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I82H - Venus – Cholpan/Cholbon.
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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 name of Venus sounds like Cholpan, Cholbon, Tsolmon, etc. (čol- 'to sparkle, to shine' [Vámbéri 1879: 155]).Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
I82 has 10 other sub-motifsI82a. The Morning and/or Evening Star – a male character. I82b. The Morning and/or Evening Star – a female character. I82c. Venus or an unidentified star in the eastern and/or western sky – the wife of the Moon. See motif I82b. I82c1. The Moon has two wives (usually the Morning Star and the Evening Star). With the caring one, he grows fat, with the other, he starves and grows thin. I82d. The Morning and Evening Stars are contrasted as man and woman. See motifs I82a, I82b. I82e. It is said that Venus or another star sold her mother or father in order to adorn herself luxuriously and dress up. I82f. (Evening) Venus is associated with a predatory beast, usually a she-wolf. I82g. Venus or another star (Arcturus, Sirius, etc.) is called the Shepherd's Star (the star of the Shepherd, Sheepherder, Cowherd, Swineherd, etc.). I82h. The name of Venus sounds like Cholpan, Cholbon, Tsolmon, etc. (čol- 'to sparkle, to shine' [Vámbéri 1879: 155]). I82i. The name of the object in the night sky (usually Venus) sounds like Zukhra, Zahra, Zura, etc. I82j. Venus-man or another star is the husband of the Moon-woman. See motif I82a. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I82's motifs? |
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This motif has been recorded in 34 traditions: Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Uzbek, Karachays, Balkar, Nogai, Kalmyk, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Anatolia Turks, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kara Kalpak, Uyghur, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Udmurt, Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots), Mongols (Khalkha), Dongxiang, Baoan, Darkhad, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas, Shor, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Evens (Lamuts), Udeghe, Nanai, Negidal, Chulym Turks, Urums, Rumei, Salars