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I74A - Stars – fireflies.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Stars – fireflies.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
I74 has 1 other sub-motifsI74. Stars – (bright) stones, sequins, beads. I74a. Stars – fireflies. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I74's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H24C | 97.30% | People open a vessel (a bundle, a basket, etc.) containing death (or old age, illness), and therefore they are mortal. |
| I82C | 91.97% | Venus or an unidentified star in the eastern and/or western sky – the wife of the Moon. See motif I82b. |
| E5C | 91.71% | The first humans or deities-ancestors descend to earth from the sky. |
| M29K | 91.04% | A turtle (toad, frog) defeats strong opponents by cunning or perseverance. See the motives in square brackets. The character is named if it is a toad or frog; otherwise, a turtle. |
| A36 | 91.00% | The moon (month) is contrasted with humans as immortal to mortals; it decides whether humans will be mortal; those who live on the moon are immortal. (Cf. Latvians, Dolgans). |
| B86 | 90.71% | To reach the sky (the moon, stars, sun), people build a ladder or tower consisting of separate modules (logs, poles, bricks, etc.), but the structure collapses. |
| F8 | 89.77% | In the beginning (.55.60.67.73.) women and men lived separately from each other, then came together. Cf. motif F45 (Amazons). |
| B3 | 89.53% | At first, the earth is soft, resembling a swamp. |
| I72A | 89.31% | Stars – children of the moon and/or sun. |
| I5 | 89.06% | Thunder (lightning, rain) has the appearance of a four-legged mammal - a pig, buffalo, camel, anteater, tapir, dog, cat, leopard, monkey, etc. |
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This motif has been recorded in 2 traditions: Byelarusians, Belarusians, Bari