Linked Motifs

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
b118	One who remained on earth turns into the owl	Person who was unable to ascend to the sky or had returned from the sky to the earth turned into the owl
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
b74b	The marriage of the owl and the Moon	The (proposed) marriage of the owl and the Moon broke up or has never been realized
c14	Monsters destroy people	During or before the world catastrophe (deluge, darkness) wild beasts and monsters attack and destroy people
c9	Warning about the coming flood	God, animal, some person warns one of the people about the catastrophy (usuallly the flood) that will become soon and in which most of the people must perish
e5c	People from the sky	The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.
h11	The call of God	People become mortal because they do not hear or answer a call of a being who promises them immortality (or do not pronounce his name) or answer a call (pronouns the name) of a being who brings death
h36b	Death and the chameleon	Chameleon is responsible for introduction of permanent death or hard life; loses object that the deity trusted him to bring to the earth
i124	Ursa major is a boat	Ursa major is a boat
i125	The Hiades are a jaw-bone	The Hyades are a jaw bone or a head of a big animal or anthropomorphic creature
i130	The sky net	One of costellations is a hunting or fishing net, trap, snare
i8e1	Four supports of the world	The sky or the earth rests upon four or five (cardinal points and the center) supports of any kind (poles, mountains, giants)
i96	Bloody rainbow	Rainbow is blood, associated with war and death
j49	Moon’s wife cannot follow him	The Moon's wife or sister tries to follow him to the sky but is unable to do it
j58	The arrow ladder	Persons shoot arrows (darts) which hit each other’s end forming a chain (rope, ladder). Persons climb by this chain to the sky or (rare) across an obstacle
j59	Following arrow to get to the sky	To climb to the sky, person must first to shoot an arrow that reaches the sky and sticks to it
k75	The youngest daughter is willing (The loathsome bridegroom)	A girl (usually the youngest of several sisters) does not reject but marries a poor, sick, dirty, old, too young, non-human, etc. man who later demonstrates his supernatural qualities

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Bidayuh (incl. Maloh), Iban (Sea Dayak), Sakarram; Brunei
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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Semang, Senoi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Amuesha
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Ashaninca (Campa)

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Nanai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Witoto, Ocaina
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kutenai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Sicuani
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Okanagon, Sanpoil
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Coos