Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a1	The old sun	Another sun, usually less benevolent and/or powerful, existed before the present one
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)
a5	The Sun and the Moon are males	The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
e5a	Mankind ascends from the underworld	The first people (or only the first men or the first women) are not created but come to earth from the underworld (from a cave) or from a small enclosure under the earth or on its surface (tree trunk, rock, gourd, etc.). Many people of both sexes and of different ages or people and different species of animals come out together
f2	Pregnant limb	Child is born from a tumor or swelling on person's body (on thigh, knee, finger, etc.) or is temporarily placed there or child grows from blood that flew out from a cut
h18	Hoarded game released	Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
h18a	Pup lets animals lose	The owner of game animals conceals them underground. One of the ancestors turns into pup, is adopted by owners' children, lets the animals lose
i28	Animals in the underworld	Game animals live inside a mountain, in a cave or in the underworld where they often look like humans and have a master
j44	The broken bridge	Person or his helper draws his enemies on the unstable bridge and destroys it. The enemies fall into water, into a precipice
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
k8a	Jonah: swallowed by monster	Person gets into the belly of water being or into the belly of giant creature which appearance and living place remain vague. He kills the monster from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
l28	The snake-eater	Person who have eaten a prohibited meat or fish turns into monstrous snake or fish
l3	Husband turns into demon	A demon takes appearance of a man and comes to his wife or (rare) to other woman. The woman (alone or with her child) runs away and/or kills the monster (herself or with somebody's help)
l30	Eating of snake meat triggers thirst	Person who breaks some sort of taboo (usually has eaten a prohibited food) is thirsty and drinks enormous quantity of water
l6	Demon clings to person	A demonic being demands that a person would carry it permanently, clings to his shoulder or back
l68	Two companions in the night	Person turns into monster at night when he remains alone with his companion in the wilderness
l9b	Elbow-knives	Person's sharp elbows or (rare) knees are like awls or knives
m11	The unclean food	Person feeds others a food that is extracted from his, hers or somebody else’ body or is polluted by body extractions not informing about the source of the food
m12	The unlucky hunter	Not to return home empty-handed, a hunter or (rare) a fisherman cuts off a piece of flesh from his body (usually from his calf) or (more rare) extracts his blood or entrails. Usually he brings his flesh or blood to other people pretending that is a good game or fish; or a woman cuts off a piece of flesh from her calf to feed her husband
m21	A protector hides fugitives	The protagonist pursued by an enemy comes across a person, an animal or an object to help him and receives help
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29b3	The fox (jackal, coyote) is a failure	Because of its stupidity and unsocial behavior, the fox, jackal or coyote suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m29k	The turtle (tortoise, toad, frog) wins thanks to his smartness	Being smart and persistent, the turtle (toad, frog) overcomes strong adversaries

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Ute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Upland Yuma: Walapai, Havasupai, Yavapai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Nez Perce
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 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): 6 Tradition: Paresi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Witoto, Ocaina
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Xipaya (Shipaya)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Aguaruna, Huambiza
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Nez Perce
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Menominee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chukchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Arapaho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)