Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a2	Several suns	In a certain time in the past three or more suns were on the sky simultaneously
a2a	The sun is a source of distructive heat	The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns had (will) appear(ed) simultaneously; or the only sun was too hot (or bright)
a2b	Extra suns and moons annihilated	Other suns or moons besides present ones had been in the sky and were later annihilated
a37	The Sun is attacked with weapons	Person intentionally and with special equipment (usually shooting arrows) attacks the Sun (or several suns if they were many)
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
c2	Deluge and conflagration combined	Inhabitans of the Middle World are (partly) destroyed (or will be destoyed) once by fire or draught, another time by a flood or the world is destroyed with a flood of fire or boiling water
c8	The couple of close relations originates the mankind	In the beginning of time or after the natural disaster brother and sister, mother and son, or father and daughters are the only human beings. They marry and the present day people are their descendents
c8a	Grinding stones match	Being alone and having no other marriage partners, brother and sister agree to marry each other if a highly improbable event or a series of events will take place. Among the events that take place (alternatively or one after the other) are 1) the siblings let two grinding stones roll from two mountains, the brother's stone falls on the sister's one; 2) brother and sister throw two swords from two mountains, both swords get into one sheath; 3) they throw some objects up, the objects get together; 4) they kindle two fires, columns of smoke get together; 5) they put to grow two stems of bamboo, tops of the stems get together
c8aa	Brother and sister beget the people	In the beginning of time or after the natural disaster brother and sister are the only human beings. They marry and the present day people are their descendents
g24	Food from the sky	First seeds (sprouts, tubors) of cultivated plants or of important edible wild plants are brought from the sky (received from the sky-dwellers)
g25	Cereals spilled over the earth	Seeds of cereals have been spilled over the earth, now people cultivate them
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
h36	The muddled message	Person is sent by god to bring instructions or certain objects but distorts, forgets or replaces them. This has fatal consequences for humans or for a certain species of animals. (Lithuanian case can be a mistification)
h36g	Muddled message: how many meals a day	God sends his messenger to tell people that they should eat only rarely (once in three days or the like). The messenger tells them that they should eat often (three times a day)
h36g2	Beatle distorts the message	When person who was later transformed in the dung beatle was sent to the people to deliver important message, he distorted it
k56b	The worthy man is rewarded, the unworthy punished	First one, then another man meets a powerful person or persons. The first man is worthy and rewarded with treasure, prestige or the like. The second man (or two men) follows him, behaves in a wrong way and is punished
k56c	Golden axe	A man loses an axe. A spirit or a powerful official suggests him a golden axe but the man does not accept it. The spirit (official) gives him axes of gold and silver as a reward for his honesty. Usually another man intentionally loses his axe, claims the golden one but receives nothing
k77a	Small objects and animals defeat the ogre	Small objects and animals (rare: animals alone but including those who really are harmless) revenge on a powerful enemy making attack on him in succession (usually they hide in his or her house); the enemy is badly injured, runs away or dies
l15c	Hero lies and remains unharmed	Dangerous person tells simple-heartedly what he is afraid of giving the hero a good opportunity to scare him
m109	The tail-fisher	Animal person puts his tail (penis) down and waits in hope to get something edible. The tail (penis) is torn or cut off, the person escapes or dies
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29w2	The tiger is a failure	Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the tiger suffers a reverse, is injured or dies

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Sichuan Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Henan and Hubei Chinese
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Koreans; Goguryeo
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Czech
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Byelarusians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Estonians
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Georgians