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a14
Motif
Motif code:
a14
Name_eng:
Eclipses: relations between the Sun and the Moon
Description:
Coming together of the Sun and the Moon is the reason of their eclipses
Name_rus:
Затмения: отношения Солнца с Луной
Description_rus:
Встреча солнца с луной есть причина затмений или лунных фаз
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
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:
106
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
A737.7
Linked traditions:
Saudi Arabia
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Hausa
Teda (Tedaga)
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Fon
Ewe
Tuareg
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Southern Gur (Oti-Volta): Grusi, Kabiye, Kasena, Lyela (Lyele), Wala, Dyan
Krache (Kraci); Ga; Adele
Bia: Anyi, Agni, Baule, Nsema
Mandjak, Mankanya, Pepel, Balant, Felupe, Diola (Jola)
Bushmen (all groups)
Southern Australia: Dieri, Urabunna (Arabana), Flinderce Mountains, Kujani, Andyamatana (Andjamatana, Wailpi)
Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Sumbawa (incl Dongo)
Ceram: Alune and Wemale (West Ceram), Patasiwa (Ceram), Honitetu (West Ceram Highlands); Nusawele, Hatuolu, Huaolu, Patasiwa; Ambon; Buru
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
To Loinang, To Wana, Balantak (Mian Balantak), Banggai Islands
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
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
Thai of Thailand
Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Semang, Senoi
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Oraon (Kurukh)
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Portuguese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
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
Poles
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Ingush
Nogai
Armenians
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
Udeghe
North Alaskan Inupiat
Labrador Inuit (Koksoagmiut)
Tlingit
Algonquin, unspecified Algonkians of the Midwest (probably Old Algonquin)
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Lipan
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Tzutujil
Pipil
Tepehua, Totonac
Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
Gulf Nahuatl
Chinantec, Mazatec
Zapotec, Chatino
Tzeltal
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Locono
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Witoto, Ocaina
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Yabuti, Amniapä, Kumana, Wari (Aikana), Moré (Itene)
Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
Paresi
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Kaingang, Xokleng
Botocudo
Maxacali
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Chamacoco (Ishir)
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Ache (Guayaki)
Wallons, Picardie
Rusyns, Hutsuls
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
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d12a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
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b69b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
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a15
Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 15 Weight: 800
Motif:
a11c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
b98c
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif:
l15e1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
g19
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
m116b
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif:
a10
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
m62d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
m11d
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif:
a41
Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 20 Weight: 650
Motif:
a9
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
l118a1
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
l121a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
e31b
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
l9g
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
g4
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 16 Weight: 563
Motif:
j69
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 9 Weight: 556