Motif

Linked traditions:
Sumer
Aramaic (Syrians)
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai
Arabs of Iraq
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.)
Berbers of southern Tunisia and adjacent part of Lybia (Matmata, Ghadames, Yefren)
Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zénaga)
Morocco Arabs
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Arabs of Sudan
Nubians
Kunama
Saho, Afar
Bilin (Blin, Bilen)
Dinka, Atuot, Nuer
Shilluk, Anuak
Murle, Me'en (Bodi), Didinga
Murle, Me'en (Bodi), Didinga
Maba (Waddaye)
Uduk
Somali
Geez, Tigrai, Tigre
Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe
Luba (Baluba, Luba-Katanga, Shaba), (Ba)Holoholo, Tumbwe, Bena-Piana, Tabwa, Benabena-Mitumba, Zela, Bene-Marungu
Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Herero (Herrero)
Kosa (Xosa, Xhosa)
Tswana (Chwana), Suto (Soto; incl Pedi, Mbire)
Hausa
East Chadic: Buduma, Mpade (Kotoko); Gidar
Zaghawa
Songhai
Tuareg
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Fula (=Fulbe, Fulani, Pular)
Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara
Bushmen (all groups)
Thai of Thailand
Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por
Santali, Turi, Mahli
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)
Kharia
Kharia
Khasi
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Oraon (Kurukh)
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)
Malayali; Kannikaran
Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Sindhi
Kashmiri
Nepali; Tharu
Dhanwar
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Konkani (including local component in Goa folklore)
Assamese
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Sinhalese; Vedda
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Li
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Lepcha
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
Wales
England
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Catalan
Aragon
Maltese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Sardinia, Corsica
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Ancient Italy: Latins, Etruscans, Magna Graecia
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
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
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Albanians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Setu
Votians
Finns
Karelians
Vepsians
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
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)
Uzbek
Wakhi, Ishkashimi (including Sanglich), Munji
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Yazgulami
Sarikoli
Yagnobi
Highland Tajik
Tajik
Baluch
Pashto
Persians
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug
Rutul, Tsakhur
Tabasaran, Aghul
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Laks
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Dido (Tsez), Hunsib, Khvarshi
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Tats
Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Georgians
Armenians
Kalmyk
Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Stavropol Turkmen (recent migrants from Mangyshlak Peninsular)
Gagauz
Anatolia Turks
Azeris (Azerbaijanis)
Kurds
Kara Kalpak
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Uyghur
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)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Tuvinians of Tuva
Tuvinians of Southern Altai
Tofa (Karagas)
Khakas
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Kets
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Sym Tungus/Evenki
Evens (Lamuts)
Ainu
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Udeghe
Oroch
Uilta (Orok)
Nanai
Olcha (Ulch)
Negidal
Nivkh
Kamchadal
Kerek
Reindeer Koryak
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Chukchi
Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Mackenzie Delta
Copper
Eastern Swamy Cree
Menominee
Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
Potawatomi
Huron (incl Wyandot)
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Teton (incl Oglala)
Mandan
Osage
Iowa
Arikara
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Tonkawa
Kiowa Apache
Comanche
Crow
Hidatsa
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lillooet
Comox, Pentlatch
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Takelma
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Alcea; Siuslaw
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Flathead
Kutenai
Shasta; Chimariko
Karok
Hupa, Chilula
Klamath, Modoc
Yurok
Wiyot
Caddo
Choctaw, Chicasaw
Catawba, Tutelo
Cherokee
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Wappo
Pomo
Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Ohlone (Costanoan)
Achomavi
Yana
Chumash
Kawaiisu
Mono (Monache)
Tubatulabal
Owens Valley Paiute
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Eastern Shoshone
Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Ute
Southern Paiute
Chemehuevi
Kitanemuk
Serrano
Gabrielino (Tongva)
Cahuilla, Cupeño
Luiseño, Juaneño
Navajo
Jicarilla
Chiricahua
Mescalero
Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
Hopi
Zuni
Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Eastern Keres (Cochiti, Sia, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Paguate, Seama)
Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Lipan
Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Cocopa
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Seri
Pima
Papago
Warihio (Guarijío), Tarahumara
Cora
Western Mexico Nahuatl
XVI century Cañari; Kechua-speaking groups of Azuay, Cañar, Cayambe, Otovalo, Imbabura provinces
Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Aguaruna, Huambiza
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
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)
Lima dep: Costa and adjacent Sierra (Spanish, Kechua, and Jacaru-speaking communities, mostly in Pachacamac, Cajatambo, Canta, Huarochirí; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Ayacucho department (Kechua-speaking communities; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Aimara
Chipaya
Atacameño
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Mundurucu, Curuaia
Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite)
Makka
Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Ayoreo
Chamacoco (Ishir)
Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Chorote
Toba (incl Pilaga)
Mapuche
Northern and Southern Tehuelche
Ndebele, Pedi, Thonga (incl Ronga), Hlengwe, Matabele (Tebele)
Kono (=Kone), Wai
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Western Tibetans (Ladakh, Spiti)
Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Oriya (incl. Dom/Domba/Dombo, Ghasi, Bhat and other Oriya-speaking castes of Odisha)
Arabs (literary tradition; incl. One Thousand and One Nights)
Chechens
Evens (Lamuts) of Kamchatka
Chulym Turks
Luri, Bakhtiari
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Bedja
Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali
Wallons, Picardie
Tundra (Lower Kolyma) Yukaghir (Waduls)
Galicians
Arabs of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, Emirates, Oman,
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Chinese; Manchuria Chinese (data not specified on particular provinces)
Icelanders
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Yughs
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: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Early Russian written sources
Fur
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)
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Toto, Rabha (northern Western Bengalia)
Arakan, Chakma, Khyang
Dong, Maonan, Gelao
Lutsi (Ludza)
Frisians
Faroe Islands
Upper Brittany
Terek Cossacks
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
Transylvanian Saksons
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki
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
Eastern Prussia
Byzantine literature
Nawar (Zutt)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i87c1 Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: l131b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: k88a Shared traditions: 42 All traditions: 42 Weight: 1000
Motif: l129a Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 15 Weight: 1000
Motif: k27x4 Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 15 Weight: 1000
Motif: l15e1 Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a5 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: k80a6 Shared traditions: 36 All traditions: 36 Weight: 1000
Motif: k145 Shared traditions: 23 All traditions: 23 Weight: 1000
Motif: l96a Shared traditions: 33 All traditions: 33 Weight: 1000
Motif: f57 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: k85d Shared traditions: 18 All traditions: 18 Weight: 1000
Motif: k33a6 Shared traditions: 22 All traditions: 22 Weight: 1000
Motif: m149b Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: h7b2 Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: l5h Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 5 Weight: 1000
Motif: k35c2 Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 16 Weight: 1000
Motif: h52b Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: l87 Shared traditions: 20 All traditions: 20 Weight: 1000