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Motif

Name_eng:

Moon the protector

Description:

A person pursued by an enemy or tyrannized by others asks the Moon to take her or him to the sky. The request is granted and the person is now seen in the Moon

Name_rus:

Месяц-защитник

Description_rus:

Персонаж, спасающийся от погони, обиженный или страдающий на земле, просит Месяц забрать его к себе или сам поднимается на луну по спустившейся оттуда лестнице, веревке

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:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
11.2.3.6	Baffin Land Inuit
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
6.2.2.8	Bhutan
6.4.6.4	Bugi, Macassar
9.3.1.1	Central Yakuts (Sakha)
11.2.1.4	Central Yupik
11.1.2.1	Chukchi
11.1.4.2	Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
4.3.2.3	Chuvash
11.2.3.2	Copper
9.3.1.2	Dolgans
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
4.2.4.2	Estonians
9.3.4.1	Evens (Lamuts)
11.1.1.1	Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
12.1.1.6	Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
12.1.2.8	Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
11.2.3.5	Iglulik
9.3.2.4	Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
3.3.2.1	Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
5.6.3.3	Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
5.6.2.8	Kashmiri
5.5.1.1	Kazakh
4.3.3.1	Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
4.3.1.1	Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
5.6.2.16	Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
11.2.3.1	Mackenzie Delta
4.3.2.1	Mari (Cheremis)
6.4.6.1	Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
10.2.3.3	Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
9.10.1.1	Nanai
9.10.1.6	Negidal
5.6.3.5	Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
9.10.2.1	Nivkh
9.3.1.5	Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
6.4.8.10	Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
9.3.1.4	Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
9.10.1.4	Oroch
11.2.3.8	Polar Inuit
11.1.3.1	Reindeer Koryak
6.4.8.9	Sangir Islands
5.4.3.4	Sarikoli
9.1.1.4	Siberian Tatars
10.3.2.3	Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
6.4.5.2	Sundanese
12.1.2.4	Tahltan
6.4.6.2	Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
9.3.2.6	Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area
9.10.1.3	Udeghe
4.3.1.2	Udmurt
5.4.3.5	Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
9.3.2.1	Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins