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A29B - The Broken Moon.
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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 character associated with the upper world and a character associated with the earth or the lower world each seek to possess the hero or heroine who is associated with the Moon.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
A29 has 2 other sub-motifsA29. A character associated with the upper world and a character associated with the earth or the lower world each strive to possess a human being and pull him towards themselves. One or both rivals are women. The character of the upper world and/or the one for whom the struggle is being waged is associated with the luminaries – the sun, the moon, Venus. A29a. Heavenly and earthly women (demons) pull a man in different directions. As a result, he (or his half) turns into a heavenly object. A29b. A character associated with the upper world and a character associated with the earth or the lower world each seek to possess the hero or heroine who is associated with the Moon. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of A29's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I91 | 98.36% | At the foot or around the base of a tree connecting the tiers of the universe or of gigantic size and considered the main tree of the world, there is a spring or water body, the water of which usually has unusual properties. |
| J26A | 97.18% | Among children of a woman or two women living together, there is a boy and a puppy, or a puppy was placed with a woman, and her son was thrown out. The puppy lives with the woman and helps her. |
| K27N3A1 | 97.01% | In the course of his courtship, the hero enters into a struggle with characters (more than two) who embody the elements, celestial bodies, and parts of the universe. |
| H27A | 96.59% | When creating the earth, a negative character asks a positive character for as much earth as is necessary to prop up a staff, stake. |
| N29 | 96.17% | time required to perform an action or elapsed since the event described is estimated by comparing it with the time it takes for water to boil and/ or food has been prepared. |
| M38D1 | 95.83% | bubble-head, the straw leg, the hair-neck are successively dying, trying to act like ordinary people. |
| C28 | 95.07% | A demonic character takes possession of a valuable item without which another character (and people) will perish. The demon is tricked into returning the valuable item. |
| L42C | 94.53% | The character hides from someone stronger, sometimes inside the house, sometimes outside, and the stronger character cannot catch him. |
| M171B | 94.00% | The character pretends to have brought meat on a shoulder blade and gives it to the hosts to cook. Taking a bare bone without meat out of the pot, he accuses the hosts of stealing the meat. |
| A29 | 92.33% | A character associated with the upper world and a character associated with the earth or the lower world each strive to possess a human being and pull him towards themselves. One or both rivals are women. The character of the upper world and/or the one for whom the struggle is being waged is associated with the luminaries – the sun, the moon, Venus. |
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This motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Abaza (Abazins), Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Ingush, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nenets, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Kets, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam