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A45 - The insulted 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 man teases and insults the moon and is punished as a result.Berezkin category: The Sun and Moon
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F9A1 | 98.18% | A girl or young woman says (pretends) that she has a predatory mouth in her vagina. {Unlike variants characteristic of the circum-Pacific region, the corresponding texts do not suggest that the female womb is actually dangerous}. |
| K102A3 | 97.86% | Someone (usually a woman) places a poisonous tooth (bone, nail, etc.) in the hero's bed. The young man dies, but is then revived. |
| I131 | 97.70% | Every person's life corresponds to a thread; when the thread breaks, the person dies. |
| I41B1 | 97.65% | The rainbow drinks, swallowing fish, people, etc. along with the water. Sometimes this fish falls from the sky to the ground. |
| D4H | 97.51% | The swallow obtains fire for people. See motif D4A. |
| K73B1 | 97.24% | A woman with her newborn son (pregnant with a boy) or a girl with a young man are placed in a barrel (box; rarely: in a boat) and lowered into the sea (river). |
| K56A | 97.13% | Two or three sisters successively go to a powerful character. The first or the first two act incorrectly, perish or fail to achieve their goal. The last one acts correctly, is saved or rewarded. |
| D1A4 | 97.12% | Two fires from different dwellings meet and converse. |
| L72E | 97.05% | In order to overcome the obstacles created by the fleeing hero, the pursuer is forced to return home for the necessary tools. |
| L131 | 97.04% | To get rid of a demonic creature or make a bird or ladybird fly away, they are told that the place where their home and/or children are located is engulfed in fire. |
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This motif has been recorded in 46 traditions: Berbers of southern Tunisia and adjacent part of Libya (Matmata and Ghadames areas), Samoa, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), England, British, Bretons, Spain, Spaniards, Basques, Catalan, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Croatians, Croats; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians), Slovenians, Slovenes, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Swedes, Tats, Armenians, Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nenets, Nganasans, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Kets, Ainu, Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa, Inland Tlingit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario), Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree), Plains Ojibwa, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Ashaninca (Campa), Wallons, Picardie, Icelanders, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Lutsi (Ludza), Itelmen