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Motif

Name_eng:

Opening of the sky

Description:

On a certain moment, a crack, a window or the like opens in the sky vault (rains flows though it, the upper world is seen, communication with inhabitants of the upper world becomes possible)

Name_rus:

Раскрытие неба

Description_rus:

В определенный момент в небосводе открывается трещина или окно (через него изливается дождь, видно, что происходит на небесах, возможно общение с небожителями)

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

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

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
10.2.2.1	Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
12.1.2.2	Tagish
15.4.3.2	Xipaya (Shipaya)
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.2.2	Serbs, Monte Negro,
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.4.1	Gagauz
4.1.1.1	Poles
4.1.1.4	Czech
4.1.1.5	Slovakians
4.1.2.2	Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
4.1.2.3	Ukrainians: Northern dialects
4.1.2.4	Rusyns, Hutsuls
4.1.3.1	Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
4.2.4.2	Estonians
4.2.4.3	Setu
4.2.4.4	Livonians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
4.3.2.1	Mari (Cheremis)
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.2.2	Urums, Rumei
5.1.3.1	Abkhaz
5.1.3.2	Abaza (Abazins)
5.1.4.1	Karachays, Balkar
5.1.4.2	Ossetians
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.7.1	Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh
5.1.8.1	Terek Cossacks
5.2.1.1	Georgians
5.2.1.2	Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.2	Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.2.2.5	Kurds
5.3.1.1	Old and New Testament
5.3.1.2	Ugarit
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.3.2	Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
5.6.2.1	Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
9.1.4.1	Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
9.10.2.1	Nivkh
9.2.1.2	Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.2.1.3	Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins