Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
c5a	Bird-scouts	Birds or humans later changed to birds are sent to explore the earth (is it dry, are any survivals, to investigate why smoke rises to the sky, etc.) or to bring some soil to make the land that would be good for living
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
d4o	Fire stealer pretends to be wet and cold	To steal fire from its owner, person pretends to be wet or cold and is granted permission to sit near the fireplace. In a proper moment the stealer carries the fire away and brings it to people
d9	Fire and vulture	Raven or other big dark-feathered bird scavenger is the owner, personification, spouse, obtainer or stealer of fire, daylight, or the Sun
g13b	Fungi as a false food	Before acquisition of cultivated plants people ate fungi. Fingi is a food of non-human beings. Fungi is a false food of inferior quality
i65	Milky Way of the dead	Milky Way is the path over which souls travel to the beyond or a path of the funeral procession
j47	Pursuer falls from height	Person ascends to the sky (rare: descends from the sky; ascends the cliff) by a rope, a ladder, etc. Another person tries to follow him or her but the rope (the ladder) is broken or severed
k44	False mother rejected	A demonic or animal person steals a boy and pretends to be his real mother or father. The boy gets to know the truth, leaves the false parent
l40	Reflection and shadow	Person discovers (rare:still fails to discover) another getting to see his or her shadow or reflection in water
l70	Fruit falls and kills	Person or animal is killed or injured with a heavy object dropped from a tree (or rock, etc.). The person or the animal knows that the objects will fall but has falls ideas about its character and weight
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
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
m23	Mock plea	Person or creature pretends to be afraid of a particular sort of treatment that really cannot do him any harm
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
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
m51	Meat in a tree	One of two animal-persons kills game. In the absence of the stronger one, the weaker one hides the meat to eat it alone later
m52	Butchered carcass	A small animal (not a predator) or a weak person kills a big game. He asks another (animal-)person to skin or butcher the carcass. The latter is willing but takes or tries to take all the meat for himself

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
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): 6 Tradition: Ute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Cherokee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Upper Brittany
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Thai of Thailand
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Finns
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Shuswap
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Nez Perce
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Menominee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Navajo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Ute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Shuswap
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: Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Assiniboine
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chilkotin