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I84 - The Milky Way – a ski trail.
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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 Milky Way – ski tracks.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 2, Moon spots, stars, constellations
I84 has 1 other sub-motifsI84. The Milky Way – ski tracks. I84a. Contrary to the warning of his father or mother, a young man or woman sets off on a journey in winter and freezes to death. Cf. motif B33A ("Frozen in Spring"). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I84's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B64D | 98.30% | Certain bones in the bodies of living creatures (usually birds and fish) are arrows shot into them. |
| L17A2 | 98.20% | Instead of a beautiful woman, a man takes a devil with an odd number of eyes. |
| K63 | 97.55% | A man comes to people who hunt humans or catch fish-people. For them, these are wild animals or fish. |
| M94A1 | 97.03% | By stupidity or negligence, a zoomorphic character rolls down a mountain and as a result dies or suffers damage (attacks the edge, falls into the water, etc.). |
| K56A3 | 96.35% | A wandering girl or young girl should not tie her shoelaces or the laces on her shoes or clothing. If she does so, she will get into trouble. |
| N10C | 96.35% | A girl is described, through whose body you can see her internal organs or the food she has swallowed. This is a sign of beauty. |
| K25A5 | 96.28% | The older brother is a hunter, the younger brother (rarely a sister) is a housekeeper. Learning that bird maidens come down to the younger brother, the older brother teaches the younger brother what he must do so that the older brother can catch one of them and make her his wife. The wife finds feather clothing and flies away (often the younger brother, out of simplicity, gives it to her), and the husband sets off in search of her. |
| L65C | 96.28% | The eldest of three or more sisters turns out to be a cannibal, devouring her younger sisters and other people. |
| B64B | 96.22% | Two types of fish shoot arrows at each other. Since then, the fish have had many small bones in their bodies, or some of their bones have split in two. |
| I56 | 96.20% | Moving between worlds, the same living person is visible to some and invisible to others. |
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This motif has been recorded in 31 traditions: Finns, Karelians, Anatolia Turks, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nenets, Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Kets, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Western Tungus (Evenki), Western Siberia Tungus (Evenki): Sym River, Ket River, Udeghe, Oroch, Uilta (Orok), Nanai, Olcha (Ulch), Negidal, Central Yupik, Inland Tlingit, Tahltan, Ingalik (Der Hit’an), Tlingit, Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki, Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki, Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area, Russian Federation