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Motif

Name_eng:

Eclipses: reptiles and fish

Description:

During an eclipse or at the sunset the Sun or the Moon are attacked by a reptile (a snake, a lizard, a dragon, a crocodile) or a fish

Name_rus:

Рептилия или рыба затмевают светила

Description_rus:

Затмения солнца, луны или их заход (отмечено*) вызваны змеей, ящерицей, драконом, рыбой, крокодилом; эти существа нападают на светила сейчас или нападали в начале времен

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

01 Sun and Moon

03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature

09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

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Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
1.2.6.5	Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
3.1.1.1	Ancient Egypt
5.2.2.1	Armenians
12.6.2.3	Atsugewi
6.4.3.2	Batak (Toba, Dairi)
3.5.2.3	Bosnia Muslims
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
4.1.2.5	Byelarusians
12.3.1.1	Carrier
6.4.7.4	Central islands and Bikol: Visaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
3.5.2.4	Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
5.5.2.3	Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
10.2.1.1	Early Chinese written sources
15.5.4.3	Ese’ejja
4.2.4.2	Estonians
3.3.3.2	French (northern France)
3.5.4.1	Gagauz
6.2.3.5	Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
5.2.1.1	Georgians
3.5.5.1	Greeks of Cyprus
15.2.3.6	Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
14.1.1.4	Huichol
12.6.1.5	Hupa, Chilula
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.1.6.1	Ingush
5.4.1.1	Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
14.2.1.2	Jicaque
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
12.6.1.3	Karok
14.4.3.2	Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
10.2.4.1	Koreans; Goguryeo
14.1.6.2	Lacandon
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
1.2.2.5	Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
6.4.2.1	Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
9.2.1.1	Mansi
5.6.2.12	Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
7.1.5.3	Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
6.4.3.7	Mentawai
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
6.4.3.3	Minangkabau; Kerinci
6.4.1.2	Nicobarese
5.6.3.5	Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
6.4.8.10	Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
6.1.1.3	Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
12.7.1.1	Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
12.3.7.7	Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
7.1.2.2	Papua–New Guinea Northern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Komba, Gimi, Susure, Orokaiva, Bogadjim, Ngain, Sentani, Bargam, Imonda, Nankina, Yupta Valley, Urawa Valley, Warupu (Barupu), Pondoma (Anam)
4.1.1.1	Poles
6.4.3.8	Rejang
4.1.3.1	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)
4.1.3.4	Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
5.1.7.6	Rutul, Tsakhur
5.3.2.4	Saudi Arabia
6.4.1.3	Semang, Senoi
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
6.1.1.8	Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
7.2.3.3	Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)
6.4.7.6	Sulu: Mapun, Samal, Sama, Taosug (Tausug), Badjaw
5.2.1.3	Svans
1.2.5.12	Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
12.3.7.6	Takelma
5.6.3.4	Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
6.3.1.4	Thai of Thailand
6.4.6.2	Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
1.2.1.3	Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
15.5.5.2	Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro)
5.4.3.5	Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
14.1.1.7	Western Mexico Nahuatl
12.8.4.4	Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
12.6.1.1	Yurok
1.2.1.2	Zulu, Swazi