Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
b46c	Big Dipper is seven persons or animals	Every main star of the Big Dipper is interpreted as a particular person or animal
f70c	The castrated youth becomes a man again	A young man is castrated but his member is restored by magic (and he marries happily)
j25c	Baby brought up by the she-wolf	A she-wolf brings up an abandoned baby boy. He becomesan illustrious leader
j66	The gnawed through bow-strings	Hero or his helpers cut or gnaw through bow- and other strings of the enemies, make holes in their canoes in order to forestall pursuit
k38d	Monster blocks waters	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

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Kara Kalpak
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Yagnobi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Highland Tajik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Tajik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Pashto
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Macedonians

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Songhai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Algeria Arabs
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Kets
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Arabs of Iraq
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Albanians