Ugarit



Tradition title rus: 
Угарит
Areal ID: 
5.3.1.2
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
31.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
19.00
Motifs: 

Motif

a4


Name_eng: 
Female sun
Description: 

The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female




Motif

f70b


Name_eng: 
Revenge of a rejected woman
Description: 

A woman revenges on a man who rejected her love but necessary not pretends to be an object of sexual harassment from his part




Motif

f98


Name_eng: 
God and a cow
Description: 

Anthropomorphic god descends from the sky and copulates with a cow




Motif

h7


Name_eng: 
The personified Death
Description: 

Death (also Old Age, Disease, etc.) is a particular person not identical with the Master of the Dead. He kills people usually carrying away their souls




Motif

i82a


Name_eng: 
Venus is male
Description: 

Morning and/or Evening Star is a male personage




Motif

l19b


Name_eng: 
Beings with odd number of heads
Description: 

Being (any besides birds) with more than ten heads or with odd (but more than one) number of heads are described in tales or represented in art. If beings with ever more number of heads are named, the row ends with a being that has odd (or more than ten) number of heads




Motif

l90


Name_eng: 
Mouth from the earth to the sky
Description: 

Monster's upper lip (fang, horn, etc.) touches the sky, lower touches the ground




Motif

i35c


Name_eng: 
God the craftsman
Description: 

One of mythological characters using his skills in crafts creates for the first time tools and valuable cultural and natural objects; is a patron of craftsmen (usually of blacksmiths)




Motif

n34


Name_eng: 
Honey and oil
Description: 

Streams of honey and oil (oil and milk, milk and blood) instead of streams of water are mentioned as a sign of generosity and prosperity. Cf. motif K33F




Motif

k38e4


Name_eng: 
Palace of gold and silver bricks
Description: 

A palace (castle, crypt, church, bridge) made of gold and silver modules (usually bricks, more rare planks) is mentioned in narratives (in different context)




Motif

k38e


Name_eng: 
Of copper, of silver, of gold
Description: 

Loci or objects of three (rare – four) different materials are mentioned in such a way that all of them have positive connotations though unequal value (copper, silver and gold; silver, gold and diamonds, etc.)




Motif

l19b1


Name_eng: 
The seven-headed monster
Description: 

Описывается или изображается чудовище (обычно змей) о семи головах. При перечисления существ по мере возрастания у них числа голов ряд заканчивается на семи




Motif

k179


Name_eng: 
Bride purchased for her weight in gold
Description: 

An object (usually the bride) purchased for the sum of money equivalent (or bigger) than its weight in gold (silver) or a heap of valuables as high as the corresponding person




Motif

k27o1


Name_eng: 
Head used as ball
Description: 

Severed human heads are compared with balls or used as balls




Motif

h7f1


Name_eng: 
Death eats the dead
Description: 

Death eats the dead and thus assuages his hunger




Motif

h12


Name_eng: 
The alive person comes to the land of the dead after somebody’s death
Description: 

The alive person comes to the land of the dead to bring back somebody who has recently died (besides stories about shamans who journey to the other world to bring back the soul of a sick person) or, having no particular aim, goes there in company of somebody who had recently died or following his or her tracks




Motif

k41


Name_eng: 
Thunder against a serpent
Description: 

Thunder or giant bird fights against a reptile, big water animal or other big and strong creature who lives in water or under the earth




Motif

f35a


Name_eng: 
Feeding with the kin’s meat
Description: 

Person does not know that he or she eats or cooks the meat of the member of his or her household (blood relation, more rare a spouse or servant) or serves it to his or her friends, or uses her or his bones for everyday needs, or slowly kills him ort her




Motif

i68


Name_eng: 
Opening of the sky
Description: 

On a certain moment, a crack, a window or the like opens in the sky vault (rains flows though it, the upper world is seen, communication with inhabitants of the upper world becomes possible)




Motif

k33f


Name_eng: 
Basin of honey and basin of oil
Description: 

Two or more different kinds of valuable edible liquids like oil, honey, milk, etc. are available or imaginable. Cf. motif n34




Motif

i85c1


Name_eng: 
The rain stored in the sky
Description: 

In the sky there is a special container (vessel, skin, box, etc.) for storing the rain




Motif

g2


Name_eng: 
The return of Persephone
Description: 

Person who is the incarnation of fertility and life first disappears and then (reriodically) returns




Motif

k183


Name_eng: 
In what fish is the swallowed one?
Description: 

Person cuts open all water creatures (vultures) or looks into their mouths to find the swallowed one or a part of his body




Motif

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.)




Motif

h13


Name_eng: 
Dead person is returned and revives
Description: 

Person comes to the land of the dead and brings back somebody who has recently died or brings his remains. The dead one becomes alive and lives normal life (for some time)




Motif

i4c


Name_eng: 
Storm-god as a prisoner
Description: 

Thunder-god is temporarily overcome and imprisoned by his enemy




Motif

a19c


Name_eng: 
The sun horse
Description: 

The Sun is associated with a horseman or rides in a cart driven by horses (equids)




Motif

i4


Name_eng: 
Thunder rides in the sky
Description: 

Thunder is heard when a vehicle moves in the sky




Motif

i35a1


Name_eng: 
Challenge to Thunder-god
Description: 

Person claims to be equal to the sky god, imitating him or mocking upon him




Motif

h12c


Name_eng: 
Orpheus: to return the dead wife
Description: 

Husband follows his dead wife to the other world but is unable to bring her back or succeeds to do it but loses her once again




Motif

i4e


Name_eng: 
Storm-god as rider of the clouds
Description: 

An anthropomorphic sky-god (associated with the thunder and rain) rides on the clouds (uses them as a vehicle)





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