a16


Motif

Motif code: 
a16
Name_eng: 
Dangers along the Sun’s way
Description: 

Every night the Sun passes by creatures or objects which try to destroy them

Name_rus: 
Опасности на пути Солнца
Description_rus: 
Еженощно солнце проходит мимо существ или объектов, пытающихся его проглотить, уничтожить
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: 
32

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Samoa
Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Palau (Western Carolines)
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Mentawai
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
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Semang, Senoi
Early Chinese written sources
Ingush
Laks
Armenians
Ainu
Yuchi
Alabama, Koasati
Navajo
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Cora
Western Mexico Nahuatl
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Popoloca; Tlapanec
Lacandon
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Colorado (Tsachila)
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Apinaye (Apinage, Apinaje)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: d12a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b69b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: h9b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: b1b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: a9 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k167b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: f54b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i28a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: i100d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: i27d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: e40 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l15e1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: l15e2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: m168b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c22 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333