Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
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Ethnicities and habitats

B42hh. Space hunting and Orion.

Orion is linked to the plot of space hunting.

A. All members of the hunt are stars of Orion's Belt and Sword.

Hottentots, tswana, karanga, kongo, (sakata), luba-kasai, songe, gogo, bambara, sapa (?) , Yoruba, Rutulans. See B42R.

B. Orion's belt is game, and the hunter is a star far from the Belt within or outside Orion. See B42h1.

Hottentots, Bushmen, Tibetans, Ancient India, Northern India (probably), Kalmyks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, (Uighurs?) , Tuvans, Teleuts, Altaians, Telengits, Khakas, Tofalars, Balagan Buryats, Khorin Buryats, Oirats, Darhats, Kukunor Olets, Khalkha Mongols, Sarsi, Grovantra, Wichita, Cahuilla, Kupeno, Luiseno, northern payute, southern payute, chemewevi, panamint, southern utah {probably}, yavapai, mojave, maricopa, cocopa {probably}, diegueño (tipai, kamia), kiliwa, seri, western apache, mescalero, lipan.

Other variants (Orion himself is a hunter; game is stars within Orion, but not more precisely identified; Orion is a hunter's weapon).

Temne, Tuaregs (Akhaggar), Maori, Armenians, Sami, Central and North-Eastern (Kolyma) Yakuts, Chukchi, Asian Eskimos, Copper, Eskimos of Baffin Land, Labrador, Angmassalik, chilcotin, akawai or carinha Guiana, Zion and Sekoya.