a6


Motif

Motif code: 
a6
Name_eng: 
The Sun and the Moon are females
Description: 

Both the Sun and the Moon are considered to be females (incl. cases when the gender is not directly specified but both emerge from parts of the body of a female person)

Name_rus: 
Солнце и луна - женщины
Description_rus: 
Солнце и луна считаются персонажами женского пола (включая случаи, когда пол светил не указан, но оба возникают из тела женского персонажа)
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
01 Sun and Moon
Motif analysis result: 
3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
70

Linked traditions:
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Soqotri
Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
SE Australia: Kamilaroi, Yualarai (Ualarai, Euahlayi), Milpulo (Mailpurgu), Wuradjeri (Wiradjurim, Wiradjeri, Wurundjeri, Yarra, Yarra Yarra), Wongaibon (Wonghibon), Noongahburrah (Narran, Narran River), Kurnai, and many others (see file 0.doc)
Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Mentawai
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Southern Luzon: Pampango, Pangacian, Sambal, Tagal, Tayabas; Calamian
Burmese, Intha
Thai of Thailand
Viet, Muong
Andamanese
Semang, Senoi
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
Li
Early Chinese written sources
Koreans; Goguryeo
Basques
Dutch, Flemish
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Sarikoli
Tajik
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Georgians
Kalmyk
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Udmurt
Mansi
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Darkhad
Nganasans
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Ainu
Nanai
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Tuscarora
Tunica
Chacobo
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Hani, Akha
Salars
Shaanxi Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shandong Chinese
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Terek Cossacks
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: e1e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b93a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: m99a1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: l40c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: h7g2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l5g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b109a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l90d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k37e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: a37c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k32e Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif: l60 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: f77a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556
Motif: m140a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556