Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
d1b	Male spirit of fire	The fire is personified as an elder man (alone or with his wife, mistress of fire)
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
d4j	Rabbit obtains fire	Fire owner, stealer, or stealer's companion is a rabbit, a hare or (among the Ofaie) a guinea pig
d4m	Fire owners dance	Person comes to the owners of fire or light. They feast and dance. He joins them and in a proper moment carries away the valuables
f30	Snake paramour	A woman or a girl takes a snake, an eel (i.e. Pacific snake-eel), a lizard, or a worm for husband or paramour. People kill or badly injure him, the woman and/or her progeny or the woman herself is transformed into snake. Cf. motif k76b: the snake-husband becomes and remains a handsome man
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
i9	Colors of the cardinal directions	Four cardinal directions and/or some objects associated with them are associated with different colors
k10	Fight with the monstrous bird	Monstrous bird (giant bat) predates on humans. Heroes fight with it
k10a	Battle with a bird: a shelter	Heroes kill a dangerous bird. During or before confrontation they hide inside a shelter (hut, cage, vessel, bag, hollow log) or cover themselves with a protective object
k10b	Cage carried away	A giant bird carries away to its nest a cage or bag with people inside
l28	The snake-eater	Person who have eaten a prohibited meat or fish turns into monstrous snake or fish
l29	Fish from a forest pool	Person catches fish in a place where it ought not live, i.e. in a forest pond or in a tree hollow isolated from other water bodies. After eating he dies, is transformed and/or attacked by monsters
l68	Two companions in the night	Person turns into monster at night when he remains alone with his companion in the wilderness
l69	Puma rescues man from a monster	A man is attacked by a monster but puma or jaguar fights with the monster and rescues the man
m11c	Person gets lard from his body	A male person cuts or roasts his own body to extract meat, lard or blood, cooks it and serves to his guest without injuring himself. Such a food is not considered to be unclean
m151a	Holding up the rock	(Animal) person pretends to hold up a rock, tree etc. and explains that otherwise it will fall
m29g	Trickster-hare or rabbit	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is hare or rabbit
m29g1	Hare or rabbit as the main trickster	In most of the episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is hare or rabbit. Not considered are traditions in which 1) trickster hare/rabbit is rare while other trickster (usually fox/jackal/coyote) typical; 2) Mesoamerican traditions in which episodes with trickster rabbit are not many and could be borrowed in post-Columbian time being of African origin
m38	Stupid imitation (all versions)	Person sees how others act using magic or according to their animal nature. He or she imitates their actions and gets into trouble. Actions are not heroic deeds, competitions or tests and refer to everyday activity, mostly to providing and cooking food
m38a	The bungling host	Being on a visit to other people or (more often) animals, an (animal)-person sees them act using magic or according to their animal nature. Back at home, he imitates their actions and gets in trouble. Actions are not heroic deeds, competitions or tests and mostly refer to providing and cooking food
m56a	Alligator’s secret	A man or an animal beats alligator but it remains unharmed and says that he would be killed if stricken in one special place on his body. The next time the same person strikes alligator this way and kills it
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

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Shone (Shona, =Mashona, =Karanga), Makoni (Shoni dialect), Remba (=Hungwe, Wahungwe); Zezuru, Rozwi, Ndau (Vandau)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Cherokee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Alabama, Koasati
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Khmer
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Henan and Hubei Chinese
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Warao
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Navajo

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Alabama, Koasati
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Chinantec, Mazatec
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yuchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Pawnee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Natchez (incl Avoyel)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Navajo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Lipan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Tuscarora