b93a


Motif

Name_eng: 
The bird bridge over the sky river
Description: 

Once a year birds make a chain of their bodies to serve as a bridge щмук the celestial river. Usually feathers on their heads are worn down as a result

Name_rus: 
Птичий мост над небесной рекой
Description_rus: 
Раз в год птицы составляют из своих тел мост через небесную реку. Обычно перья у них на голове в результате стираются
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
02 Moon spots, stars, constellations
Motif analysis result: 
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
5

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
10.2.1.1Early Chinese written sources
10.2.2.1Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
10.2.4.1Koreans; Goguryeo
6.3.2.10Viet, Muong
9.1.5.3Mongols (Khalkha)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b93 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 13 Weight: 385
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m147 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b119 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b109a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: h43ab Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m38a2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: l119 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m83c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: a32l Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: f77a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: c39a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a12g Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: a37c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k37e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: k47d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 11 Weight: 182