h50

Motif

Name_eng:

Sky god and mistress of the dead

Description:

A couple of deities or ancestors divorces. Man remains on earth or ascends to the sky, woman becomes the mistress of the dead or of the underworld

Name_rus:

Небесный бог и хозяйка мертвых

Description_rus:

Пара божеств или первопредков расходится. Мужчина остается на земле или уходит на небо (остается на небе), женщина становится хозяйкой мира мертвых, земли, нижнего мира, связана с болезнями и ядовитыми животными

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:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.3.2.4	Japan AD 700-1700
6.2.2.1	Lepcha
6.2.2.2	Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
6.3.2.7	Palaung (De Ang, Deang)
6.4.4.1	Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
6.4.7.5	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
7.2.2.1	Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands)
7.2.3.5	Mangareva
9.2.2.1	Kets
9.2.2.2	Yughs
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups