Prussians



Tradition title rus: 
Пруссы
Areal ID: 
4.2.5.3
Areal: 
Language: 
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
10.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
9.00
Motifs: 

Motif

b42q


Name_eng: 
Ursa major is a carriage
Description: 

Ursa major is identified with a carriage, a cart




Motif

b87


Name_eng: 
Alcor
Description: 

Alcor (a weak star near the second star of the handle of the Big Dipper) is selected as a particular sky object




Motif

i95


Name_eng: 
The Pleiades are a sieve for grain
Description: 

The Pleiades are a sieve to process agricultural products




Motif

b87c


Name_eng: 
Alcor is a rider
Description: 

Alcor (a weak star near Mizar, the second star of the Big Dipper’s handle) is a rider, a driver




Motif

i82f


Name_eng: 
Venus is the Wolf star
Description: 

(Evening) Venus is associated with a predator animal, usually with a she-wolf




Motif

i110b


Name_eng: 
Orion is mowers
Description: 

(Belt of) Orion is (three) mowers or agricultural tools related to mowing and harvesting




Motif

b98


Name_eng: 
The bat between birds and animals
Description: 

Bat (rare: ostrich) makes attempts to join sometimes animals and sometime birds or is excluded from both categories




Motif

i4d


Name_eng: 
Theft of the Thunder-Instrument
Description: 

Thunder’s instrument is stolen from him. He or his helper comes unrecognized to the thief, gets his instrument and kills the enemies




Motif

i110


Name_eng: 
Night sky agriculturalists
Description: 

Constellation are interpreted as agricultural tools or people occupied with agricultural works (mostly ploughing and haymaking)




Motif

b98a


Name_eng: 
Bat becomes an outcast
Description: 

The bat becomes an outcast among other creatures (usually after it makes attempts to join first animals and then birds or vice versa)





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