Motif

Linked traditions:
Ancient Egypt
Sumer
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Old and New Testament
Ugarit
Aramaic (Syrians)
Saudi Arabia
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Egypt
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Kabylia and other Berber of Northern and Central Algeria: Beni Snous, Beni Menacer (incl Zuav), Shaui, etc.)
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Algeria Arabs
Malagasy
Comoros Islands
Arabs of Sudan
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Masai
Iraku (Irakw)
Kerewe, Sukuma, Kwaya, Kumbi, Busiba, Gusii, Suba
Chagga (Jagga; incl Wasu), Pare, Digo
Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo
Ganda, (Ba)Nyoro, Nyankole, Masaba (Gisu), Luia (=Luyia, Haya, Luhya, Bantu Kawirondo; incl. Vugusu, Maragoli)
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde
Sakata
Kete, Luba-Kasai, Bena (Bene) Lulua; (Bena-)Kanioka
Mongo (Mongo-Nkundu), Nkundu, Ngelima, Ngombe, (Ba)Tetela), Pende, Wu(Kusu), (Ba)Mbala (incl Saie, Kwilu)
Zulu, Swazi
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Duala (Douala), Basa (Basaá), Kwiri (Kweli), Isubu
Aka, Baka (Badjue) and other Western (Bantu speaking) Pygmies
Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Hausa
Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale
Zaghawa
Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo
Mandingo (Manden, incl San, Samo), Kagoro, Bambara (Bamana), Malinke, Kassonke, Diula
Soninke
Songhai
Fula (=Fulbe, Fulani, Pular)
Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
Rotuma
Chamorro (Guam and other Marianas)
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Roti
Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru
Minangkabau; Kerinci
Simeulue, Nias
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Shan
Khmer
Khmu (Kammu), Puoc
Viet, Muong
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Tribal groups and castes that speak Aryan languages: Dhoba (Dhobi), Halba (Halbi, Pentia), Bhunjia, Lohar (Luhar, Luhara), Kahar, Kamar (Paharia)
Kafir, or Nuristani: Prasun; Kati (incl. Paruni), Ashkun (Ashunu), Waigali
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Lavrung, Jiarong; Qiang (incl rGyalrong)
Lepcha
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
Wales
England
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Aragon
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
French (northern France)
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
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Finns
Karelians
Vepsians
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Danes
Danes
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)
Uzbek
Khwarezm Uzbek; Turkic written tradition from Kök Orda
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Yagnobi
Tajik
Persians
Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Šah-nāmeh, Marzbān-nāmeh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Tabasaran, Aghul
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Dido (Tsez), Hunsib, Khvarshi
Nogai
Tats
Svans
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Talysh
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Turkmen
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Daur (Daghur)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Darkhad
Tofa (Karagas)
Khakas
Shor
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Sym Tungus/Evenki
Evens (Lamuts)
Oroch
Nanai
Olcha (Ulch)
Negidal
Nivkh
Manchu
Reindeer Koryak
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Chukchi
Ijka (Ika)
Muisca, Muzo
Paez, Guambia, Pijao; Ilama culture
Yupa (Yukpa)
Warao
Wayapi, Emerillon
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Chechens
Luri, Bakhtiari
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Astrakhan Tatars, Karagash Nogai
Urums, Rumei
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Southern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Wallons, Picardie
Salars
Icelanders
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
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Italians: Southern (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, Calabria)
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)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Lutsi (Ludza)
Frisians
Upper Brittany
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
Transylvanian Saksons
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
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
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
Byzantine literature
Nawar (Zutt)
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: i46e Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: n39 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: m203a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a6j Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: i25b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k180 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: f100b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k9a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: b32a Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 2 Weight: 1000
Motif: b108 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l85d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m199m Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: c30c Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif: k168b Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: l103b1 Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 8 Weight: 1000
Motif: i98b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: l15g1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000