Tradition analysis result motif count all:
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo:
Motif Name Description a36 The immortal Moon The Moon, unlike people, revives or rejuvenates every month; or those who live in the Moon are immortal; or the Moon makes decision if people should die forever or regularly revive b2a The female earth The earth is a female person (alone or together with a male person); she is female being or associated with a woman b2d Marriage of the sky and the earth The male Sky (the Sun, the Thunder, the creator of the sky) marries the female Earth (or its female creator) or the female Sky marries the male Earth b37 Creatures are made appear as they are now Person decorates different birds (rare: fish), share fat between anomals. Since then, the corresponding species acquire present characteristics b3a Primeval waters Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later b77 Primeval sky close to earth Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up b77a Giant pushed the sky up One or several (animal)-persons push sky up to its present height b85b Bag of winds Wind was or is in a particular enclosure (bag, cave, etc.). It was released from it or comes out from time to time b98a Bat becomes an outcast The bat becomes an outcast among other creatures (usually after it makes attempts to join first animals and then birds or vice versa) 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 e32 People born from trees First people are born by trees or come out of a tree, flower, reed e8 People of wood The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood f35 Feeding with the paramour’s meat Person feeds another with the meat of his or her sexual partner who cooks or eats it without knowing whose meat it is f49 The abnormal birth Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom h24 Container opened too early Container with valuables or with dangerous creatures is opened (before time). Its content goes out of control or disappear h54b The glance of death Person’s glance brings death (and destruction) i17 Body anomalies of inhabitants of a distant land Beings without mouth, anus, genitals, whose women do not know how to give birth live in the underworld, in the sky, or in a far-away land k28 Father or uncle is rival and enemy Maternal uncle or father (or grandfather if he replaces father who is not mentioned) of the young man is his rival or enemy and tries to kill him l103 Obstacle flight (Atalanta type) Treasure, or the like, is thrown back to tempt pursuer to delay m184 The slow one is ahead of the sleeping one A slow and a fast animals agree to race. The fast one is sure that he will win and is not in a hurry at all while the slow one is moving persistently to his aim and wins m187c A crab is a participant of the race A crab participates in the race and wins m29m Trickster is a rat In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is a rat m5a Passengers of the sinking canoe Small animals ride a canoe, it sinks, all try to save their lives in their own way m5b The ungrateful passenger An animal (often the rat) who cannot swim well is brought to the shore by another one but pays him with ingratitude m81 Blind persons A man travels and comes to two or several blind (usually old) persons m81d Blind persons cured A man comes across (often in the sky) one or two blind persons and cures their eyes