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C18 - Luring the sun.
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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 embodying or controlling the sun hides or is hidden. In order to restore or obtain light and warmth for the first time, the character's attention is attracted or distracted by songs, music, dances, unusual gifts, indecent or strange behaviour, offers of sex, food and/or alcohol.Berezkin category: Disasters
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
C18 has 1 other sub-motifsC18. A character embodying or controlling the sun hides or is hidden. In order to restore or obtain light and warmth for the first time, the character's attention is attracted or distracted by songs, music, dances, unusual gifts, indecent or strange behaviour, offers of sex, food and/or alcohol. C18a. The hidden sun is lured out by the rooster, or people believe that without the rooster's crow, the sun will not rise. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of C18's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I26 | 91.91% | On its way to the other world, the soul must distract its guardians with gifts or defend itself from attack. |
| G29 | 86.73% | The character consists of various artefacts of domestic and industrial use or transforms into them. |
| F89 | 86.30% | A sister and brother live alone. The brother refuses to commit incest. The sister resorts to cunning, as a result of which the brother mistakes her for a stranger and marries her. |
| H43AB | 86.30% | Man is mortal because he was spat upon at creation. |
| B72A | 86.23% | Mother (stepmother, adoptive father) does not give food to a girl or (less often) a boy. The child asks migratory birds to take him with them, they give him bird clothing, he flies away with them, becoming a bird. |
| I86 | 85.78% | The inhabitants of the upper world produce down, wool, and scales, which turn into birds, animals, and fish. |
| A13A | 85.39% | The raven steals or hides the sun, or attempts to do so. |
| I51B | 84.76% | The earth or sky is perceived as a large mammal or created from parts of its body. |
| M3B | 84.75% | Trying to grab a hare, another animal tears off (bites) its tail. It's been short ever since. |
| A32A | 84.68% | The figure or imprint of a rabbit or hare is visible on the lunar disc. |
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This motif has been recorded in 34 traditions: Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula, Loyalty Islands (Uvea, Lifu, Mare), Yap, Nicobarese, Khasi, Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Lepcha, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Ainu, Oroch, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Chukchi, Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah, Kiowa Apache, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Cherokee, Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob), Chiricahua, Huichol, Tepecano, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Zapotec, Chatino, Bribri, Cabecar, Terraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Sibundoy: Kamsa, Ingano (Inga), Sicuani, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Tariana, Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje), Egypt, Palau