h16


Motif

Name_eng: 
Rivers of tears
Description: 

Rivers of tears exist in the other world. Tears shed on earth fill there big containers

Name_rus: 
Реки слез
Description_rus: 
В ином мире есть реки слез. Пролитые на земле слезы наполняют там крупные емкости
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: 
21
Stith Thompson ID: 
A671.2.2.

Linked traditions:
Areal IDTradition
11.2.1.4Central Yupik
12.1.1.1Ingalik (Der Hit’an)
12.2.1.2Tlingit
14.1.3.3Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
14.1.6.2Lacandon
14.1.7.2Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
14.3.2.1Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
3.3.1.1Spain
3.3.1.2Portuguese
3.3.1.5Basques
3.3.2.5Maltese
4.2.5.2Lithuanians
4.3.1.2Udmurt
5.4.1.1Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
5.4.2.10Turkmen
5.5.1.1Kazakh
5.5.1.3Kirghiz
6.4.6.2Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
9.1.1.1Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
9.1.2.1Shor
9.1.3.1Tuvinians of Tuva

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m78e Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 4 Weight: 750
Motif: f100a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 3 Weight: 667
Motif: k27u2 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
Motif: k127b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif: n28i Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: i22g1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: n28a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k38b1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m11b Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif: k27n3a1 Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: a1a Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: m109d Shared traditions: 1 All traditions: 2 Weight: 500
Motif: k80c3 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif: k109 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 7 Weight: 429
Motif: k67g Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: b42h2 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 5 Weight: 400
Motif: n28c Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 8 Weight: 375