Motif Groups | Berezkin

01 Sun and Moon
02 Moon spots, stars, constellations
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
04 Origin of death, diseases and hard life
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
06 Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
07 Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
10 Adventures
11 Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior