Motif

Linked traditions:
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Zande (Azande, incl Nzakara)
Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Rwanda (incl Hutu, Tutsi, Kiga), Rundi, (Ma)Shi, Banyabungu; Rega
Sakata
Lingala, (Ba)Ngala, Ntomba, Kioque, (Ki)Bangi, Bolia, Balolo, Boloki, (Ba)Akwa, (U)Poto
Bushoong: (Ba)kuba, Dengese, Ngongo; Yansi
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Zulu, Swazi
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende
Hausa
Tuareg
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Akan, Ashanti, Akwapim; Ga (Accra), Kra, Twi (Chwi, Chi)
Krache (Kraci); Ga; Adele
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Melanesians of Admiralty Islands (incl Manus); Seimat (Western Islands)
Santa Cruz Islands (incl. Reef Islands)
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Niue
Yap
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
Bugi, Macassar
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar
England
Scotland
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
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
Slovakians
Greeks (modern)
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Latvians
Estonians
Finns
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Norwegians
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Byelarusians
Uzbek
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Persians
Kazakh
Dungan of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Bashkirs
Chuvash
Mansi
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Darkhad
Khakas
Siberian Tatars
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Chukchi
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Central Yupik
Athna
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Koyukon
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Mackenzie Delta
Copper
Netsilik
Caribou
Iglulik
Polar Inuit
Baffin Land Inuit
West Greenland
Labrador Inuit (Koksoagmiut)
Tsimshian
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Micmac
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Menominee
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Winnebago
Blackfoot
Arapaho
Osage
Omaha, Ponca
Pawnee
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Crow
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Alabama, Koasati
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Guaymi, Bocota, Dorasque; XVI century data on Western Panama
Sanema
Asurini, Parakana; Arawete
Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Vilela
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Kodiak
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Japan AD 700-1700
Ukrainians: Eastern 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
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: e9aa Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k25a3 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: c32 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: i50a1 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k184 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l101 Shared traditions: 26 All traditions: 28 Weight: 929
Motif: m17a Shared traditions: 11 All traditions: 12 Weight: 917
Motif: f91 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 10 Weight: 900
Motif: k10h Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: k27n3c1 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 8 Weight: 875
Motif: l102 Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 15 Weight: 867
Motif: i123 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: k45a Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 7 Weight: 857
Motif: k45 Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 12 Weight: 833
Motif: k73b3 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 6 Weight: 833
Motif: k45b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 11 Weight: 818
Motif: k105 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: k104 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800
Motif: l102a Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 5 Weight: 800