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