i103


Motif

Motif code: 
i103
Name_eng: 
The dog star
Description: 

Sirius is associated with a dog or a wolf

Name_rus: 
Собачья звезда
Description_rus: 
Сириус ассоциируется с собакой или волком
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)
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
32
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Early Chinese written sources
Catalan
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
French (northern France)
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Macedonians
Slovenians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Finns
Norwegians
Swedes
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Persians
Nogai
Armenians
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Central Yupik
Tanana
Pawnee
Cherokee
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Seri
Trio
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: c36 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: b121 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m75b3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: g25 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: j62b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: l16b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: f101 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: c35b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: l15e2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k35a2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k38b3c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k38f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: b104b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: b49b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k22aa Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500