Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a13a	Raven hides the Sun	A raven steals (hides) the Sun or tries to do it
a13a1	Raven obtains the Sun	Raven (crow) gets the hidden or stolen Sun (daylight)
a21	Luminaries are objects fixed in the sky	The sun and/or the moon are inanimate objects thrown up to the sky or fixed in the sky
b16b	Wolverine makes the sea salty	The sea is alty because the wolverine or the fox bathed in it or urinated into it
b45	Marriage of winter and summer	A coming of warm (light, abundant, etc.) or cold (dark, barren, etc.) time is related to the marriage of certain person
b74a	Red rags on eyelids	After they sew red rags or threads to person’s eylids or paint them in red (or he does it himself), he sees everything in red color or his eye become red forever
c18	Luring out the hidden Sun	Person who incarnates or owns the sun hides himself or herself or is hidden. To return or to get heath and light, his or her interest is attracted or diverted by way of singing, dancing, playing music, provocative behavior, offering of unusual gifts, sex or alcohol
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
e1b	Person of unfit materials	Certain person is made of improper material and proves to be short-lived or unfit for fulfilling his functions
e1c	Person of excrements	Certain person is made of human excrement or carrion
f81	Bride in a river	A man mistakes his own reflection in river for a beautiful woman and makes attempts to marry her
g23	Alive being turns into many objects	Person or creature is transformed. Separate parts of its (his, her) body give origin to different objects or creatures (only etiological narratives are considered)
g29	Demon made of artifacts	Demonic person turns into or consists of different household objects or tools (and into elements of a landscape)
j45	The stretched out leg (crane bridge)	Person stretches his or her leg or neck as a bridge across water body. The fugitives or those who walk ahead cross the bridge; the persecutor or those who are behind usually fall because the person takes his bridge off
k8c	Jonah: swallowed by terrestrial animal	Person gets into the belly of ground animal or bird. He kills it from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
l41c	Children caught when sliding down a slope	Ogre catches children when they play sliding down a slope
l42j	Tree bends down (mice in the ogre’s bag)	An ogre puts children (usually they are mice) into his bag, tell a tree (post, etc.) to bend down, hangs the bag on the tree and tells the tree to straighten itself back. Another animal person (usually the fox) releases the children
l53	Stones into the maw	A monstrous being is killed or neutralized by (burning hot) stones (pieces of metal, heavy fruits, etc.) thrown into its maw or anus or the being retreats when they menace to throw a stone into its maw
l73	Ogre tries to drink a river dry and bursts	The antagonist tries to drink a river or sea and bursts
l93a	Helpful fox	Cunning fox, jackal or coyote saves particular person or many people, helps them
m100	Sleep at the edge of a cliff	Animal persons lie to sleep at the edge of a bluff or cliff. At night one of them tells another (others) to move a little, the companion (companions) falls down and dies
m115	The eaten up wolf	Using a trick, (animal)-person kills a dangerous animal. Kinsmen and friends of the killed animal get to know about it and come to avenge its death. The person has narrow escape
m29a	Trickster-raven	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is raven
m29a1	Raven (crow) is the main trickster	In three or more different episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is raven (crow)
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29b1	The wolf is a failure	Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the wolf suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m29b2	The bear is a failure/enemy	Because of its stupidity or unsocial behavior, the bear suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m31	Trickster thrown into the water	Animal person who cannot swim asks a good swimmer to carry him. The latter agrees only to throw his rider into the water
m42	Eyes: taken out of orbits and lost	Person loses his eyes because of his playfulness or negligence. He makes new eyes of some substance or/and takes eyes of another person
m42a	Eyes of berries	Person (usually after losing his own eyes), makes new eyes of berries and is able to see again
m60b	False doctor: a finished off victim	The deceiver who promised to cure a sick or wounded person or animal devours him or suggests a remedy that makes the sick one to feel ever worse
m7a	Left in the water	Birds or an animals takes (animal) person into their boat but acquire their animal guise and leave him in water (when he breaks a taboo)
m7b	The last one is chosen	Person gets to a place from which he cannot come out. He asks to help him different animals (fish) who pass by or come to him and choses the last one
m82a	Rattles tied secretly to the tail	One animal person inconspicuously ties rattles to the tail of another. The latter thinks that he is pursued and runs in panic
m92	Red eyelashes	Girls stick something red to old man's eyebrows and he thinks it is a fire
m93	Body part as a guard	Before falling asleep, person tells his eyes (which he extracts and puts aside) or his anus to awake him in case of danger. Eyes or anus do not make an alarm or person himself does not react to it. As a result he suffers a damage
m93a	Guard punished	Person punishes the part of his body which he selected as his guard for the time of his sleep or absence (he burns his buttocks, breaks eyes)
m94	Sliding downhill	One person or animal suggests another to slide downhill to kill or harm him or her
m94a1	Sliding downhill: animal tricksters	Being irresponsible and light-minded, animal person slides downhill and dies or gets into trouble (falls on sharp pole, into the water, etc.)

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Chukchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Reindeer Koryak
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kamchadal
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Haida
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Iglulik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tlingit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tsimshian
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Oroch

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 9 Tradition: Kamchadal
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Chukchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Evens (Lamuts)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: North Alaskan Inupiat
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Western Sami
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)