a29

Motif

Motif code:

a29

Name_eng:

The Sun and a demon compete for the hero

Description:

Two persons one of which is connected with the upper and another with the lower or middle world, both are eager to possess another person and pull him or her to his or her side. One or both rivals are female. Person connected with the upper world and/or the object of the competition are luminaries – the Sun, the Moon, or Venus

Name_rus:

Солнце и демон соперничают из-за героя

Description_rus:

Персонаж, связанный с верхним миром, и персонаж, связанный с землей или нижним миром, каждый стремится овладеть человеком и тянет его к себе. Один или оба соперника – женщины. Персонаж верхнего мира и/или тот, из-за которого ведется борьба, связаны со светилами – солнцем, луной, Венерой

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

01 Sun and Moon

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

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

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