b42m2

Motif

Name_eng:

The boaster and the hurried one

Description:

Stars of the handle of the Big Dipper are three hunters who pursue an animal and demonstrate particular psychological characteristics (one is a boaster, another is a hurried one, etc.). In Siberia the hunters belong to different ethnic groups and in the North American Northeast they are different species of birds

Name_rus:

Хвастун и торопливый

Description_rus:

Звезды ручки ковша Большой Медведицы – это три охотника, которые гонят зверя. Каждый отличается особым характером (один – хвастун, другой – торопливый и т.п.). В Сибири охотники отождествляются с людьми разных национальностей, а на североамериканском Северо-Востоке – с птицами разных видов

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

02 Moon spots, stars, constellations

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.3.2.2	Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
12.5.1.1	Micmac
12.5.2.2	Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
9.2.1.2	Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.2.1	Kets
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.2.5	Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki