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K19B - Star-man.
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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 star man takes an earthly woman as his wife.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K19 has 7 other sub-motifsK19. A man or woman marries a star. See motifs K19A, K19B. K19a. A man marries a star woman. K19b. The star man takes an earthly woman as his wife. K19c. A man brings home a small creature with which he makes love at night. The man's mother, sister or wife finds the creature in his bed or purse. K19d. Once in the sky, the husband of the star suffers from the cold. He freezes to death or perishes after touching forbidden fire. K19e. Returning from the sky to earth, a woman or two sisters encounter a male wolverine who tries to capture them. Usually, the women who have descended first find themselves in a tree. Some animals cannot or will not help them descend to the ground. The wolverine descends to take the sisters as wives; they run away from him. See motif K19B. K19f. A star or many stars descend from the sky to work in the fields. See motif K19B. K19g. One star is an old man, the other is a young man; both stars differ in brightness or colour, but it is impossible to determine the age of the star-man by these characteristics (a dim star may be young and vice versa); usually two girls want to marry stars of different types (one bright, the other dim, one red, the other blue, etc.). See motif K19B. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K19's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K27P | 97.91% | The antagonist sends the hero to places where he is attacked by dangerous creatures; the hero kills them and brings them to the antagonist. The creatures turn out to be relatives, pupils or helpers of the antagonist, whom he (or his close relatives) mourns or revives. See motif K27. |
| L33 | 97.32% | The stone rolls after the character, trying to crush him. |
| F68 | 97.30% | A woman pretends to be dead or actually dies. Her (former) lover comes to her grave. She goes with him, trying to avoid exposure, puts on men's clothes, but is eventually recognised. |
| M29C | 97.30% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| I22H | 96.91% | The character must jump over a gap (abyss) beneath his feet, which alternately widens and narrows, or a river whose banks converge and diverge. |
| B48 | 96.78% | Harmless and herbivorous animals were or could become dangerous predators. |
| D4N | 96.66% | A boy or (among the Kutené) a woman cries, demanding the absent elements - summer, fire, rain. See motif D4A (demand for summer). |
| M80 | 96.24% | The character insults a partridge bird, kills or offends its chickens; the partridge suddenly takes off in front of the offender, he falls (usually into a lake or river). |
| M29H | 96.19% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| A38D | 96.18% | Because the Sun has harmed the character (ruined or burned his cloak, the fur on his skin, etc.), he catches it in a trap or kills it. |
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This motif has been recorded in 40 traditions: Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Khasi, Tagish, Tahltan, Tsetsaut, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Winnebago, Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Teton (incl Oglala), Arikara, Pawnee, Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Twana (Skokomish), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Quinault, Caddo, Alabama, Koasati, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Washo, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Rikbaktsa, Umotina (Umutina), Tapirape, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Mataco, Caduveo, Mbaya, Kodiak