a4b


Motif

Motif code: 
a4b
Name_eng: 
The Sun is afraid of the night
Description: 

Being afraid of the night, the Sun decided to travel across the sky only at the day time

Name_rus: 
Солнце боится ночи
Description_rus: 
Солнце решило ходить по небу днем, т.к. боится ночи
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
01 Sun and Moon
Motif analysis result: 
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
11
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Koreans; Goguryeo
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Ingush
Armenians
Ainu
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Hani, Akha
Sichuan Chinese
Shandong Chinese

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b69b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: l15e1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k167b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l15e2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b119 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f51d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f14 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 11 Weight: 273
Motif: a19a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: k76f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: m39a3b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: e5 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250