Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a24	The first sunrise	In the beginning it is dark. When the Sun first appears on the sky, primeval beings or part of them perish or turn into animals, spirits, stones
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
b2a	The female earth	The earth is a female person (alone or together with a male person); she is female being or associated with a woman
b2b	The earth eats the dead	The earth devours bodies of the people when they die and are buried
b3a	Primeval waters	Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
b56	Fire tongue of the crocodile	After the crocodile or caiman swallows or loses fire (that he possessed before), he remains without his tongue; or the crocodile's tongue is cut off to make something related to celestial fire (thunderbolt, sun beams, etc.
e1a	First people of unstable materials	First human beings are made of unstable materials (mud, wax, fire, honey, etc.) and unviable
e2	People made for a test	Making people, creator does not reach perfection immediately. First variants of creation are rejected, then proper form and material found
e8	People of wood	The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood
g12a	Plants from drops of blood	Cultivated plants emerge from drops of blood or spill from cuts on the body of a person or animal
g3	A rock of crops	Cultivated plants or fertile soil to plant them are hidden inside a rock. Birds or Thunders get them destroying the rock
g4	A food mountain	Cultivated plants are found above or inside a mountain
i13a	The horned serpent	Giant water-chthonic or sky serpent or dragon has horns or antlers on its head
i3	Weapon of Thunder	The lightning (and thunder) is (produced with) an object (axe, sword, mirror, belt, stones, skin, etc.) in hands of anthropomorphic being
i36	Thunder and lightning are relatives, spouses or in-laws	Thunder and lightning (two thunders, two lightings) are close relatives, spouses or in-laws
j25a	Son of the grave	Mother dies or is killed. Her (still unborn) baby-son is buried with her. He comes out of the grace, meets people, then returns to the grave but ultimately agrees to remain with the people
k118	The prohibited room	Master of the house allows person to feel himself (herself) free bit not to look into particular place. The person breaks prohibition
m45c	To plant the boiled tubers	Person gives advice that the right way to plant seeds or tubers is to cook them before

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tzotzil
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Western Sami
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Dutch, Flemish
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Catalan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Poles
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: French (northern France)