Motif

Linked traditions:
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
Arabs of Egypt
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Malagasy
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
Shilluk, Anuak
Dholuo (=Luo, Nilotic Kawirondo)
Somali
Mangbetu (Ngbetu), Mangbutu, Moru, Madi, Lugbara, Lendu (=Bale)
Iraku (Irakw)
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Kete, Luba-Kasai, Bena (Bene) Lulua; (Bena-)Kanioka
Congo (Koongo, Bacongo; incl Vili, Fioti, (Ma)Yombe, MuKunyi), Ndombo, Luango (Loango), Zombo (Sambo), Laadi (Laari), (Ba)Fioti, Woyo (Kiwoyo)
Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Herero (Herrero)
Zulu, Swazi
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Maka (Makaa), Baya, Kaka
Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Cross-River: Efik, Ibibio, Anaang (Anang), Ikom, Abua
Hausa
Biu-Mandara: Margi, Kilba, Bura, Kera, Karekare (Kerri-Kerri), Bachama, Zulgo, Giziga, Hdi, Kapsiki, Mandara (incl Mukulehe, Matakam), Mofu (Mofu-Gudur), Somrai (Sibine, Shibha)
Sara, incl. Ngambaye (Ngambaï), Mbaï
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Dan (=Gio), Guro (=Kweni, incl Gagu, Neio), Toura, Mano, Ngere, Beng, Guro
Fon
Songhai
Tuareg
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Lobi
Dogon
Fula (=Fulbe, Fulani, Pular)
Temne (Timne)
Gola
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo
Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio
Melanesians of southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Tuvalu (Ellice)
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Maria, Muria, and other South-Central Dravidians: Binjhwar, Baсор, Bhattra, Bom, Jhoria (=Jhodia), Gadaba (in Koraput, neighbors of Munda-speaking Gadaba), Duruwa (Parji), Mehtar; Pardhan
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Lavrung, Jiarong; Qiang (incl rGyalrong)
Ireland
Spain
Bretagne
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Slovakians
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Setu
Finns
Western Sami
Norwegians
Swedes
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Baluch
Persians
Bukhara Arabs
Abaza (Abazins)
Abkhaz
Ossetians
Ingush
Nogai
Georgians
Armenians
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mordvins
Udmurt
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Darkhad
Tuvinians of Tuva
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Khakas
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Kets
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Evens (Lamuts)
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Udeghe
Nanai
Chukchi
Tagish
Tahltan
Kaska
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Shuswap
Kutenai
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Creols of Eastern and Central Cuba
Warao
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Aguaruna, Huambiza
Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Kpelle (incl Kono)
Tonga (Tsonga; incl, Soli, Sala, Lenje)
Tokelau
Mustang
Luri, Bakhtiari
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Yughs
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Bhutan
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Hui of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai (rare Hui texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: k38b1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: c31a Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: h55a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m152f Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i137 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: j25a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b47a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: j6a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a4d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k27n3a1 Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: l108g Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: h6c2 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: l92 Shared traditions: 26 All traditions: 28 Weight: 929
Motif: a37b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 9 Weight: 889
Motif: l52 Shared traditions: 38 All traditions: 43 Weight: 884
Motif: l42d Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: i84a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: n28g Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875