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Motif

Name_eng:

The collapse of the sky

Description:

Catastropic displacement of layers of the univers in the past or in the future is mentioned. Among variants (sometimes combined):
the sky fell on the earth; the earth (the underworld) and the sky interchanged their positions; the earth turned upside down; the layers of the universe collapsed in one after another; they will change their place during the future cataclysm

Name_rus:

Падение неба

Description_rus:

В прошлом произошло либо произойдет в будущем катастрофическое смещение ярусов мироздания. Среди вариантов (иногда совмещенных): небо упало на землю; нынешние земля или подземный мир поменялись местами с небом; земля перевернулась; провалилась в нижний мир; ярусы мироздания последовательно обрушивались на землю либо поменяются местами в будущем

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

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

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.4.4.2	Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
1.4.6.1	Hadza
10.2.2.6	Henan and Hubei Chinese
12.2.1.4	Tsimshian
12.3.7.5	Kalapuya
13.1.4.1	Teton (incl Oglala)
14.1.2.2	Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
14.1.5.1	Tzotzil
14.1.6.1	Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
14.1.7.3	Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
14.2.3.1	Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
14.3.4.1	Chimila (Ette)
15.1.2.5	Hoti
15.1.3.1	Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
15.1.3.2	Sanema
15.2.4.6	Wayana, Aparai
15.3.1.2	Mai Huna (Coto, Orejon)
15.3.4.2	Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
15.4.1.2	Mura (Pirahã)
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
15.5.2.2	Kanamari
15.5.2.6	Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
15.5.2.8	Harákmbet (=Mashco)
15.5.3.1	Tacana
15.5.4.2	Chacobo
15.6.2.2	Bakairi
15.6.3.4	Nambikwara
16.1.2.1	Ayoreo
16.1.2.2	Chamacoco (Ishir)
16.1.3.1	Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
16.1.3.4	Mataco
16.1.4.3	Toba (incl Pilaga)
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
5.6.3.5	Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
6.4.1.1	Andamanese
6.4.1.3	Semang, Senoi
9.2.2.1	Kets