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I101 - The Great Bear – stakes.
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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 Big Dipper or several bright stars of another constellation are stakes, pillars supporting a platform, or some object is stretched, dried, or stored on these stakes.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
I10 has 1 other sub-motifsI10a. Individual layers or categories of the sky or clouds differ in colour. I10b. Individual layers or categories of earth differ in colour (and other characteristics). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I10's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B70 | 97.09% | A man beats defenseless hares, foxes, and other small animals (one or many) that are usually locked in his house. The story explains the colouring of the tips of the ears and tails of these animals. Cf. motif M45A. |
| E9I4 | 96.73% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) takes the form of a crane. |
| M108 | 96.67% | The character is called upon to help perform a task (usually to transport property or provisions across a river) and takes away what has been entrusted to him. |
| A13A | 96.48% | The raven steals or hides the sun, or attempts to do so. |
| K25A7 | 96.48% | The older brother hunts, the younger brother takes care of the household. After catching the winged maiden, the older brother takes her as his wife, while the younger brother, out of naivety, returns her wings to her. The older brother sets off in search of his wife. |
| K89B | 96.36% | At the beginning of the story, the sister parts with her brothers (or one brother), who die, remain on trees, on a hill, ascend to the sky, etc. Usually, after a successful marriage, the sister meets her brothers again, who have acquired superhuman nature. |
| I86 | 95.89% | The inhabitants of the upper world produce down, wool, and scales, which turn into birds, animals, and fish. |
| D13I1 | 95.85% | The characteristics of a character can be determined by his teeth. By laughing and showing his teeth, the character reveals himself. |
| B112 | 95.19% | The character is called upon to help perform a task (usually to transport property or provisions across a river) and takes away what has been entrusted to him. A woodpecker or titmouse returns the stolen goods. The owner of the property paints or dresses the bird, hence the colour of its plumage |
| B72A | 95.19% | 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. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 19 traditions: Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Udmurt, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nenets, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Udeghe, Oroch, Uilta (Orok), Nanai, Olcha (Ulch), Nivkh, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Central Yupik, Haida, Lillooet, Japan