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C18A - The sun lures out the rooster.
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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 hidden sun is lured out by the rooster, or people believe that without the rooster's crow, the sun will not rise.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 |
|---|---|---|
| I88 | 96.98% | Describes a creature with several tails. |
| F100 | 95.50% | A magic potion reveals that the only chaste woman is the maid, an orphan, etc. The king chooses the maid. |
| B40B | 94.81% | The horse changes with the cow, gives up its horns and/or gets teeth. |
| M30D | 93.96% | To get into the air, a character without wings (usually a turtle or a frog) grabs a stick with the ends held in their beaks by two birds. |
| F51B | 93.89% | To find out the nature or location of a character's locus, another person secretly attaches a long thread to it and follows it. |
| M45C | 93.69% | The character advises the other person to plant or sow boiled or roasted seeds or tubers, who follows the advice. |
| L81D | 93.00% | Two cripples with different physical disabilities quarrel and fight, and as a result become whole and healthy. |
| A2B | 92.94% | In addition to the current sun and/or moon, other suns and moons shone in the sky, which were then destroyed. See motif A2A. |
| M198B4 | 92.78% | The fake fortune teller, expecting to be exposed, utters words that reflect his state of mind. The thieves standing nearby perceive some of the words as their names, believe that the fortune teller has found out about them, and ask him not to reveal them. |
| F28A1 | 92.71% | The living penis is a dangerous creature that attacks people. |
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This motif has been recorded in 20 traditions: Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba, Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu, Kete, Luba-Kasai, Bena (Bene) Lulua; (Bena-)Kanioka, Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang, Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij, Bondo, Didayi (Gata'), Gutob (=Gadaba; cf Dravidian-speaking Gadaba), Khasi, Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Rawang, Dulong; Anong, Drung, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam, Early Chinese written sources, 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, Macedonians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Creols of Eastern and Central Cuba, Kono (=Kone), Wai, Wallons, Picardie