Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a2	Several suns	In a certain time in the past three or more suns were on the sky simultaneously
a20	Childhood and youth of the Sun and Moon	The Sun and the Moon (rare: the Sun and a star, the Moon and a star) are two siblings who live on earth and then ascend to the sky being still young persons
a2a	The sun is a source of distructive heat	The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns had (will) appear(ed) simultaneously; or the only sun was too hot (or bright)
a2b	Extra suns and moons annihilated	Other suns or moons besides present ones had been in the sky and were later annihilated
a2b1	The last sun	Two or more suns shine in the sky. When the extra suns had been annihilated, there was a risk of the last one being destroyed too
a37	The Sun is attacked with weapons	Person intentionally and with special equipment (usually shooting arrows) attacks the Sun (or several suns if they were many)
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
a4a	The Sun dazzles eyes	Modest Sun-woman dazzles (usually pricks with needles, i.e. the sun rays) eyes of those who look at her
a4b	The Sun is afraid of the night	Being afraid of the night, the Sun decided to travel across the sky only at the day time
a6	The Sun and the Moon are females	Both the Sun and the Moon are considered to be females (incl. cases when the gender is not directly specified but both emerge from parts of the body of a female person)
b116	The first book eaten up	An animal or a person eats up the first book (writing, important document). (In some of European traditions the eating up of the book is not directly described but follows from the context)
c18a	The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place	The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place or people beliefe that the Sun will not rise if the cock would not cry
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
j18a	Mother is eaten up, children escape	An ogress devours a woman, gets into her house. Her daughters (daughter and son, one daughter) run away, climb a tree or a rope that hangs from the sky. Ogress pursues them and perishes
l70	Fruit falls and kills	Person or animal is killed or injured with a heavy object dropped from a tree (or rock, etc.). The person or the animal knows that the objects will fall but has falls ideas about its character and weight

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Mongols (Khalkha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Sichuan Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Early Chinese written sources
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
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: Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Navajo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Tillamook
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Quinault
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Kalapuya
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa