Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a21	Luminaries are objects fixed in the sky	The sun and/or the moon are inanimate objects thrown up to the sky or fixed in the sky
a30	The Moon eats the dead	Moon descends to earth to eat children, corpses or bones of the dead
a32	Figure on lunar disc	A figure or an imprint of some being or object are seen in the Moon. (For statistical analysis motifs A32A – A32J are also included into A32)
a35	Spots on the lunar disc	Dark spots on the lunar disc are dirt, blood, paint, traces of beating, burning, scratching, etc. on the Moon person's body or face (Kiliwa: spots on the Sun) and do not form any particular figure
b17	Night in container	Darkness is a particular object that can be carried (usually brought from its original owner in a container)
b34	Overtaken by the first night	When night escapes from container where it was originally preserved, men surprised by the darkness turn into birds or animals
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
f38	Women and sacred knowledge	Women were possessors of the sacred knowledge, sanctuaries or ritual objects which are now taboo for them or they made attempts to acquire such a knowledge or objects
f41	The men kill the women	The men of primeval community kill the women because of their unsocial behavior
f44	Women and men separate	The women and the men of the primeval community quarrel and abandon each other
f49	The abnormal birth	Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom
h12	The alive person comes to the land of the dead after somebody’s death	The alive person comes to the land of the dead to bring back somebody who has recently died (besides stories about shamans who journey to the other world to bring back the soul of a sick person) or, having no particular aim, goes there in company of somebody who had recently died or following his or her tracks
h12b	Ghosts feed on excrements	Inhabitants of the land of the dead eat excrements
h24	Container opened too early	Container with valuables or with dangerous creatures is opened (before time). Its content goes out of control or disappear
i100b	The Pleiades are a group of people	The Pleiades are any people (of any ages and sex, combined data of i99-i100a)
i104	Stars are fragments	Stars are fragments of a bigger luminary (usually the Moon); or stars, the sun and the moon are formed from one and the same primeval person or creature
i45b	Not to point at the rainbow	It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
i47	Rainbow is filth	Rainbow is a flatulence of a demon, a spray of a skunk, is associated with spit, urine, feces, genitals, etc., causes skin diseases, is associated with death
i72	Stars are people	Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
i99	The Pleiades are boys or men	The Pleiades are a group of boys or men, or a group of different people but predominantly males
j14	A flute-player	A girl or two sisters walk in search of the man whose beautiful voice or whose flute-play they listen
j23	A late son kills monsters	People (elder brothers, elder siblings, elder sister) disappear (one by one). A lonely woman has a baby or finds a baby or she becomes pregnant magically and gives birth to a boy or twins. The boy grows up, exterminates the antagonists, usually revives and releases those who had disappeared
j23c	Youngest brother kills monsters	People (elder brothers, elder siblings, elder sister) disappear (one by one). A lonely woman has a baby or finds a baby or she becomes pregnant magically and gives birth to a boy. The boy grows up, exterminates the antagonists, usually revives and releases those who had disappeared
j23d	Young twins kill monsters	People (elder brothers, elder siblings, elder sister) disappear (one by one). A lonely woman has baby twins (or more children) who grow up, exterminates the antagonists, usually revives and releases those who had disappeared
j47	Pursuer falls from height	Person ascends to the sky (rare: descends from the sky; ascends the cliff) by a rope, a ladder, etc. Another person tries to follow him or her but the rope (the ladder) is broken or severed
k17	The ornitomorphic suitor	An ornitomorphic hero impregnates a girl magically or imperceptibly for her
k26	A hole in the firmament	Finding a hole in the ground or making it, person gets to see below another world. Usually the earth is seen from the sky
k27e	Eating or drinking contest	Person or animal must eat (drink) enormous quantity of food (beverage) or eat or drink poisonous beverage or food
k86	Weeping child stolen	Because a small child is ignored or punished by its parents (usually it cries late in the evening), bush spirit or animal carries it away
l14	Reared up serpent	A small creature (often a worm or a reptile) is brought home and reared up or it becomes to live by itself in an artificial body of water. When big, it goes out of human control or becomes something huge and/or dangerous. Cf. motif L13A (The reared up monster attacks people)
l21	Cannibal’s attention diverted	A cannibal under a tree plans to eat up a man who has climbed the tree. The man throws down and afar his pray or some object and escapes while the cannibal rushes to this object or is eating the pray
l41	Hero escapes on the way	An ogre or ogress catches a person and carries his or her prey home but the person escapes on the way or immediately after reaching the ogre's house
l41a	Stone in basket	Hero escapes from the demon's basket or bag letting stone (a piece of wood, some sand) instead of him
l41a1	The broken cauldron	When demon tries to empty his bag, stones and not the hero fall out and break the cauldron
l42	Hero carried to ogre’s home	An ogre or ogress catches a person and brings him to his or her home where he or she plans to cook and eat him. The hero escapes
l61	Endocannibal	Person devours his or her own flesh or disembowels himself or herself
m11	The unclean food	Person feeds others a food that is extracted from his, hers or somebody else’ body or is polluted by body extractions not informing about the source of the food

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yurok
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Locono
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mundurucu, Curuaia
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kayabi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Barasana, Taibano, Macuna
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Iranxe
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: North Alaskan Inupiat
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Arapaho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Nanai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Chorote
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Toba (incl Pilaga)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Twana (Skokomish)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kutenai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)