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A22 - Into the sky from the bonfire.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
One or two people fall into fire or boiling water and ascend to the sky, turning into the sun and/or the moon.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A22 has 4 other sub-motifsA22. One or two people fall into fire or boiling water and ascend to the sky, turning into the sun and/or the moon. A22a. Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22. A22b. The sun and its companion burn up. The companion burns in a less intense fire (is thrown into the ashes, etc.); therefore, the moon (or star) is cold. See motif A22. A22c. In order for the sun to rise, move to the right distance from the earth, or follow its heavenly path, a human being must be sacrificed. A22d. The burned character turns into a constellation or a dark spot on the Milky Way. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B67 | 97.95% | A fallen tree and/or its stump turns into a mountain (mountain range) or rocks. (Usually, the branches of this tree bear the fruits and shoots of various cultivated plants, see motif G5). |
| L83 | 97.70% | A character who has only a head left (motif L5) or who has burned his leg (motif L82) turns into lightning/thunder (or emits lightning/thunderclaps). |
| L26 | 97.65% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 97.65% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
| I27B | 97.37% | A dog carries a person across a river to another world. See motif I27. |
| B62 | 97.28% | Man believes that vultures live better than humans, changes his appearance to that of a vulture. The former vulture lives with the man's wife, and the man usually does not like his new life. |
| A22A | 96.89% | Two characters burn; one turns into the present sun, and the other into a less significant celestial object. See motif A22. |
| G8C | 96.69% | The first ancestors try to cut down a tree (less often a high rock) to get useful plants hanging on the branches (at the top) or water or fish in the trunk. The damage disappears as soon as the workers are distracted from their work, or periodically. |
| G10 | 96.63% | A tree whose trunk has been cut down remains hanging because it is held up from above. |
| B7D | 96.44% | Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth. |
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This motif has been recorded in 33 traditions: Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong, Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies, 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, Western Australia: Walmanjeri, Njolnjol (Njulnjul, Nyul-Nyul), Worora, Kariara (Karierra), Karadjari (Karadjeri, Garadjari), Djaberdjaber (Djaberadjabera), Ngarluma, Wiilman (Wheelman), Bibbulmum (Pebelman), Burong (Panaka), Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba, Tats, Tanana, Huichol, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Popoloca; Tlapanec, Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi, Tepehua, Totonac, Huastec (Teenek), Gulf Nahuatl, Kekchi; Mopan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama, Yupa (Yukpa), Sicuani, Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon), Yagua, Ticuna (Tucuna), Tacana, Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro), Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite), Ayoreo, Selknam, Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda, China, Halkomelem (Snaymuk)