a44


Motif

Motif code: 
a44
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: 
57

Linked traditions:
Sangir Islands
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Bugi, Macassar
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Kashmiri
Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Macedonians
Lithuanians
Estonians
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Sarikoli
Kazakh
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Siberian Tatars
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
Udeghe
Oroch
Nanai
Negidal
Nivkh
Reindeer Koryak
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
Chukchi
Central Yupik
Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
Tahltan
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Mackenzie Delta
Copper
Iglulik
Polar Inuit
Baffin Land Inuit
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Bhutan
Sundanese
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k32h2 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l103a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: l65c Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: e13 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: b72a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: l102a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: h7f2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k25a7 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 9 Weight: 778
Motif: j19c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n31 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: n28f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: k25a5 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 7 Weight: 714
Motif: m39a2e Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m108b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: m140a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 9 Weight: 667
Motif: l42f Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: n21 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636