a8b


Motif

Motif code: 
a8b
Name_eng: 
The Sun in the land of the dead
Description: 

When the Sun descends below the horizon, it shines to the anthropomorphic denizens of the netherworld (the dead, dwarfs, etc.)

Name_rus: 
Солнце в мире мертвых
Description_rus: 
Уходя ночью за горизонт, солнце светит антропоморфным обитателям нижнего мира – мертвецам, карликам и т.п.
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
01 Sun and Moon
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: 
22

Linked traditions:
Ugarit
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)
Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
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
Poles
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Armenians
Mestizos of Soconuzco; Cotzumapguapa iconography
Tepehua, Totonac
Chinantec, Mazatec
Tzotzil
Tzeltal
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Tunebo
Colorado (Tsachila)
Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Mundurucu, Curuaia
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: j51b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: a9 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: f26 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: g27 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: k80a5 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375
Motif: i20c2 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 19 Weight: 368
Motif: b30b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 11 Weight: 364
Motif: i28a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b25 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m11d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k33c5 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k47c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b39 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300