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I9 - Colours of the cardinal points.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Each (or at least three) of the four cardinal directions (as well as the zenith and nadir) and/or the objects located there have their own colour. Abbreviations: E: east, S: south, W: west, N: north. (Cf. Podosinov 2000: 143-147).Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
I9 has 1 other sub-motifsI9. Each (or at least three) of the four cardinal directions (as well as the zenith and nadir) and/or the objects located there have their own colour. Abbreviations: E: east, S: south, W: west, N: north. (Cf. Podosinov 2000: 143-147). I9a. Zenith and/or nadir are considered together with the four cardinal directions as one (or two) more main directions. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I9's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I13A | 94.18% | A huge aquatic or celestial serpent, dragon, or snake-like creature with horns on its head. |
| A17 | 93.86% | Having travelled halfway across the sky or the underworld, the Sun stops to rest. |
| C10 | 91.77% | During the flood, some birds or animals escape to a mountain, a tree, a boat, or by clinging to the sky; their tails or other parts of their bodies remain in the water and as a result acquire their current colour or shape. Cf. A2211.7 ("During the flood, birds cling to the sky; their tails acquire their current colour"). |
| K22 | 91.48% | The inhabitants of a distant land, who differ from (ordinary) people, occasionally fight off enemies of a non-human nature who attack them. |
| H24B | 91.39% | The character must open the vessel containing the soul of the deceased when he reaches the place or after a certain time has passed; if he opens it before the time is up, the soul flies away. See motif H24. |
| F9A | 91.20% | There are teeth, blades or sharp stones in a woman's vagina or on the inside of her thighs; the vagina is a toothy mouth. (Only texts with a focus on authenticity are taken into account, not anecdotes). |
| I75 | 90.63% | Before the emergence of the present world or present humans, there were others (at least two worlds or races). |
| A40 | 90.52% | The Toad or Frog is the wife (or one of the wives) of the Sun or Moon. Traditions in which the frog jumps onto the face (chest, back) of the Moon and remains there are highlighted in italics; those in which the frog is visible on the lunar disc are marked with an asterisk; traditions in which the frog or toad is the wife of the Sun are marked with a hash (#). |
| J34 | 90.14% | After killing a dangerous enemy, the heroes make a scarecrow out of him to frighten the household. |
| K27O | 90.13% | The confrontation between heroes and antagonists unfolds in the form of a ball game. |
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This motif has been recorded in 58 traditions: Songhai, Fula (Fulbe, Fulani, Pular), Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Burmese, Intha, Shan, Ahom, Khampti, SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji, Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples, Lepcha, Koreans, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Nogai, Kalmyk, Anatolia Turks, Uyghur, Chuvash, Mongols (Khalkha), Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Winnebago, Yuchi, Arapaho, Teton (incl Oglala), Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Arikara, Pawnee, Kiowa Apache, Plains Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Crow, Natchez (incl Avoyel), Alabama, Koasati, Hitchiti, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Cherokee, Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Navajo, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Hopi, Zuni, Cocopa, Paipai, Kiliwa, Seri, Pima, Papago, Huichol, Tepecano, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Tzotzil, Chorti, Lacandon, Kekchi; Mopan, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Kamayura, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)