a12a


Motif

Motif code: 
a12a
Name_eng: 
Eclipses: a predator animal
Description: 

During an eclipse or at other circumstances the Sun or the Moon are attacked by a predator animal (a bear, a feline, a canine, a racoon)

Name_rus: 
Хищный зверь затмевает светила
Description_rus: 
Во время затмения или при других обстоятельствах на светила нападают хищники: медведь, ягуар, пума, пес, лисица, енот
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
97

Linked traditions:
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Central Australia: Kaitish, Warramunga, Arunta (Aranda), Loritja (Kukatja), Pijandjara (Pitjantjara), Adnjamatana (Andjamathana, Wailpi), Aluridja, Walpiri (Walbiri), Aluridja, Matuntara (Maduntara), Nambutji, Wamma (=Wommana?)
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Kubu
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Burmese, Intha
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Viet, Muong
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Hungarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Estonians
Swedes
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Ossetians
Anatolia Turks
Southern Selkups
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Ainu
Udeghe
Nanai
Nivkh
Manchu
Potawatomi
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Shasta; Chimariko
Hupa, Chilula
Klamath, Modoc
Yurok
Wiyot
Alabama, Koasati
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Ohlone (Costanoan)
Achomavi
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Western Mexico Nahuatl
Tequistlatec
Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Lacandon
Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Kaxuyana (Warikyana, Arikena)
Colorado (Tsachila)
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Ticuna (Tucuna)
Cocama, Omagua
Tupinamba
Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Mojo, Baure, Itonama, Kanichana, Chiquito, Manasi
Kamakan; Kutasho
Maxacali
Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite)
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Mataco
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Ofaie
Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Ache (Guayaki)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Galicians
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Sichuan Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Shandong Chinese
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: a8 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
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b93a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
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c8a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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k19d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
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b61 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
b49a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
i119a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
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c40 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
e1a1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
b119 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
j25a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
f51d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
k184 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
d12a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
e40 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m152e Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif:
c8a1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625