Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
b10	Drunk out water	Person drinks a lake or all the water in the world or all the water is originally inside person's belly. When a hole is made in it, the water pours out
b29	Eschatological feast	People turn into animals, birds or stones at a feast, after the feast, after performing a ritual or after a victory over dangerous enemy
b3a	Primeval waters	Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
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
c6	Valuables brought from the lower world	Persons or animals dive or otherwise decend to the lower world to get a desired object and to bring it to earth (besides episodes in the fairytales, cf. motif k27x9)
c6d	The aquisition of the earth from the lower world	The dry land (the earth) grows from a small amount of solid substance (sand, clay, dirt and the like) brought from the lower world (usually from the bottom of the ocean)
c6e	The diver is a crustacean	A crustacean brings the earth from the bottom of the ocean or from the lower world
e5c	People from the sky	The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.
g2	The return of Persephone	Person who is the incarnation of fertility and life first disappears and then (reriodically) returns
h12	The alive person comes to the land of the dead after somebody’s death	The alive person comes to the land of the dead to bring back somebody who has recently died (besides stories about shamans who journey to the other world to bring back the soul of a sick person) or, having no particular aim, goes there in company of somebody who had recently died or following his or her tracks
h24	Container opened too early	Container with valuables or with dangerous creatures is opened (before time). Its content goes out of control or disappear
i1	The thunderbirds	Creatures that produce rain and/or thunderstorms are birds or anthropomorphic beings with wings; or (rare) some or all birds are connected with thunder, lightning or rain though Thunder is not a bird
i11	Cosmic turtle or toad	A turtle, toad, or frog supports the earth (sky) or is its embodiment
i11a	The earth was put on the back of a turtle (frog)	It is described how the earth was obtained and put on the back of a turtle or frog
i13a	The horned serpent	Giant water-chthonic or sky serpent or dragon has horns or antlers on its head
i22	Objects in permanent movement	There are objects which remaining on the same place are moving permanently or periodically (meet and part. rise and fall down, shut and open, rotate)
i22a	Rising and falling sky	The sky is constantly moving up and down in respect to earth
i27	Chthonic canine	A dog is the lord, guard or guide of/to the land of the dead; or dogs live on the way to the land of the dead
i44	Chthonic serpent	Giant serpent lies on the perimeter of the earth or supports the earth
i7	The cloud serpent	A flying reptile produces rain, thunderstorm
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)
k69	A visit to God	A group of persons decide to go to the end of the world to meet the Sun or other supreme god. One (or several) of them perish on their way, some reach destination, at least one returns home using the shorter way than the one they have took before
l18	Multi-headed bird	A bird with two or more heads on top of one body is described in tales or represented in art
l31	People stick to monster	People against their will must follow an object, a creature, or a person (usually stick to it) who/which leads or carries them far away, usually into the water or to the sky
l31b	Reptile carries people into the water	People find a snake or a turtle on a dry ground. They touch it or sit on it, stick to it, it carries them into the water

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 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): 4 Tradition: Santee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Bulgarians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lenape (Delaware)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Khakas
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Huichol

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yuchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lenape (Delaware)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Alabama, Koasati
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Blackfoot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Santee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Arikara
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Pawnee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Cheyenne
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Crow