b42t


Motif

Motif code: 
b42t
Name_eng: 
Ursa major is a big mammal
Description: 

Seven main stars of Ursa major are interpreted as a figure of a mammal: bear, deer, mountain sheep, camel, dog

Name_rus: 
Семь звезд Большой Медведицы – животное
Description_rus: 
Все семь звезд Большой Медведицы (а не только звезды ковша) считаются фигурой животного - медведя, лося, оленя, барана, верблюда, собаки
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: 
61
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Old and New Testament
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Tuareg
Burmese, Intha
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Thai of Thailand
Spain
Portuguese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
French (northern France)
Ancient Greece
Western Sami
Byelarusians
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)
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Northern Selkups
Ainu
Kamchadal
Reindeer Koryak
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Aleuts
Central Yupik
Chugach
Ingalik (Der Hit’an)
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Copper
Netsilik
Caribou
Iglulik
Polar Inuit
Baffin Land Inuit
West Greenland
Labrador Inuit (Koksoagmiut)
Carrier
Chilkotin
Kutenai
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Zuni
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Kodiak
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Early Russian written sources
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Phoenicia

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m84b2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k25a3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m17a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 12 Weight: 917
Motif: k10h Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: f51c Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: k45a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: k56a8a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: l42j Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k8b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k32k Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: i60a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: a31a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: k45 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 12 Weight: 750
Motif: e9aa Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: m39a3b Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: l59a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: k45b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 11 Weight: 727
Motif: i123 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: f91 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 10 Weight: 700