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
a23a	Who will see the Sun first?	Two persons or animals argue about who of them will be the first to see the rising sun. One who seemed to have less chances wins
a23b	First beams on the tree tops	Two persons or animals argue who will see the rising sun first. One who got to see not the sun itself but its reflection or the first beams on trees or mountain tops wins
a2a	The sun is a source of distructive heat	The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns had (will) appear(ed) simultaneously; or the only sun was too hot (or bright)
a2a1	The Moon was as bright as the Sun	Initially, the Moon was as bright and hot as the Sun
a2b	Extra suns and moons annihilated	Other suns or moons besides present ones had been in the sky and were later annihilated
a2b1	The last sun	Two or more suns shine in the sky. When the extra suns had been annihilated, there was a risk of the last one being destroyed too
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
a37	The Sun is attacked with weapons	Person intentionally and with special equipment (usually shooting arrows) attacks the Sun (or several suns if they were many)
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
b12	Rivers and snakes	The river bed follows the way of a snake, fish, dragon or crab; pieces of the snake’s body turn into rivers; a river is a snake
b41	The talking dog	Because the dog was spreading some information, altercated with its masters, was talking in a wrong time, etc. it lost the ability to speak
b44c	Should warmth and light exist?	It is discussed if darkness or light, cold or warm periods should exist
b44e	Dispute of ancestors	The primeval ancestors (usually birds and animals) participate in discussion concerning the desired predominance or wamth/light or cold/darkness, number of the units of time in a tempoi cycle, etc.
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
b86	Babylonian tower	To reach the sky (the Sun, Moon, particular star), people build a ladder or tower that consists of separate modules (bricks, logs, sticks, etc.). This construction collapses
b98	The bat between birds and animals	Bat (rare: ostrich) makes attempts to join sometimes animals and sometime birds or is excluded from both categories
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)
c18a	The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place	The cock lures out the Sun from its hiding place or people beliefe that the Sun will not rise if the cock would not cry
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
c34	The deluge because of a wounded creature	Killing (injuring, offending) of some cruature (usually related to water) triggers deluge
c8	The couple of close relations originates the mankind	In the beginning of time or after the natural disaster brother and sister, mother and son, or father and daughters are the only human beings. They marry and the present day people are their descendents
c8aa	Brother and sister beget the people	In the beginning of time or after the natural disaster brother and sister are the only human beings. They marry and the present day people are their descendents
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
e38a	Woman gives birth to many embryos	Woman gives birth to a gourd, a bag (with eggs), a piece of meat. The flesh is cut into pieces which turn into people or many people come out of the gourd or bag
f47	Pieces of flesh turn to people	A living creature or a lump of alive flesh is cut into pieces which are diepersed around. After some time every piece turns into human being
g24	Food from the sky	First seeds (sprouts, tubors) of cultivated plants or of important edible wild plants are brought from the sky (received from the sky-dwellers)
g24a	Seeds of plants hidden on the body	Person steals cultivated plants for the people hiding the seeds on/in his body
g9	Restored forest	People fell trees to make a garden. In the morning, the forest is intact again
h18	Hoarded game released	Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
h18b	Cattle returns into water	After getting domestic animals from supernaturals a person immediately loses the animals or most of them (usually because of a broken taboo like to look, to speak in a loud voice, etc.; the animals disappear in water, remain in the sky, scatter in various directions, etc.)
m91b	The sold ashes	Using trick, a man sells or exchanges for treasure ashes. Another person tries to sell ashes and is ridiculed

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): 5 Tradition: Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Lepcha
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Viet, Muong
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kirghiz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Estonians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Georgians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Portuguese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Mongols (Khalkha)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Tofa (Karagas)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Slovenians