a34


Motif

Motif code: 
a34
Name_eng: 
The fox and the Moon
Description: 

Jackal, coyote, or fox are connected with the Moon (usually with the origin of spots on the lunar disc)

Name_rus: 
Лиса и луна
Description_rus: 
Шакал, койот или лиса связаны с луной (обычно с появлением лунных пятен)
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
02 Moon spots, stars, constellations
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
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: 
23
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Berbers of southern Tunisia and adjacent part of Lybia (Matmata, Ghadames, Yefren)
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Chemehuevi
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Luiseño, Juaneño
Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Cocopa
Paipai
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Seri
Pima
Huichol
Cora
Tequistlatec
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Aguaruna, Huambiza
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Aimara

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m139 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: b63 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: d4q Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: h17 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: i5b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: m35 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: l5d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif: j48 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 11 Weight: 455
Motif: a32c1 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 28 Weight: 429
Motif: h14 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 10 Weight: 400
Motif: g12c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: l3a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: j12a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: j50b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: k71 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 12 Weight: 333
Motif: c22 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l1d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: h32b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333
Motif: b66 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 6 Weight: 333