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Motif

Name_eng:

Eclipses: crossing of the paths

Description:

The lunar (and solar) eclipse or spots on the lunar disc are expained by the fact that the Sun or the Moon came to a wrong path or that their paths crossed

Name_rus:

Затмения: пересечение троп

Description_rus:

Затмение либо появление на лунном диске пятен объясняется тем, что луна или солнце сворачивает на неверную дорогу или дороги светил пересекаются

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.2.6.4	Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
1.3.1.2	Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
1.3.2.1	Hausa
1.3.4.3	Southern Gur (Oti-Volta): Grusi, Kabiye, Kasena, Lyela (Lyele), Wala, Dyan
1.4.3.1	Murle, Me'en (Bodi), Didinga
1.4.4.2	Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
1.4.5.5	Teda (Tedaga)
12.2.1.2	Tlingit
15.2.3.3	Locono
15.2.3.6	Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
15.6.3.5	Paresi
16.1.3.1	Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
6.4.2.1	Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
6.4.8.3	Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
6.4.8.4	Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)