a9


Motif

Motif code: 
a9
Name_eng: 
The moon defends people
Description: 

Female moon does not permit her husband or son to destroy people

Name_rus: 
Луна – защитница людей
Description_rus: 
Луна-женщина не позволяет своему сыну или мужу Cолнцу уничтожить людей
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)
3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
5
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Tzeltal
Lacandon
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Kamakan; Kutasho

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: b39 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: l39a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 9 Weight: 222
Motif: a13b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 5 Weight: 200
Motif: c15 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: g12a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: b25 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 6 Weight: 167
Motif: g3 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 15 Weight: 133
Motif: g16 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 15 Weight: 133
Motif: g4 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 16 Weight: 125
Motif: i59b4 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: m47 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 16 Weight: 125
Motif: g27 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 8 Weight: 125
Motif: m56a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 16 Weight: 125
Motif: i7a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: b22 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 9 Weight: 111
Motif: i20c2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 19 Weight: 105
Motif: m2 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100
Motif: i71 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 10 Weight: 100
Motif: b62 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 21 Weight: 95