Northern Cook Islands: Rakahanga, Manihiki, Tongareva



Tradition title rus: 
О-ва Кука, северные: Ракаханга, Манихики, Тонгарева
Areal ID: 
7.2.3.2
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
10.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
6.00

Linked Motifs

MotifNameDescription
a3Male sun and female moonThe Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
a38The Sun caught in snarePerson prepares a snare, loop, noose, etc. to catch the Sun and/or the Sun is caught in a snare, tied by a rope, etc.
b2aThe female earthThe earth is a female person (alone or together with a male person); she is female being or associated with a woman
b4The fished out earthIslands or continent are fished out of the ocean or pulled to their present place by rope
d5Woman as the owner of the fireFemale person is the owner or inventor (but not the personification) of the fire
f45The AmazonsThere are (or were) women who live apart from men in their own village or villages
k32The false wifeAn ugly, old, lazy, etc. woman or (in Chaco) a male trickster comes to man under disguise of his wife or bride who is driven out, confined to the underworld, killed, etc.
m81Blind personsA man travels and comes to two or several blind (usually old) persons
m81cBlinds met in the skyGetting to the sky or (rare) to the lower world a man comes across one or two blind persons, then returns to the earth. Usually he cures their eyes
m81dBlind persons curedA man comes across (often in the sky) one or two blind persons and cures their eyes


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