Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
b36	Creatures acquire their physical traits	Birds, fish, reptiles, mammals intentionally or by chance are smeared with colorful substances or divide among themselves parts of somebody's body thus acquiring their present characteristics
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
d12	Food baked in the sun	First people or inhabitants of a distant country cook food in the sun; or fire owner lies that he or she cooks food in the sun
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
d7	Fire and toad	Frog or toad possesses the fire, steals it from original owner, tries to extinguish or to save it
f17	Misplaced genitalia	Originally, humans had (had to have; can have under some special confition) their genitals not on the place where they are now; the genitals were absent, or people did not know know their function and used for copulation other parts of the body
f49	The abnormal birth	Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom
g13a	People ate dirt	Before acquisition of cultivated plants (fire, hunting skills) people ate dirt, mud or stones
h12	The alive person comes to the land of the dead after somebody’s death	The alive person comes to the land of the dead to bring back somebody who has recently died (besides stories about shamans who journey to the other world to bring back the soul of a sick person) or, having no particular aim, goes there in company of somebody who had recently died or following his or her tracks
j35	Helpful tree-frog	A tree-frog kills or neutralizes dangerous person or creature who chases heroes
l5c	Rolling head is a dangerous monster	Rolling head is a dangerous mobster (pursues celestial bodies, people etc.)
l78	Toad-jaguar	Mixed traits of toad and jaguar in iconography; a toad or frog transforms into a jaguar; a toad or frog is a jaguar's mother or wife

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Makiritare (Yecuana)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Warao
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Wayana, Aparai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Yurok
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Ashaninca (Campa)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Machiguenga
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Wayapi, Emerillon
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Xipaya (Shipaya)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Lower Amazon (XIX century data, mostly from Santarem area), tribal affiliation unknown
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Xipaya (Shipaya)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Mundurucu, Curuaia
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Rikbaktsa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Matses (Mayoruna)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Manao, Katawishi (Teffé lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Nambikwara
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Iranxe