a17


Motif

Motif code: 
a17
Name_eng: 
The Sun’s relax at the midday
Description: 

After passing half of the its way across the sky (in the day time) or in the underworld (in the night time), the Sun stops to have a rest

Name_rus: 
Полуденный отдых Солнца
Description_rus: 
Пройдя полпути по небу или по подземному миру, Солнце останавливается на отдых
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
01 Sun and Moon
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: 
47
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
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)
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Early Chinese written sources
Bulgarians
Setu
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Ingush
Athna
Tsimshian
Ottawa
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Tuscarora
Mandan
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Klamath, Modoc
Cherokee
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Chumash
Luiseño, Juaneño
Navajo
Hopi
Zuni
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Huichol
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Tepehua, Totonac
Tzotzil
Lacandon
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Cayapa (Chachi); Cuaiquer (Kwaiker)
Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna
Witoto, Ocaina
Ticuna (Tucuna)
Juruna
Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Chechens
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: h12a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: j47a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k15c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: f84 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c15 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: l85e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: j56a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b69b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: f45a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b42a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: l15b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c12a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: j34 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 13 Weight: 462
Motif: l77 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: b123 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: f28d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 12 Weight: 417
Motif: a22c Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 17 Weight: 412
Motif: i17a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: b65 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400