Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue translated by Jon F White

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

I137. Bast shoes constellation .28.31.32.

One of the constellations is associated with a footwear, usually with (worn) bast shoes.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [Pleiades - Lapot]: Ruth 1976:35.

Baltoscandia. Finns [Väinämösen virsu (Lapot Väinämöinen), Venöjön virsu (Russian Lapot) - Pleiades]: Ruth 1988:84-89.

Volga - Perm. Udmurts: Kirillova 2010:235 [Northern Crown: Isnikutkizili - "star/constellation worn bast shoes"], 238 [Pleiades: Inkutkizili ("star/constellation - celestial bast shoes"]; Bashkirs [ unidentified star objects: Yondoz Shoe ("shoe-shaped star"), Oltan Yondoz ("A Star Like a Outsole")]: Maksyutova 1973:384.