k38d


Motif

Motif code: 
k38d
Name_eng: 
Monster blocks waters
Description: 

A monster blocks sources of water (or sends floods) and usually gives some (promises not to send floods) in exchange for human victims or valuables. Hero kills the monster

Name_rus: 
Змей закрывает воду
Description_rus: 
Сильный и опасный персонаж не дает другим пользоваться водой (либо посылает наводнения). В большинстве случаев он разрешает брать воду (обещает не посылать наводнения) в обмен на людей или ценности
Motif group: 
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
94

Linked traditions:
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Algeria Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Somali
Iraku (Irakw)
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe
Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo)
Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
Hausa
Zaghawa
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Songhai
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Fula (=Fulbe, Fulani, Pular)
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
Thai of Thailand
Shan
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Burusho (Hunza)
Early Chinese written sources
Slovakians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Khwarezm Uzbek; Turkic written tradition from Kök Orda
Yagnobi
Baluch
Persians
Abaza (Abazins)
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Udin
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Rutul, Tsakhur
Tabasaran, Aghul
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Nogai
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Chuvash
Daur (Daghur)
Kets
Malecite, Passamaquoddy
Carrier
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
Chechens
Luri, Bakhtiari
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Pre-Uyghur people of Xinjiang (Khotan Saka, Tocharians)
Sichuan Chinese
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Kordofan
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Zaza (western Kurds)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m39a5a2 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a2e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i132b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a4d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m39a4b1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
i92a Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif:
c33b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
j25a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k38f2 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k35a2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k90b Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif:
k167b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
b121 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m114f Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif:
m199j Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 13 Weight: 923
Motif:
m39a6a1 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 12 Weight: 917
Motif:
k90a Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif:
k85c Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif:
m177a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889