Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a12	Eclipses: monster’s attack	Some creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, summer and winter, lunar phases) or irregularly (solar and lunar eclipses, eschatological events) attack the luminaries or shade their light
a12e	Spider is enemy of celestial bodies	A spider attackes the Sun or the Moon (usually produces lunar eclipses)
a14a	The conflict between the Sun and the Moon	The Sun and the Moon are or were enemies, either permanently or in particular situations
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
a32	Figure on lunar disc	A figure or an imprint of some being or object are seen in the Moon. (For statistical analysis motifs A32A – A32J are also included into A32)
a32d	Man in the Moon	Human being or imprint of human being is seen in the moon
a32h	The Moon plant	A tree or bush is seen in the moon
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
a7	The sun pursues the moon	The Sun and the Moon are two persons one of which is pursuing another in the sky or pursued him or her when they were rising to the sky from the earth
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
c25b	A spinner in the Moon	In the sky, on the Moon (rare: on the Sun), i.e. somewhere outside of our world certain person is spinning, weaving, plaiting, or embroidering
e32	People born from trees	First people are born by trees or come out of a tree, flower, reed
e5b	First couple from the underworld	First man (a group of brothers) or first human couple come out from the underworld (a cave) or from a small enclosure on its surface (tussock, reed, tree, rock, gourd)
i119	The dead shake the earth	The earthquakes are produced by the dead who are in the underworld or during the earthquakes the inhabitants of the lower world try to come out; try to understand are there still living beings on earth
i37f	Fungi are ears	Fungi or mushrooms are named “ears”
i39	Rainbow road or bridge	Rainbow is a road, a bridge or a ladder
i41	Rainbow serpent	Rainbow is a reptile (usually a snake) or (more rare) a fish, or it is related to snake, to its tongue, breath, or to scorpion's tail
i41b	Rainbow drinks water	Rainbow drinks (soaks up) water
i72	Stars are people	Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
i72a	Stars are children of the Sun and the Moon	Stars are children of the Moon and/or the Sun
i95c	Orion is a staff	Orion is a staff, a crook
k176	A man in search of the woman	A (young) man sets off to find or to return his bride or his wife
k25	Magic wife	A man consciously marries a woman related to the non-human world

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Central islands and Bikol: Visaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: French (northern France)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Bulgarians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Ancient Greece
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Albanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Slovenians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Macedonians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Serbs, Monte Negro,
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Bosnia Muslims