d4l


Motif

Motif code: 
d4l
Name_eng: 
Fire from the sky
Description: 

First fire is sent to earth from the sky or the ancestors ascend to the sky and bring from there fire or warmth

Name_rus: 
Огонь с неба
Description_rus: 
Первый огонь спущен на землю с неба; первопредки отправляются на небо, приносят оттуда огонь или тепло
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: 
59
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Nubians
Efe Pygmies, Kango (Mbuti) Pygmies
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Ila (Baila)
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo)
Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Dogon
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
Tasmania
Queensland: Mungkan (Wikmunkan), Wiknatara, Bloomfield River, Cape Bedford, Cape Grafton, Kokowara (Koko-Warra), Koko-yalunyu (Kokokulunggur), Bunya Bunya, Waka-Waka (Wakawaka), Kabikabi, Chepara
Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu)
Southern Solomons: southern part of Santa Ysabel (Bughotu), Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita (Kwaio people), Ulawa
Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands)
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Viet, Muong
Andamanese
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Sinhalese; Vedda
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Finns
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Manchu
Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
Dogrib, Slavey
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Huron (incl Wyandot)
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Quinault
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Yurok
Wayana, Aparai
Harákmbet (=Mashco)
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Kissi
Yellowknife
Wallons, Picardie
Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema
Sichuan Chinese
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Ukrainians: Northern dialects

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c40 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: i37e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k105 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: f73a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: i87e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m109c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: d4i Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 10 Weight: 600
Motif: d4h Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: c41 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b98b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m23a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m75b3 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: i109 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m15 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: b28c Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: d1a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m56c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500