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Motif

Name_eng:

Altair is the Sun’s messenger

Description:

Altair or Vega with a weak nearby star are believed to appear on the sky immediately after winter solstice though really it is not so

Name_rus:

Альтаир – вестник солнца

Description_rus:

Альтаир с небольшой соседней звездой из созведия Орла либо Вега c такой же слабой звездочкой считаются появляющимися во время или сразу после зимнего солнцестояния, хотя реально они видны и до этого

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

02 Moon spots, stars, constellations

Motif analysis result:

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

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
11.2.2.2	North Alaskan Inupiat
11.2.3.10	East Greenland (Angmassalik, Kulusuk)
11.2.3.2	Copper
11.2.3.3	Netsilik
11.2.3.5	Iglulik
11.2.3.9	West Greenland