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Motif
Name_eng:
Three horsemen (the Sun, the Moon, the Night)
Description:
Horsemen or horses symbolize luminaries or parts of the day cycle
Name_rus:
Три всадника (солнце, месяц, ночь)
Description_rus:
Всадники или кони олицетворяют светила или разные периоды суток
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
01 Sun and Moon
03 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
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:
6
Linked traditions:
Areal ID
Tradition
4.1.1.5
Slovakians
4.1.3.2
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
4.2.1.1
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
4.2.5.2
Lithuanians
5.1.6.1
Ingush
5.4.1.1
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif:
b69b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
k38f3
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif:
k184
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
b108
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
c33b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
k167b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
k73b7
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
c32
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
n12
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif:
l85d
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif:
l108g
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
k113b
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
k181a
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif:
k76d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 13 Weight: 308
Motif:
c33a1
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
e5
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
k56ac
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
h36j
Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif:
k67f
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 12 Weight: 250