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I72A - Stars – children of the moon, A764.1.3.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Stars – children of the moon and/or sun.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 1, Sun and Moon
I72 has 1 other sub-motifsI72. Stars – anthropomorphic beings. See motif K19 (marriage to a star). Cases where the Star is a unique object, e.g. Venus, rather than one of many Star-people, are not included. I72a. Stars – children of the moon and/or sun. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I72's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H5 | 94.47% | Reptiles or invertebrates possess a life-giving agent; they are contrasted with humans as immortal mortals and/or responsible for the fact that humans die and are not reborn; the dead turn into snakes. See motif H4. (The first death comes from a snake bite (centipede), but snakes are not opposed to humans as immortals to mortals.) |
| B77 | 93.97% | The sky was close to the ground, then rose. |
| G8 | 93.84% | People or animals cut or gnaw at a tree, mountain, or pillar of the sky. The damage disappears as soon as the workers are distracted from their task (usually when they take a break) or periodically (at certain times). |
| J47 | 93.00% | A character climbs up to the sky using a rope, ladder, etc., or climbs a tree or rock, or descends from the sky to the ground, or rises to the ground from the underworld. Another character climbs after them, but the rope or ladder breaks or is cut, and the character falls. |
| H34G | 92.81% | One grain was enough to prepare a meal. |
| E5C | 92.01% | The first humans or deities-ancestors descend to earth from the sky. |
| F2 | 91.96% | The child is born from a tumour on the character's body, either placed there temporarily or emerging from blood that has flowed from a cut. |
| F45 | 91.22% | There are or were settlements where only women lived or live (cf. motifs F8, F45C). |
| I108 | 90.86% | The Pleiades are a single character, not a group of people. |
| F40B | 90.75% | A single man finds himself in a village of women. Usually, he is forced to satisfy a woman against his will, or each woman demands to have sex with him. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 40 traditions: Nyatutu, Kiniramba, Isanzu, Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo, Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap, Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang), Mandjak, Mankanya, Pepel, Balant, Felupe, Diola (Jola), Sandawe, Tasmania, 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, Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru, Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Mentawai, Negrito (incl. Mamanwa), Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Andamanese, Bondo, Didayi (Gata'), Gutob (=Gadaba; cf Dravidian-speaking Gadaba), Northern Naga: Konyak, Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar, Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Bacop, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan, Lithuanians, Latvians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Georgians, Shor, Tanana, Blackfoot, Osage, Yana, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso), Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Yupa (Yukpa), Sicuani, Panare (Eñape), Saliva, Witoto, Ocaina, Kamakan; Kutasho, Chorote, Salars, Egypt