Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
m154	The animal language and the stubborn wife	A man obtains knowledge of animal languages but if he reveals the secret, he must die. Once he hears animals talking and laughs. His wife thinks that he laughs at her or at her mother. The man is ready to open his secret and either does it and dies or hears how animals (usually a cock) blame him for being so foolish. So he keeps his secret.
m181a	Fire at the sunset	Person believes that unachievable natural phenomena are objects of culture. Usually he agrees to bring a the fire mistaking for it a sunset, a firefly, etc.
m29x	The hyena is a failure	Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the hyena suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m45	A predator tricks animals to gather around him	An ogre or a stronger animal catches a man or a weaker animal or drives him into a small enclosure. He goes away for a while leaving a watchman. The watchman is unable to fulfill his duty and the man (the weak animal) escapes (usually he dupes the watchman). Most, though hardly all American cases can have post-Columbian African origin
m56b	To bring tears and skins	A weak person's demand will be granted if he brings a skin (paw, tears, etc.) of animals stronger than he. He fulfills the task using tricks (but usually does not receive the promised reward)
m62f	Every next assistant kills previous one	Person invites others to help him in his work. Every next one is stronger than the one who came before and eats him up, the last two perish when they begin to fight

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Amhara; Zay, Harari; Silte, Gogot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Ila (Baila)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Mehri; Harsusi, Jibbali (Shahri, Shauri), Hobyot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Oromo (Galla), Konso, Sidamo, Darasa, Bussa (Bassa), Kambata, Guji
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Masai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Malawi (incl Nyanja, Banyanja, Manganja), Tumbuka (incl Henga), Nsenga, Matengo, (Ba)Wenda
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Nyungwe (Tete)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Kamba, Tharaka
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Gogo, Kaguru, Luguru, Zigula, Taveta, Shambala (Šambala), Bondei, Taeta, Dabida; Zaramo

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tiv, Bamum (Bamun), Mungaka (Mgaka, Bali), Beba, Anaguta, Bete (Mbete, Karang), Ekoi, Nyang, Vute (Wute), Jukun, Chamba, Bamileke, Kwotto, Kirri; Denya (Nyang)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Hausa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Greeks (modern)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Mbundu (Umbundu, Kimbundu, Chimbundu, Ovimbundu), Kwanyama, Owambo (=Ambo)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ewe
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Zaghawa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Fang (Pangwe), Eton, Bafia, Batanga, Benga, Bube (Bubi), Buheba, Yaunde (Ewondo), Yebekolo, Koko, Bulu, Beti (Beti-Bulu), Sekiani, Eghap