f27


Motif

Motif code: 
f27
Name_eng: 
Girls and the water spirits
Description: 

For girls and young women it is dangerous to come near water. Water creatures swallow them or drag away; a girl can die or become pregnant from a spirit; she can trigger a flood (rare: other cataclysm). Water spirits can come themselves to a girl who has her periods

Name_rus: 
Девушки и водные духи
Description_rus: 
Девушкам или женщинам опасно приближаться к воде (водные существа утаскивают ее или глотают; подошедшая к воде девушка умирает; беременеет от змея; по ее вине происходит потоп или катастрофа иного рода; водные духи сами приходят к девушке, у которой первые месячные)
Motif type: 
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group: 
05 Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
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: 
49
ATU ID: 
Stith Thompson ID: 

Linked traditions:
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo
Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
Viet, Muong
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Karachays, Balkar
Armenians
Kazakh
Tuvinians of Tuva
Wawenock, Abenaki, Penobscot
Crow
Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit)
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Pomo
Hopi
Zuni
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Muisca, Muzo
Yupa (Yukpa)
Sicuani
Warao
Waiwai
Akuriyo (incl Turaekare)
Orinoco Kariña, Yaruri, Tamanak
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Domenica Caribs, Carifuna
Wayapi, Emerillon
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Cofan (Cofán)
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna
Cubeo
Maue (Mawe)
Ashaninca (Campa)
Kamayura
Paresi
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Ayoreo
Mataco
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Chorote
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Terena (Tereno)
Ache (Guayaki)
Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: g27 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
Motif: k19d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: b42e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: g19 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: l20a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 11 Weight: 636
Motif: b42d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k10i Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif: k27h Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: j12b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: j51b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: f84 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: e38c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k8f Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m8c Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: l36 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 18 Weight: 500
Motif: m76 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k27n3a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k15c Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: m8d Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500