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