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I85C1 - Heavenly vessel for rain, A1131.4, A1131.4.1.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
In the sky there is a vessel, a box or an indescribable container for storing rain (rain clouds).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
I85 has 5 other sub-motifsI85. Polar Star – stake, nail, hitching post, etc. I85a. Animals walk around the North Star, or the movement of the stars is compared to the movement of animals around a pole. See motif I85. I85a1. The North Star – a hole leading to the upper world. I85b. The North Star – one person. I85c. The character goes up to the sky and finds vessels containing various (two or more) types of precipitation, weather phenomena, seasons and/or celestial bodies. I85c1. In the sky there is a vessel, a box or an indescribable container for storing rain (rain clouds). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I85's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I20C | 94.34% | Dwarves live in an underground world that partly resembles the earthly world. If dwarves and humans meet, it happens underground. |
| J21 | 92.98% | Gods, ancestors of humans, and founders of dynasties are born from eggs. |
| I3 | 92.03% | Lightning (and thunder) is produced by an object (sword, arrow, whip, mirror, etc.) in the hands of a character; lightning is an object. |
| F16 | 90.91% | Men possessed biological characteristics that are now characteristic of women, or vice versa (beards, menstruation, breasts, childbearing). |
| I8E1 | 90.86% | The sky or earth is supported by four objects or beings located at the four cardinal points (either four groups of beings, or four at the corners and a fifth in the centre). Th A841. See motifs 8A, 8D. |
| B2E | 90.74% | The Earth or the world as a whole is a male character (alone or alongside a female character). |
| I8G | 90.08% | A single giant holds up the earth or the sky. |
| L18 | 89.46% | A bird with two or more heads in descriptions or images. |
| I7 | 89.35% | The reptile produces rain and thunderstorms. |
| C7 | 89.23% | Initially or after the flood, an earthen or stone barrier, the body of a character or creature prevents the flow of water. Later, this barrier is removed or destroyed. |
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This motif has been recorded in 21 traditions: Ugarit, Phoenicia, Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups), Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf, Koreans, Livonians, Estonians, Svans, Dongxiang, Baoan, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Chukchi, Tsetsaut, Navajo, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec, Pipil, Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo, Zapotec, Chatino, Kekchi; Mopan, Akuriyo (incl Turaekare), Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite), Chamacoco (Ishir)