Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
e39	Pig ancestor	A pig is an ancestor of a particular group of people
e5c	People from the sky	The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.
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
e9e	Puppy as a reward	Youth gets to supernatural beings, rejects any treasure, asks for a puppy, a dog's skin, a fruit, etc. When he returns home, the puppy (skin, etc.) turn into magic wife
e9f	Parrot-wife	Man maries parrot- or parakeet-woman
f7	The underwater-maiden	Man takes or attempts to take a wife who is connected with the underwater world (fish, crab, snake, water animal and the like)
i39	Rainbow road or bridge	Rainbow is a road, a bridge or a ladder
k25	Magic wife	A man consciously marries a woman related to the non-human world
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
k33c3	Girl from the orange	Young man gets a girl who is inside a fruit the citrus tree, usually an orange
l105	Invisible missile	Animal, fish or person wounded by hero runs or swims away, usually with the man's projectile in his or her body. Local doctors are not able to cure the wound (usually because they do not see the projectile). The hero or his companion comes to the place where the wounded one lives and cures him or her (usually extracting his projectile from the wound)
l106	Lost object claimed back	An antagonist makes a demand to the hero which is correct in form but really is unjustified. The hero fulfills the claims or is punished. Now antagonist takes an object or animal possessed by the hero, is unable to give it back and is punished
m44b	Thieves of food: the women	Person discovers that somebody steals game or fish from his trap or devastates his garden. He or his guards catch the thieves who prove to be (the first) women or the thief is the water being whom the hero lets go after receiving a woman for ransom
m60a	A hunter comes to one whom he wounded	An animal or a supernatural creature is wounded but escapes. Local doctors are helpless. The hero or his companion, masked as a doctor, comes to the wounded one and either cures or kills him.

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Japan AD 700-1700
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia); Kawalan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Mari (Cheremis)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 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: Palau (Western Carolines)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Northern Ryukyu Islands (with southern Kyusyu in case of absence across the rest of Japan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Coos
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Eyak
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Tagish
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Chugach
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Batak (Toba, Dairi)