Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
l45	Duped watchman	An ogre or a stronger animal catches a man or a weaker animal or drives him into a small enclosure and goes away for a time leaving a watchman. The hero dupes the watchman, escapes. (Most, though hardly all American cases can have post-Columbian African origin)
m157	The impossible giving birth	Person claims that a man or a male animal had given birth (or is menstruating) or that a female gave birth to a young of another species or that a woman gave birth to an animal
m157a1	Father is giving birth	Person proves the absurdity of the claims of another person saying that his or her father (or other man or a male animal) had given or is giving birth or is menstruating
m157a2	Bull or cart gives birth	Person claims that a calf (colt, kid, etc.) was born (brought to the place) not by the cow (mare, etc.) of another person but by his own male animal (bull, stallion, etc.), his own animal of another species or by inanimate object (usually a cart)
m172	The hare makes the lion his horse	To demonstrate that a strong animal is his slave or his riding animal, a weak animal tricks the strong one to carry him. People believe that the strong one is really a slave of the weak one
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29w3	The lion is a failure	Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the lion suffers a reverse, is injured or dies

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Latvians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Lithuanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Finns
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Karelians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Byelarusians
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: Western Sami
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Macedonians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Maltese

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kpelle (incl Kono)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Fur
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Zaghawa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Hausa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Songhai