a12c


Motif

Motif code: 
a12c
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: 
76
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Greeks of Cyprus
Saudi Arabia
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Swahili, Midjikenda (incl Giryama), Nyika, Duruma; Ngindo, Kiluguru and other Islamic groups of the Eastern Coast of Africa
Zulu, Swazi
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
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
Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Minangkabau; Kerinci
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Mentawai
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
Thai of Thailand
Nicobarese
Semang, Senoi
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Early Chinese written sources
Koreans; Goguryeo
French (northern France)
Poles
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Estonians
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)
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Ingush
Rutul, Tsakhur
Svans
Georgians
Armenians
Gagauz
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Mansi
Carrier
Takelma
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Karok
Hupa, Chilula
Yurok
Atsugewi
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Huichol
Western Mexico Nahuatl
Lacandon
Jicaque
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Ese’ejja
Tupari, Makurap, Sakirap, Ajuru (Wayoro)
Sulu: Mapun, Samal, Sama, Taosug (Tausug), Badjaw
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
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)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Rejang
Rusyns, Hutsuls

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k56a8b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b125a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b109a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b105 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k22aa Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m84b2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l15e1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k35a5 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: j47a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m201 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m5d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m90a3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b124 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: h6c2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: b33e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571