Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a32	Figure on lunar disc	A figure or an imprint of some being or object are seen in the Moon. (For statistical analysis motifs A32A – A32J are also included into A32)
a32d	Man in the Moon	Human being or imprint of human being is seen in the moon
a32e	Person with an object in hands	Person who holds some object in his or her hands is seen in the moon (rare: in the sun)
a32f	Water-carrier in the Moon	Person who went to fetch water and/or holds in hands a container for liquid is seen in the moon
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
a45	The insulted Moon	Person who teases or insults the Moon is punished
b48a	Other creatures’ flesh	Particular pieces of flesh or inner organs in the bodies of animals, birds, or fish originally belonged to other creatures
b68	The giant grouse	Hazel-grouse was big and dangerous. He is torn to pieces which are shared between other birds and animals. What remains is the present grouse
b68b	One who tried to scare the God	(Animal) person who tried to scare the God (people) with his/its, behavior, strange look or sudden appearance is punished being transformed into an animal (of different characteristics than it was before)
b72	The thirsty cuckoo	Because children do not give water to their mother, she turns into a bird, usually a cuckoo, and flies away
b75b	Sounds of the time of creation: a creaking of trees	Creaking of trees is a voice of a transformed person
b75b1	Sounds of the time of creation: voice of a wife or mother-in-law	Man pushes his mother-in-law or his wife into a tree hollow, she turns into the creaking of trees or into echo
b84	Fungi and excrescences (ogress transformed)	When a demonic person (usually an ogress pursuing a man) dies, her or his flesh turns into objects that are found on trees, like fungi, pitch, fruits or nuts
b94	Talking trees	Trees (and animals) could talk and asked people not to cut or kill them
d1	Female spirit of fire	Fire is personified as an (elder) woman, alone or with her husband, master of fire
h28	Plagues from the body of a person or creature	Killed and destroyed (often burned) person or creature (usually ogre, fierce animal, powerful shaman) turns into a multitude of biting insects or into other small molesting creatures
h50	Sky god and mistress of the dead	A couple of deities or ancestors divorces. Man remains on earth or ascends to the sky, woman becomes the mistress of the dead or of the underworld
i39	Rainbow road or bridge	Rainbow is a road, a bridge or a ladder
i84a	Son of God frozen to death	In winter time despite warning son of the sky deity sets off (usually on his snow-shoes) and is frozen to death
i87c1	A mouse makes a boat	A mouse makes a canoe form a small object and rides in it
k16	To get access to a girl in guise of a bird or an animal	Disguised as a bird, small animal or insect, a man penetrates into the place of a girl (into her father’s house)
k44	False mother rejected	A demonic or animal person steals a boy and pretends to be his real mother or father. The boy gets to know the truth, leaves the false parent
k44b	Returning after long absence, person throws food to his mother	Coming home after a long absence, the hero (rare: heroine) peeps into his house and sees his mother (his parents, her husband) who suffers hunger. He or she throws food inside, extinguishes the fire, pushes aside, etc. Usually those who are inside do not understand what is happening
k73a	Baby child substituted with object or animal	Hostile women substitute baby of the newly made mother with an animal or an object (inform the baby’s father that his wife has given birth to an animal or an object)
k73a4	Baby child substituted with a pup	Hostile women substitute baby of the newly made mother with a pup (inform the baby’s father that his wife has given birth to a pup)
k73b1	Mother and child in a barrel	A woman with her new-born child (or a woman pregnant with a boy) or a young girl and a young boy is put into a barrel (box, skin bag, boat) and thrown into the sea (river)
k81	The handless girl	For minor offence or because of false accusation a young girl or woman is maimed and expelled from home (rare: killed or she kills herself). The maimed person magically obtains her body integrity (the dead revives)
k8c	Jonah: swallowed by terrestrial animal	Person gets into the belly of ground animal or bird. He kills it from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
k8c5	Bear dies after swallowing mouse	Animal person (mammal, bird, fish) of a small size (less than a fox) gets inside the bear and kills him from the inside (usually eat his meat)
k8d	Jonah: swallowed by anthropomorphic being	Person (often an animal-person) gets into the belly of anthropomorphic being. He kills it from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
l126	The bird indifferent to pain	A small bird makes a powerful anthropomorphic person lose his temper. The bird cannot be annihilated, cries from inside person's stomach, the person suffers or dies
l42b	Credulous children of the ogre	An ogre's child or (rare) wife believes in what hero tells him (or her) and releases him. Usually the hero kills the child and puts its meat to cook in the very pot where the ogre planned to cook the hero
l5h	Person stuck in an opening, head is torn off	Two sisters or two brothers get into demon's house. One crawls out through a tiny opening, another sticks there. Brother or sister pulls him or her by the head but tears it off
l65b3	The escape on the tree	Persons climbs a tree and thanks to this escapes from a demon (who usually tries to fell the tree)
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
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29b2	The bear is a failure/enemy	Because of its stupidity or unsocial behavior, the bear suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m29n	Trickster is a mouse	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is a mouse
m45a	Old man and animals	A man falls asleep or pretends to be sleeping or dead. Animals take him for dead: mourn, carry to bury, are going to eat up, etc. The man kills a lot of animals or obtain valuables otherwise
m60b	False doctor: a finished off victim	The deceiver who promised to cure a sick or wounded person or animal devours him or suggests a remedy that makes the sick one to feel ever worse

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Kets
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Northern Selkups
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mansi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Latvians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Nanai

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mansi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kets
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Nanai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Southern Selkups
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Tofa (Karagas)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Central Yakuts (Sakha)