Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a14a	The conflict between the Sun and the Moon	The Sun and the Moon are or were enemies, either permanently or in particular situations
a20	Childhood and youth of the Sun and Moon	The Sun and the Moon (rare: the Sun and a star, the Moon and a star) are two siblings who live on earth and then ascend to the sky being still young persons
a31	The incestuous Moon	As a result of some intimate contacts and/or love affair, the Moon acquires its present appearance (often, the stains on his face) and/or ascends to the sky
a31a	The cut off breast	When a woman gets know that her husband or lover did something against accepted rules of behavior, she cuts off her breast and shows it to him
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
a4	Female sun	The Sun is female, the Moon is male or (more rare) also female
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
a7a	Torches in hands of celestial bodies	Light of the Sun (Moon, Venus) is a torch in hands of the celestial body
b36a	Two creatures decorate each other	Two zoomorphic personages decorates each other or somebody decorates each of them
b38	The ruined painting	Person paints birds or animals or they paint each other. Some of them are not satisfied with the result
b38a	Two birds decorate each other	Two birds decorate each other, one becomes worse than it was before
b38c	Raven and loon paint each other	Raven and loon paint each other
b42	Cosmic hunt	Certain stars or constellations are interpreted as hunters, their dogs and game that the hunters pursue
b42k	Cosmic hunt and the Pleiades	In the cosmic hunt tale either hunters or game is identified with the Pleiades
b71	Aurora borealis	Aurora borealis is spirits (of the dead) who run holding burning torches, play or fight with each other
b82	The white raven	Raven or other carrion-eating bird of dark color and a similar size was originally white
d13h	The dead should not laugh	Person should not laugh in the world of the dead
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
e9	The mysterious housekeeper	Person observes traces of some activity that takes place in his (rare: her) house in his (her) absence and then takes by surprise the responsible one
f28	Primeval penis	The penis is a particular monstrous being with whom copulate the primeval women, the amazons, or a certain woman
f28a	Primeval penis grows from the ground	There is only one monstrous penis, a husband of primeval women or the amazons, which grows out of the ground or out of the water in a lake
f30a	Worm-baby	Woman is nursing a worm (caterpillar, reptile, fish) as her baby. People kill the monster
f34b	The paramour is not a human being	A girl (a woman, a group of women) intentionally takes a penis-being, a snake, an eel, a lizard, a worm, a big water animal or water monster or a big terrestrial mammal for paramour. People kill or maim the paramour, the woman and/or her progeny or she is transformed herself into an animal. She is blamed for her behavior
f35	Feeding with the paramour’s meat	Person feeds another with the meat of his or her sexual partner who cooks or eats it without knowing whose meat it is
f51	The clandestine lover	Person who conceals his or her identity comes to his or her lover (at night). Next time, the lover puts a mark on the stranger's face, body or clothes doing this intentionally (to recognize him or her) or by chance (that leads to the identification)
f51c	Provocative behavior after incest	When a girl gets to know that her night visitor was her own brother, she demonstrates him her genitals or her nake breasts and suggests to take what he had been desired so much. After this she runs away and he pursues her
f67	Old woman pretends to be man	An old woman makes herself false penis and testicles, marries or attempts to marry her (step)daughter
f86	Conditional signal	Person summons with a certain signal a non-human being (usually his or her sexual partner or his or her protégé). Another person spies, uses the same signal or pronounces the same words and kills the being who comes to him (or uses this being sexually himself)
f9	A dangerous woman	For different reasons, sexual contact with a woman is deadly dangerous for a man
h29	Origin of foreigners	A woman is impregnated by an animal, usually by a snake. People of hostile nation originate or receive their culture from her progeny or from her paramour's relatives
i123	Altair is the Sun’s messenger	Altair or Vega with a weak nearby star are believed to appear on the sky immediately after winter solstice though really it is not so
i38	The dog-heads	Some beings are half-men and half-dogs (usually anthropomorphic with heads of dogs)
k30	Flying enemy abducts woman	Flying person or creature abducts a woman but is ultimately killed or the woman escapes from him
k47a	A woman and a dog	After having sexual contact with a dog, a woman gives birth to his children. The puppies turn into humans and usually become ancestors of particular groups of people
l10	Sharp tail	A monster kills victims with his or her sharp or stinging tail or protrusion on his or her back
l4	The unmasked murderer (Blue Beard)	Person kills girls (rare: his nephews or younger brothers of his wife) in succession (usually the male person kills his wives). The last of potential victims escapes, usually after finding remains of those who had been killed or imprisoned earlier
l42	Hero carried to ogre’s home	An ogre or ogress catches a person and brings him to his or her home where he or she plans to cook and eat him. The hero escapes
l42a	Ogre steals corpses	An ogre steals fresh corpses from graves and devours them
l61	Endocannibal	Person devours his or her own flesh or disembowels himself or herself
l65	Demonic baby	A baby or small child proves to be a demon, devours or injures people
l73	Ogre tries to drink a river dry and bursts	The antagonist tries to drink a river or sea and bursts
l9	Sharp body members	Body members of a person has the form of cutting or piercing weapon
m17	Woman lies that man missed	A blind man or lad kills an animal. His wife or (grand)mother lies that he has missed, cooks and eats all the meat alone
m17a	(Grand-)mother deceives her blind (grand-)son	(Grand-)mother of a blind man or boy secretly eats meat or fish (usually acquired by her son or grandson) but tells him that there is no food in their house
m29a	Trickster-raven	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is raven

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 9 Tradition: Iglulik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: West Greenland
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Polar Inuit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Labrador Inuit (Koksoagmiut)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Netsilik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Copper
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Mackenzie Delta
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Chukchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: North Alaskan Inupiat
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Baffin Land Inuit

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Polar Inuit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: North Alaskan Inupiat
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Baffin Land Inuit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Iglulik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Copper
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Netsilik
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Tahltan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: West Greenland