j42


Motif

Motif code: 
j42
Name_eng: 
Waters split apart
Description: 

When person comes to the water body, waters are split apart so the person reaches the other bank walking on the dry ground

Name_rus: 
Расступившиеся воды
Description_rus: 
Персонаж по своему желанию осушает дно водоема, ступает по дну, выходит назад, после чего водоем вновь наполняется
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
110
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Old and New Testament
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
Dholuo (=Luo, Nilotic Kawirondo)
Somali
Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara)
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Masai
Ila (Baila)
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Fipa (Bafipa), Iramba, Bende
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
Boa, Komo, (Ba)Nyanga, Mbole
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Luchasi (Ngangela), Chokwe (Konwe); Mbukushu
Lozi (Losi, Rotse, Barotse), Lui, Subiya (Subia)
Zulu, Swazi
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Hausa
Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
Ewe
Songhai
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
Krache (Kraci); Ga; Adele
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Southern Vanuatu: Tanna, Aneiteum (Polynesian component not included), Eromanga
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Sindhi
Gujarati
Sinhalese; Vedda
Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
Dutch, Flemish
Czech
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Swedes
Danes
Byelarusians
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Nogai
Georgians
Armenians
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Udmurt
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Tuvinians of Tuva
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Evens (Lamuts)
Miami, Illini
Cheyenne
Arikara
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Wiyot
Alabama, Koasati
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Warao
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Kpelle (incl Kono)
Mende, Loma, Gbunde (Gbandi, Bandi)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Mustang
Urums, Rumei
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Upper Brittany
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)

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