Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
b17	Night in container	Darkness is a particular object that can be carried (usually brought from its original owner in a container)
b29	Eschatological feast	People turn into animals, birds or stones at a feast, after the feast, after performing a ritual or after a victory over dangerous enemy
b3a	Primeval waters	Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
b4	The fished out earth	Islands or continent are fished out of the ocean or pulled to their present place by rope
c2	Deluge and conflagration combined	Inhabitans of the Middle World are (partly) destroyed (or will be destoyed) once by fire or draught, another time by a flood or the world is destroyed with a flood of fire or boiling water
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
d5	Woman as the owner of the fire	Female person is the owner or inventor (but not the personification) of the fire
e9h	Dove-wife	A man marries dove-woman
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
i45b	Not to point at the rainbow	It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
i72	Stars are people	Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
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
j23b	Spears put all along the path	To overcome a monster, the youth (twin boys) prepares spears and puts them all along the path from the monster’s den to his place. When the monster pursues him, the youth throws his spears one after another and ultimately kills the monster
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
j23e	Flying though the ogre’s body	To become sure that the ogre is dead a bird or an insec enters his body from the mouth and flies out from the anus
j42	Waters split apart	When person comes to the water body, waters are split apart so the person reaches the other bank walking on the dry ground
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
j64	Person moves on clouds of smoke	Not being burned in a fire, person ascends to the sky or gets across a river on clouds of smoke
k25	Magic wife	A man consciously marries a woman related to the non-human world
k25e	Magic wife is an ancestor	All humans, members of a particular ethnic or social group or a ruling dynasty are believed to descend from a mortal man and a woman of supernatural origin
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
l110	The devourer	A demonic being swallows a multitude of people and animals. When it is killed and cut open, the swallowed ones come out alive or are revived
l40	Reflection and shadow	Person discovers (rare:still fails to discover) another getting to see his or her shadow or reflection in water
m81	Blind persons	A man travels and comes to two or several blind (usually old) persons
m81c	Blinds met in the sky	Getting to the sky or (rare) to the lower world a man comes across one or two blind persons, then returns to the earth. Usually he cures their eyes
m81d	Blind persons cured	A man comes across (often in the sky) one or two blind persons and cures their eyes

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 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): 5 Tradition: Warao
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Melanesians and Papuans of Bismark Archipelago: New Britain (Tolai, Lakalai, Kuni, Sulka, Baining, Gazelle peninsula), New Ireland (Patpatar =Pala), St Matthias Group, Mioko (Melanesians between New Britain and New Ireland)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Yap
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 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): 5 Tradition: Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Papua–NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tenetehara

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Haida
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Carrier
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tlingit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Comox, Pentlatch
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Chukchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Ulithi, Ngulu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Melanesians of southeastern New Guinea: Mekeo, Motu, Sinagoro, Koita (Koitapu), Mukawa (Are), Wagawaga, Taupota, Awaiama, Gelaria, Goodenough Bay, Bartle Bay, Wedau (Wamira village)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)