Bushoong: (Ba)kuba, Dengese, Ngongo; Yansi



Tradition title rus: 
Бушонго: (ба)куба (при слиянии Санкуру и Касаи), денгезе (между монго-нкунду и бакуба), вкл (ба)нгонго; янси
Areal ID: 
1.2.4.3
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
21.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
13.00
Motifs: 

Motif

a3


Name_eng: 
Male sun and female moon
Description: 

The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male




Motif

a5


Name_eng: 
The Sun and the Moon are males
Description: 

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




Motif

b3a


Name_eng: 
Primeval waters
Description: 

Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later




Motif

c19


Name_eng: 
Acquisition of the sun
Description: 

The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)




Motif

e5c


Name_eng: 
People from the sky
Description: 

The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.




Motif

f38


Name_eng: 
Women and sacred knowledge
Description: 

Women were possessors of the sacred knowledge, sanctuaries or ritual objects which are now taboo for them or they made attempts to acquire such a knowledge or objects




Motif

h31


Name_eng: 
Origin of death: man and celestial bodies
Description: 

God summons to him man and celestial bodies and makes the man mortal and others immortal




Motif

i5


Name_eng: 
Thunder is an animal
Description: 

Thunder looks like a quadruped mammal (pig, buffalo, camel, anteater, tapir, dog, cat, leopard, monkey, etc.)




Motif

i117


Name_eng: 
Spider ferries from one world to another
Description: 

Spider person raises the hero to the sky, helps him or her to return back to earth or otherwise helps to overcome the borderlines between worlds




Motif

k8a


Name_eng: 
Jonah: swallowed by monster
Description: 

Person gets into the belly of water being or into the belly of giant creature which appearance and living place remain vague. He kills the monster from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)




Motif

l103


Name_eng: 
Obstacle flight (Atalanta type)
Description: 

Treasure, or the like, is thrown back to tempt pursuer to delay




Motif

m29v


Name_eng: 
The duiker (mouse-deer) wins thanks to his smartness
Description: 

Being smart and witty, a small ungulate overcomes strong adversaries. The hero is a duiker, a mouse-deer or other small even-toed ungulates that are not very close biologically but look similar. In some publications on African folklore it is difficult to say what species is meant in particular case




Motif

m57b


Name_eng: 
Sweat of the Sun and tears of the Moon
Description: 

Beads or metals are discharged by bodies of deities




Motif

m119


Name_eng: 
Demonstrated many times
Description: 

Trickster suggests to be a nurse or a shepherd, kills and eats children or animals, demonstrates to the parent (the owner) one and the same child or animal as many times as was their number in the beginning




Motif

m129


Name_eng: 
Lost primogeniture
Description: 

Father or mother is going to give primogeniture to the son he or she has chosen. Another son comes in disguise of the chosen one, receives primogeniture




Motif

m155


Name_eng: 
Sleeping parent covered with a cloak
Description: 

A man or a woman falls asleep in the nude or pretends to do so. Only one of his or her children covers him or her with a cloak and is considered to be the most noble




Motif

m29w1


Name_eng: 
The leopard is a failure
Description: 

Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the leopard (panther) suffers a reverse, is injured or dies




Motif

m157


Name_eng: 
The impossible giving birth
Description: 

Person claims that a man or a male animal had given birth (or is menstruating) or that a female gave birth to a young of another species or that a woman gave birth to an animal




Motif

m157a1


Name_eng: 
Father is giving birth
Description: 

Person proves the absurdity of the claims of another person saying that his or her father (or other man or a male animal) had given or is giving birth or is menstruating




Motif

a36a


Name_eng: 
The immortal Sun
Description: 

The Sun, unlike people, is immortal; is responsible for the mortal nature of humans




Motif

c18a


Name_eng: 
The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place
Description: 

The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place or people beliefe that the Sun will not rise if the cock would not cry





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