B42R. Orion's belt: running one after another .11.12.29.34.
The three stars of the Orion Belt have three characters chasing one another.
Chokwe, Kongo, (Sakata), Luba-Kasai, Songe, Gogo, (Suto, Tswana), Bambara, Sapo, Yoruba, Hausa, (Mofu-Gudur), Rutulans, Mongols
Bantu-speaking Africa. The Chokwe [the three stars of the Orion Belt are beast (kashitu), hunting dog (kawa), hunter (mutu); this dog is often referred to as muta, i.e. the hunting spirit of a dog, the dog of the first hunter Cimbundu; the animal is not directly identified, but perhaps kai is Grimm's gazelle; the three-circle painting on the house wall may depict Orion's Belt; after a successful hunt, the hunter turns to Orion, praises fetish-dog (muta)]: Vieira 2009:559-560; Congo [the three stars of the Orion Belt are a dog, a palm rat and a hunter]: Weeks 1909a: 477; luba-kasai [see motif B42; Four Orion stars forming a quadrangle - four great spirits of the summer sky; three stars of the Orion Belt - dog (Long-bearded), hunter (son of the Tshame spirit, identified with Jesus), game]: Fourche, Morlighem 1973:105-127 at Studstill 1984:127-129; (cf. sakata [three stars, known to a number of tribes as hunter, hound, and game, are called "three dogs" or "three pigeons" by Sakata]: Colldén 1971:162); Songe (Songye) [three stars of the Orion Belt - "dog, hunter, game"; hunter - Wind, it takes the souls of the dead to Kalunga (the land of the dead; the dog is his assistant Rainbow; game is the ancestor of Mpuela humans and all mammals; there is a rainbow in a number of episodes snake]: Wauters 1949:232-246 in Studstill 1984:130-131; gogo [Orion Belt's western star is a boar, medium is a dog, and an oriental star is a hunter]: Claus 1911:39 in Nilsson 1920:119-120; (cf. suto [Orion Belt - "pigs"]: Beyer 1919:10; tswana [Orion stars - three dogs chasing three warthogs (whathogs) of the Orion Belt]: Koekemoer 2007:75; Swahili [" I have only once discovered that the informant singles out Ursa Major, and even then not our entire constellation, but three stars ω, and α, known to us as "Charles's chariot horses"; boy- A Swahili speaking servant from Zanzibar explained that these stars were called "Catch him and I'll catch up with you"]: Werner 1912:195).
West Africa. Yoruba [Orion is an Ago hunter in Benin with three dogs; he cut his arm so it's red (two {?} stars that form the shoulder); in Ijeba, the upper star of the Orion Belt is a monkey that picks corn in the farm, the middle star is a dog chasing it, and the third is the dog's owner; in Sabongida: Agolo's father-in-law told him to work on his farm; A.'s hand twisted because of hard work; Orion's belt - three dogs they went hunting with; Uzia Orion had Owibielame ("animal hunter"); four big stars are the pillars of his house, the three stars of the Orion Belt are the hunter, his dog and game; in Ekbe Orion is Ogolua; four bright stars are his arms and legs, the Sword is his body, the three stars of the Orion Belt are the hunter, his dog and game]: Thomas 1919:180; bambara (southern Mali) [three stars of the Orion Belt - antelope (westernmost), dog, Hunter]: Pâques 1964:170; sapo [one group of bright stars in Orion - "man carrying the load", the other is "hunter", third is "elephant"]: Schwab 1947:413; hausa [Orion: kare da zomo da maharbi ("dog, hare, hunter")]: Bargery 1934:567, 747, 1141, 1197; (cf. mofu-gudur [Orion's belt - "pulling a cow" (ce-qui-tire-vache-pl.)]: Barreteau 1988:108).
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Rutultsy [Khylibyr is Orion's Belt with Orion's Sword; the far right star of the Belt and its adjacent sword star are "goats"; the middle star of the Belt is "wolf", the left star is "dog"; the wolf is chasing goats dog after wolf, they can't catch]: Bulatova 2003:222.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Mongols [Shaazgai Khan hunted, caught only two wild boars; the servants went into the yurt, asked the hostess to allow them to fry; they watched her make birds out of paper and let them fly; at this time the meat burned down; the hostess baked two boars from the dough, which was enough for a whole army; the next time the khan caught a lot of game, but there was not enough meat; ordered him to be brought to a woman, took his husband as his wife He put Azhindaya in a chest, loaded him on his horse, let the horse go; the boy born asks his mother why he is called Ahindai Mergen's son; finds his father, pacifies his camel, horse and dogs, gives him water broth, revives; wife comes to them; khan chases; A. runs first, son after him, mother by son, they rise to heaven, turn into three bright stars that seem to run after each other {in text - Pleiades, but clearly Orion's Belt}]: Skorodumova 2003:22-26.