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Motif

Name_eng:

An attempt to drown God

Description:

When dry land is created, Creator takes a rest and sleeps. His antagonist decides to drown him and drags him to the edge of the earth. The dry land grows in size as long as the antagonist drags the Creator's body, the edge never reached

Name_rus:

Попытка утопить Бога

Description_rus:

Когда создав сушу, создатель ложится отдохнуть, антагонист пытается его утопить, тащит к краю земли. От этого земля расширяется, антагонист не в силах достичь ее края

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

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:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.3.1	Hungarians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.2.3	Chulym Turks
9.1.5.3	Mongols (Khalkha)
9.2.1.2	Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.3.2.2	Sym Tungus/Evenki