Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

I93A. The Milky Way is the heavenly tail (.23.28.)

The Milky Way is the tail of a creature that is being pulled by the tail.

Central Europe. Russians (Vologodskaya, Nyuksensky District) [Leshy wanted to steal the moon, but they did not let him, his hands were torn off, one tail was left with his back. You can see it better and brighter all over the sky, gliko {look}, what kind of stress]: Ruth 2010:47.
South Asia. Sora [Milky Way - dzngla tui (z is the sound between "i" and "s"; la - tail, dzng - pull, tui - star; "Sky Tail Star"; stars want it to rain because rain nails dust and that's it clears up, the stars are better visible; when it doesn't rain for a long time, the stars get angry and pull the sky by the tail; if you pull the sky by the tail, you can squeeze out the rain]: Krylova, Renkovskaya 2017, field materials.