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I96 - The bloody rainbow.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A rainbow consisting of blood either heralds war and death.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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I133A | 96.36% | There is a constellation that represents a bird and corresponds to several large constellations in European traditions (mainly equatorial, rather than circumpolar). |
| H9B | 96.29% | People have become like plants, which, although mortal, live on in their descendants (shoots). |
| E12 | 95.26% | A character draws an object or creature on sand, ash, a wall or the surface of water, and it comes to life. |
| J64 | 93.17% | Without touching the fire or burning, the character rises into the sky or crosses the river on clouds of smoke. |
| E39 | 93.00% | The child of a pig or boar is a woman or man – the ancestor of a certain group of people. |
| E27 | 92.82% | People arise from drops of blood from a wounded anthropomorphic creature. |
| E9N | 92.45% | A man marries a female seal, seal or dolphin that has taken the form of a woman and lives with her among people. |
| L112 | 92.22% | A physically defective boy is born (tiny, with one head, half a body, etc.). After a series of adventures, he gains physical completeness. |
| K29B | 91.95% | The hero is asked to climb (or is thrown) into a pit, which is immediately filled with earth or into which a pole or stones are lowered, K959,6 (Posthole murder). The hero proves his magical abilities by climbing out of the pit alive. |
| M111 | 91.58% | Two animals (usually a monkey and a turtle) agree to gather fruit. The one who can climb trees eats the good fruit and throws one peel or rotten fruit to its companion. The companion takes revenge. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands, Hawaii, Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores), Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Andamanese, Juang, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Caduveo, Mbaya