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
a44	Moon the protector	A person pursued by an enemy or tyrannized by others asks the Moon to take her or him to the sky. The request is granted and the person is now seen in the Moon
b1	Two male creators	Two male anthropomorphic creators compete in producing things. One of them is or becomes master of the underworld and/or spirits while another is associated with humans
b3a	Primeval waters	Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
b3b	Earth grows big	Original earth was small and later increased in size or the fertile soil grew from a small amount of original substance
b3e	Earth falls on waters	In the beginning there are only air and water. 1) Person descends from the sky, creates the dry land or a hard support created for her or him grows into the earth. 2) The earth is sent or dropped from the sky, put on the surface of the water. 3) The earth is brought from somewhere (not from the underworld) and put on the water
b43	Purusha	Parts of the body of the primeval person or creature are transformed into different elements of the landscape and parts of the universe
c6	Valuables brought from the lower world	Persons or animals dive or otherwise decend to the lower world to get a desired object and to bring it to earth (besides episodes in the fairytales, cf. motif k27x9)
c6a	The diver is turtle or frog	A turtle or a frog (toad) brings the desired object from the bottom of the water body or from the lower world
c6d	The aquisition of the earth from the lower world	The dry land (the earth) grows from a small amount of solid substance (sand, clay, dirt and the like) brought from the lower world (usually from the bottom of the ocean)
i11a	The earth was put on the back of a turtle (frog)	It is described how the earth was obtained and put on the back of a turtle or frog
i52	Fish the earth-holder	World is supported by fish or fish-like monster or the earth itself is such a monster

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Evens (Lamuts)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Udmurt
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Chuvash
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mansi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mari (Cheremis)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Southern Selkups
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Nganasans
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Enets
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Northern Selkups
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Kets
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar