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
a21a	The released Moon	The Moon is an object which its owners released by chance or which was stolen from them and ultimately ascended to the sky
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
a31	The incestuous Moon	As a result of some intimate contacts and/or love affair, the Moon acquires its present appearance (often, the stains on his face) and/or ascends to the sky
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
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
a5	The Sun and the Moon are males	The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
a7a	Torches in hands of celestial bodies	Light of the Sun (Moon, Venus) is a torch in hands of the celestial body
b3a	Primeval waters	Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
b3b	Earth grows big	Original earth was small and later increased in size or the fertile soil grew from a small amount of original substance
b41	The talking dog	Because the dog was spreading some information, altercated with its masters, was talking in a wrong time, etc. it lost the ability to speak
b86	Babylonian tower	To reach the sky (the Sun, Moon, particular star), people build a ladder or tower that consists of separate modules (bricks, logs, sticks, etc.). This construction collapses
d12	Food baked in the sun	First people or inhabitants of a distant country cook food in the sun; or fire owner lies that he or she cooks food in the sun
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
e12	The animated drawing	Person draws an object or creature and it becomes alive
e27	People from drops of blood	People emerge from drops of blood that fall from the sky
e8	People of wood	The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood
e8a	People from the fruits	Women or people in general come out of the fruits (orten the coconuts) or (more rare) leaves of the cocos palm spontaneously turn into women
e9	The mysterious housekeeper	Person observes traces of some activity that takes place in his (rare: her) house in his (her) absence and then takes by surprise the responsible one
e9h	Dove-wife	A man marries dove-woman
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
f45	The Amazons	There are (or were) women who live apart from men in their own village or villages
f62	Incognito at the feast	An (ostensibly) sick (ugly, weak, poorly clad) person remains at home when others go to the feast. The person comes by himself or herself looking like a handsome man or beautiful girl. The man (woman) does not recognize him (her) and feels against her (him) sexual interestю (All texts with motif k57, Chinderella, are also included into f62)
f88	Odor of women	Initially women's genitals were fragrant or had no smell. Because of a bad chance they acquire unpleasant odor or do not acquire fragrant odor
g17	Gift of a reptile	Serpent (snake-eel in Oceania) or alligator is the original possessor or the source of cultivated plants or wild staples
g21	Coconut palm from a human head	Coconut palm grows out of the human head
h12b	Ghosts feed on excrements	Inhabitants of the land of the dead eat excrements
h4	The shed skin	Those who change their skin become young again
h4a	Process of rejuvenation is broken	People do not become young (usually do not shed their skin) anymore because certain person was bothered during rejuvenation or was not recognized by his family in his new guise
i130	The sky net	One of costellations is a hunting or fishing net, trap, snare
i133	Whole-sky constellation	Sideral objects in different parts of the sky are identified with one and the same humanoid figure (parts of its body, decoratioons, etc.).
i133a	The big bird constellation	There is a constellation identified with a bird that corresponds to several big constellations in European traditions (mostly Ecuatorial and not Circum-Popar).
i37f	Fungi are ears	Fungi or mushrooms are named “ears”
i72	Stars are people	Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
i82b	Venus is female	Morning and/or Evening Star is a female personage
i82c	Venus is the Moon’s wife	Venus or some other bright star seen near the eastern or western horizon is female and wife of the Moon
j25	Babies escape and return	Heroes (usually one or two), being still babies or embryos, escape or are thrown away, often into the water. To bring them back into the human world, they are lured (persuaded) to come out or caught with difficulty
k25	Magic wife	A man consciously marries a woman related to the non-human world
k56b	The worthy man is rewarded, the unworthy punished	First one, then another man meets a powerful person or persons. The first man is worthy and rewarded with treasure, prestige or the like. The second man (or two men) follows him, behaves in a wrong way and is punished
k8a	Jonah: swallowed by monster	Person gets into the belly of water being or into the belly of giant creature which appearance and living place remain vague. He kills the monster from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
l103	Obstacle flight (Atalanta type)	Treasure, or the like, is thrown back to tempt pursuer to delay
l19a	Beings with even number of heads	Beings (any besides birds) with even but not more than ten number of heads are described in tales or represented in art. Beings that with even number of heads named in a row with other multi-headed beings and the highest number is even or bigger than ten are not considered

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: New Guinea Northern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Komba, Gimi, Susure, Orokaiva, Bogadjim, Ngain, Bargam, Nankina, Yupta Valley, Urawa Valley, Pondoma (Anam)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Papua–New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Muyu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Nanai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ifaluk, Woleai, Lamutrek, Faraulip Satawal, Elato, Western Fayu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Numfoor, Warope, Wamesa (Wandamen, Windesi)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Zuni

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Mongols (Khalkha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Persians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Uyghur
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Finns
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Bashkirs
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kazakh
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Karen, Pa-O, Padaung, Kayah
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Lithuanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Ossetians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Daur (Daghur)