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i85
Motif
Motif code:
i85
Name_eng:
Polaris is a pole, a nail
Description:
Polaris is a (tethering) pole or a nail
Name_rus:
Полярная звезда – кол или гвоздь
Description_rus:
Полярная Звезда – кол, гвоздь, коновязь и т.п.
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
02 Moon spots, stars, constellations
Motif analysis result:
2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)
Motif analysis result tradition count all:
62
ATU ID:
Stith Thompson ID:
Linked traditions:
Tuareg
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
Early Chinese written sources
Poles
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Estonians
Finns
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Kalmyk
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Chuvash
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Darkhad
Tuvinians of Tuva
Khakas
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Nganasans
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Nanai
Negidal
Manchu
Reindeer Koryak
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Chukchi
Aleuts
Kutenai
Astrakhan Tatars, Karagash Nogai
Urums, Rumei
Southern Altai: Teleut
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Khamnigans
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Motifs correlation (top 20):
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m78e
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n25
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
e1e
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m116b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k27u2
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b42h2
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n28h
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
l94d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b47a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
f100a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k27n3a1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif:
n37
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k113b
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i27d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k181a
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i85a
Shared traditions: 18 All traditions: 20 Weight: 900
Motif:
i59b3
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif:
n28c
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif:
b42i
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833