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A24 - First sunrise.
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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 first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A24 has 1 other sub-motifsA24. The first ancestors live in twilight. When they first find themselves in the rays of the sun, they (spontaneously or by someone's will) perish, turning into animals, spirits, or stones. A24a. At the moment of the first day or the first night, people transform into supernatural characters. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A24's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L58 | 97.60% | A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature. |
| D4G | 97.54% | Hummingbird steals, finds or spreads fire. See motif D4A. |
| L26 | 96.49% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 96.49% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
| J24 | 96.35% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| K16A | 95.99% | In an effort to show that he is a good hunter, a man regularly walks in front of a girl, pretending to carry prey. Once he slips, and the imaginary prey turns out to be a scarecrow stuffed with ashes or a bundle of termites. |
| F36 | 95.78% | (Adopted) children of a woman or man kill the lover (or spouse of non-human nature) of their father or (adoptive) mother. |
| A23 | 95.74% | The first ancestors come together to choose who will become the sun, to raise the sun to the sky, to see the sun rise for the first time, and to name the sun correctly. See motif A22. |
| D4D | 95.48% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| G14 | 95.33% | A man swallowed by a water monster is carried away to an underwater or overseas world, obtains plants, and returns to people. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 33 traditions: Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke), 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, 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, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Western Ukrainians, Tutchone, Tagish, Inland Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Sierra Miwok, Cahuilla, Cupeño, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Pima, Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa, Huichol, Tepecano, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Pipil, Tzotzil, Kekchi; Mopan, Lenca, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries), Aimara, Chipaya, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Toba (incl Pilagá)