b15


Motif

Motif code: 
b15
Name_eng: 
River from woman’s body
Description: 

A river flows from the body of a female person

Name_rus: 
Река из женского тела
Description_rus: 
Река истекает из органов женского тела
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
03 Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
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
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all: 
13
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
Greeks (modern)
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Nganasans
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Domenica Caribs, Carifuna
Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Amuesha
Chacobo
Paresi
Umotina (Umutina)
Northern and Southern Tehuelche

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: e1e Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m139 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: e19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: g19 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: c33b Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 3 Weight: 333
Motif: l33c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 10 Weight: 300
Motif: i5b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 7 Weight: 286
Motif: f82a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m61a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: f84 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k46 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: f101 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: k27f3 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: b63 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: m35 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 8 Weight: 250
Motif: i129 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: h1bb Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250
Motif: i47a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 4 Weight: 250