h16a

Motif

Name_eng:

Rivers of blood

Description:

Rivers (lakes) of blood (also of puss, bones, sweat or water used for washing of corpses) are mentioned in narratives (in different context)

Name_rus:

Реки крови

Description_rus:

В повествованиях (в разных контекстах) упоминаются реки (озера) крови (также воды, которой мыли покойников, гноя, костей, пота)

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

3. Only those motifs that are found in Central and South America

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Stith Thompson ID:

A671.2.2

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
1.3.1.5	Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
1.4.3.5	Masai
10.2.3.2	Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
11.1.1.1	Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
12.1.1.1	Ingalik (Der Hit’an)
12.6.3.1	Pomo
12.8.2.2	Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
14.1.3.3	Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
14.1.7.2	Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
14.2.1.2	Jicaque
14.2.3.1	Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
14.3.2.1	Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
14.4.3.1	Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
14.4.3.2	Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
15.1.3.1	Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
16.1.4.3	Toba (incl Pilaga)
3.1.1.1	Ancient Egypt
3.3.1.1	Spain
3.3.1.2	Portuguese
3.3.1.5	Basques
3.3.2.1	Italians: Northwest (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia–Romagna)
3.3.2.2	Sicily
3.3.2.5	Maltese
3.3.2.7	Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
3.3.4.1	Ireland
3.3.4.3	Scotland
3.3.5.5	Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
3.3.5.7	Eastern Prussia
3.5.1.1	Greeks (modern)
3.5.1.3	Macedonians
3.5.3.2	Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
3.5.4.1	Gagauz
4.2.2.2	Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
4.2.5.1	Latvians
4.2.5.2	Lithuanians
4.3.3.2	Bashkirs
5.1.5.3	Kumyk, Terekemen
5.1.7.3	Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
5.1.7.4	Laks
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.2.2.3	Anatolia Turks
5.3.1.1	Old and New Testament
5.3.1.1	Old and New Testament
5.3.1.3	Sumer
5.4.2.1	Persians
5.4.2.3	Tajik
5.4.4.2	Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
5.6.1.1	Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
5.6.2.4	Balahi; Lambadi (Banjara)
6.1.2.3	Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
6.2.1.1	Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
6.4.7.5	Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
9.1.1.1	Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.2.1	Shor
9.1.3.1	Tuvinians of Tuva
9.10.1.1	Nanai
9.10.1.3	Udeghe
9.2.2.4	Northern Selkups
9.2.3.1	Tundra Nenets
9.2.3.4	Nganasans
9.3.1.3	Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
9.3.1.5	Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
9.3.2.3	Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
9.3.3.1	Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East