Motif

Linked traditions:
Tonga
Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo
Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap
Yoruba; incl Ife), Nupe, Bini (Edo), Engenni, Chamba, Dakka, Kukuruku
Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Muyu
Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo
Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Melanesians of Admiralty Islands (incl Manus); Seimat (Western Islands)
Kanaka (New Caledonia)
Samoa
Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni
Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro
Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria
Palau (Western Carolines)
Ulithi, Ngulu
Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
Ponape, Ngaik, Mwoakil (Mokil), Kusaie (Kosrae)
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Simeulue, Nias
Kayan, Bahau, Kenja, Aoheng, Punan (Bukat, Basap, Oloh Ot, etc); "Klemantan"
Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
Negrito (incl. Mamanwa)
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
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
Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Shan
Khmer
Semang, Senoi
Santali, Turi, Mahli
Korku
Northern Munda of Kharwar branch: Birhor, Ho, Mundari, Kol, Asur (including Agaria, Kol, Birjhia), Bhumij
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Bondo, Didayi (Gata')
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Mikir (Karbi)
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Gondi (mostly Northern Gondi)
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
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Tribal groups and castes that speak Aryan languages: Dhoba (Dhobi), Halba (Halbi, Pentia), Bhunjia, Lohar (Luhar, Luhara), Kahar, Kamar (Paharia)
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Warli
Sinhalese; Vedda
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Burusho (Hunza)
Early Chinese written sources
Poles
Hungarians
Bulgarians
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Finns
Karelians
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
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)
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Karachays, Balkar
Ingush
Nogai
Gagauz
Kara Kalpak
Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Khakas
Shor
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Enets
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Kets
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Sym Tungus/Evenki
Evens (Lamuts)
Ainu
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
Udeghe
Oroch
Nanai
Olcha (Ulch)
Negidal
Nivkh
Kamchadal
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Creols of Russkoye Ustye
Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
Chukchi
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Central Yupik
Nunivak Island
Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
Dogrib, Slavey
Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
Han
Tutchone
Tagish
Inland Tlingit
Kaska
Denaina
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Koyukon
Tanana
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Beaver
North Alaskan Inupiat
Copper
Eyak
Tlingit
Haida
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Lenape (Delaware)
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Ottawa
Algonquin, unspecified Algonkians of the Midwest (probably Old Algonquin)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
Eastern Swamy Cree
Eastern Cree
Naskapi
Montagnais
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Potawatomi
Huron (incl Wyandot)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Tuscarora
Blackfoot
Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
Shawnee
Yuchi
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Teton (incl Oglala)
Santee
Mandan
Quapaw
Iowa
Arikara
Pawnee
Gros Ventre
Plains Cree
Plains Ojibwa
Assiniboine
Crow
Hidatsa
Carrier
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Coos
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Klamath, Modoc
Wiyot
Chitimacha
Alabama, Koasati
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Choctaw, Chicasaw
Cherokee
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Sierra Miwok
Coastal Miwok
Atsugewi
Achomavi
Yokuts
Northern Foothills Yokuts (Chukchansi, Dumna, Kechayi)
Salinan
Kawaiisu
Mono (Monache)
Tubatulabal
Owens Valley Paiute
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Bannock
Eastern Shoshone
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Ute
Southern Paiute
Chemehuevi
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Navajo
Jicarilla
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Hopi
Zuni
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Lipan
Cocopa
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Seri
Pima
Papago
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
Huichol
Cora
Chinantec, Mazatec
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
Oaxaca Mixe
Bribri, Cabecar, Térraba; Chiriqui (AD 800-1500) iconography
Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley
Muisca, Muzo
Yupa (Yukpa)
Sicuani
Guayabero
Piaroa
Macuxi
Wayana, Aparai
Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje
Cofan (Cofán)
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna
Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena
Tariana
Witoto, Ocaina
Bora
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Amuesha
Ashaninca (Campa)
Machiguenga
Cashibo
Tacana
Moseten, Chimane
Kamayura
Paresi
Kaingang, Xokleng
Sheta
Chamacoco (Ishir)
Mataco
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Chorote
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Terena (Tereno)
Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Kodiak
Evens (Lamuts) of Kamchatka
Chulym Turks
Yellowknife
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Japan AD 700-1700
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Early Russian written sources
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)
Terek Cossacks
Laurentian Iroquois
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area
Khamti, Ahom

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: m57d4 Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 11 Weight: 1000
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: j51b Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i15a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: a29a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: l5e Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: l15b1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: g12 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: h36j Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m30a Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: c8d Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: f9g1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: e15b Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: c6g Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a3b Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: b42o1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: e34 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56ac Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: b48d Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000