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I7 - Cloud serpent.
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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 reptile produces rain and thunderstorms.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
I7 has 3 other sub-motifsI7. The reptile produces rain and thunderstorms. I7a. Lightning is associated with a snake. I7b. Lightning – a crack in the sky through which the heavens are visible for a moment. I7c. When a character in the upper world urinates, it rains (dew falls) on earth. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I7's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I62 | 94.89% | The Milky Way is a heavenly river, a body of water, a chain of creatures floating in the water. |
| F20A | 93.65% | At first, people mated as dogs do now, but then it became as it is now. |
| J21 | 92.77% | Gods, ancestors of humans, and founders of dynasties are born from eggs. |
| H1E | 92.22% | A certain character is the first to enter the world of the dead, after which all people follow the same path; he paves the way to the world of the dead; the first to die becomes the master or guardian of the afterlife. |
| A32A | 91.78% | The figure or imprint of a rabbit or hare is visible on the lunar disc. |
| H36G | 91.74% | God sends a messenger to the people to tell them to eat infrequently (once a day, once every three days, etc.). The messenger says that one should eat often – at least two or three times a day. |
| A2A1 | 91.38% | At first, the moon was as bright and hot as the sun. |
| B2E | 91.27% | The Earth or the world as a whole is a male character (alone or alongside a female character). |
| E9 | 90.71% | The character notices that someone is running the house in his absence and catches the person doing so by surprise. |
| F18D | 90.57% | Female genitals were enormous in size. |
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This motif has been recorded in 56 traditions: Murle, Me'en (Bodi), Didinga, Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies, Hausa, Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku, Papua-NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan, Burmese, Intha, SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Early Chinese written sources, Lepcha, Koreans, Poles, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Macedonians, Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Western Ukrainians, Nogai, Armenians, Kalmyk, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Mongols (Khalkha), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Ainu, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Udeghe, Oroch, Negidal, Micmac, Yuchi, Mandan, Pawnee, Cherokee, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Zuni, Huichol, Tepecano, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Boruca (Brunka), Waiwai, Trio, Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries), Aimara, Moseten, Chimane, Mataco, Terena (Tereno) , Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Bhutan, China