95% | The moon descends to earth to eat children, corpses or the bones of the dead. |
| I30 | 70.53% | In the world of the dead, its master or mistress copulates with all new arrivals. |
| B42E | 65.56% | In the cosmic hunting plot, the object of pursuit is the rhea (Rhea americana, a large flightless bird). See motif B42. |
| A28 | 65.00% | The clever sun-man involves the foolish moon in various tricks that the latter is incapable of devising himself. Trying to repeat the sun's actions, the moon suffers a fiasco. Cf. motif B1F. |
| M10 | 64.93% | A girl or woman gets stuck in a hollow while extracting honey, or greedily sucks honey in some other way and as a result dies or undergoes a metamorphosis; a woman stuck in a narrow passage turns into honey, into a honey bee. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Southeast Australia: Kamilaroi, Yualarai (Ualarai, Euahlayi), Milpulo (Mailpurgu), Wuradjeri (Wiradjurim, Wiradjeri, Wurundjeri, Yarra, Yarra Yarra), Wongaibon (Wonghibon), Noongahburrah (Narran, Narran River), Kurnai, and many others (see file 0.doc), Batak (Toba, Dairi), Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Canela: Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Vilela, Mataco, Toba (incl Pilagá), Northern and Southern Tehuelche