a1


Motif

Motif code: 
a1
Name_eng: 
The old sun
Description: 

Another sun, usually less benevolent and/or powerful, existed before the present one

Name_rus: 
Древнее солнце
Description_rus: 
Другое солнце – обычно менее могущественное или менее благорасположенное к людям - существовало до появления нынешнего
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
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
58
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
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)
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Bretagne
Poles
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Svans
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
Naskapi
Tonkawa
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Comox, Pentlatch
Cherokee
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Panamint
Jicarilla
Chiricahua
Mescalero
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Tarascan
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Tzotzil
Tzeltal
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Lacandon
Kekchi; Mopan
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Chimila (Ette)
Guajiro
Panare (Eñape)
Hoti
Colorado (Tsachila)
Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Witoto, Ocaina
Juruna
Xipaya (Shipaya)
Amuesha
Machiguenga
Harákmbet (=Mashco)
Mundurucu, Curuaia
Iranxe
Nambikwara
Paresi
Northern and Southern Tehuelche
Selknam
Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shandong Chinese
Transylvanian Saksons
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

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: l73a Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 8 Weight: 625
Motif: f85 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: a9 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k73a9 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: j41a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: k55 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 13 Weight: 538
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c8a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c15 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: j56a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m109d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: f84 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: n19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i117a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: b33f2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 9 Weight: 444
Motif: k107e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: e19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: k19f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: h22a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400