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

I84A. The frozen son of God. (.29.32.) .34.35.

Contrary to the warning of his father or mother, a young man or girl sets off in winter and freezes. Cf. Motive B33A (Frozen in Spring).

(Wed. Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi [a peasant named Dejig came out of the hut, looked at the star Dejig and, thinking that dawn was coming soon, set off; but it turned out that it was a night star, not pre-dawn, and On a frosty night, D. froze on the way; since then, the star has been called the "Star that Killed Dejiga"; this legend is known in Kabard, Adygea and Cherkessia]: Shortanov 1982:39).

(Wed. Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [two brothers Akman and Tokman left in March, got lost in a snowstorm, died; six days later, their father found their bodies; relatives and friends said: "Akman, Tokman, six days/Six - any of them are harsh -/In a bundle - all twelve days..."; the six-day March snowstorm is called Akman-Tokman]: Barag 1987, No. 12:37, 482 [in the Tabyn tribe, the March snowstorms call Shihaka Burana by name an old man who found the corpses of his brothers]).

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Telengits [bai told her daughter to wear a sheepskin coat, but she wore silk in 9 layers; Abyyim ("my father") said in the middle of the journey, fell and froze; now this area is called Abyyim]: Yadanova 2013, No. 7:159.

Western Siberia. Forest Nenets [The eastern old woman lives on the eastern edge of the sky, sends a bad east wind; when going prey, her son told her that she looks kind today, went naked; mother asked me to get dressed, but he did not listen; after sunset, the cold came, the son froze to death]: Lehtisalo 1998:23; Mansi: Lukina 1990, No. 15 [Torum has a son, Suhes ("osprey"); he sent him to the ground do good, told him to dress well; he did not listen, said that he would not freeze; T. let the frost fall, T. turned him into a bird; she flies high, but could not rise to the sky]: 75; Rombandeyeva 2005, No. 60 [Ayas-Oik's son goes fishing, AO orders to take food and clothes, he does not take it, says it's a clear day; the storm begins, the son freezes; since then people have taken supplies with them, for Torum does not have their son regretted]: 355-357; Soldatova 2008, No. 9 [God's son tells his father that he will go down to earth; does not want to dress warmly - the weather is good; God let the wind and rain, the son froze; said "Let the human age will begin and the child at least obeys father and mother"]: 15; Kannisto 1951, No. 31 [the son of the Old Wind left the house, against his father's wishes, put on silk clothes; the father was angry, sent an icy wind, son froze; the north wind, where he ate his son, blows from there]: 100-101; Eastern Khanty (b. Wah, western 1970) [Torum had a son, Xuhes; he sent him to the ground, telling him to dress warmly; he did not obey, flew to the ground; T. let frost in punishment for disobedience, S. fell, T. turned him into an osprey; the osprey was high flies, but cannot rise to the sky]: Kulemzin, Lukina 1978, No. 20:21; the northern Selkups [Oia (Iy) is the son of the heavenly god Noma; went skiing; N. warned that there would be a blizzard, I. listened, froze to death; the Selkups call the east wind "Oia ate the Wind"; I.'s trace is the Milky Way]: Prokofieva 1976:198 (retelling in Tuchkova 2004:170); southern Selkups (records K . Donner, 1911-1913) [The Milky Way is the ski trail of God's son (Tym); he was skiing on the ground and froze on the way (Ket)]: Alatalo 2004, No. 81, 1043:15-16, 154; Kets: Dulzon 1969, No. 66 (Sym River) [son of an old man and an old woman says he will go hunting; his mother tells him to wear a fur coat, but he went out naked; his father blows a cold wind to frighten him, his son ran and froze; his mother scolded the old man, they quarreled; the old man threw her down; she says he will be God below, and he is above]: 210; 1972, No. 85 [the son of heaven went hunting; his father told me to dress warmer, he did not listen, he froze; the trail of his ski track is the Milky Way; wife of heaven she was angry that her husband had frozen her son; she went down and said: "I will make a stone plague at the entrance to the sea, water will flow on both sides of it. No one can pick me up. The current will bring all the garbage to me, and I will hear its friction (singing). You're a god, I'm a goddess too. When the thought dawns on you, I will guess "]: 103-104; Nikolaeva 2006 (pos. Sulomai, Baikit District) [Hosyadam lived with her son; told him to wear her long mittens; he refused, went to visit people; the wind rose, he froze; H. said that out of revenge against the five-fingered (she has four finger) will send them bad weather, storms and pestilence]: 46; yugi [the son said he would go hunting, the mother ordered them to dress warmly, he refused; the father let a cold wind from the west, the son froze; mother became angry, went to earth, told her husband that he would be the upper god and she would be the lower god]: Werner 1997, No. 26:282-283.