Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
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
b75a	Sounds of the time of creation: voice of a person	Voice of a person who lived in the bygone times is still heard (most often it is an echo)
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
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)
c6c	The diver is a bird	An aquatic bird dives and brings the desired object from the bottom
c6c4	The duck is successful diver	The duck (or an aquatic bird similar to the duck) dives and brings a piece of earth that is transformed into the dry land (it is the only or the only successful diver)
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)
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
d4e	Coyote or fox obtain fire	Coyote or fox bring people the fire, the daylight or the Sun
d4j	Rabbit obtains fire	Fire owner, stealer, or stealer's companion is a rabbit, a hare or (among the Ofaie) a guinea pig
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
h12c	Orpheus: to return the dead wife	Husband follows his dead wife to the other world but is unable to bring her back or succeeds to do it but loses her once again
i100	The Pleiades are girls	The Pleiades are a group of girls or women (with children)
i100b	The Pleiades are a group of people	The Pleiades are any people (of any ages and sex, combined data of i99-i100a)
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
i36	Thunder and lightning are relatives, spouses or in-laws	Thunder and lightning (two thunders, two lightings) are close relatives, spouses or in-laws
j1	The vengeful heroes	Persons avenge the death of their father, mother or other relatives who are one (rare two) generations older than they
j4	Revenge for the death of the male relatives	Heroes avenge the murder or captivity of the male relatives: (grand)father, uncles, or the elder relatives in general, the loss of the males being the most traumatic
j4a	Revenge for the death of the mother	A woman is murdered. Her son or children (rare: grandchildren, nephews) revenge for her death
j5	Brothers as victims	Two or several brothers or friends are killed by antagonists. One of them is the father of the young hero who avenges their death or all of them are his uncles
j52	Two animal persons and their children	A person (usually zoomorphic and female) treacherously kills her (his) companion. The victim's children revenge on the murderer killing her own children
j52a	Bear as antagonist	A bear-person (usually Bear-woman) kills her or his female companion who is associated with a weaker animal – not a predator or a weaker predator. The victim's children revenge on the antagonist killing her own children and / or run away and escape
j53	The fawns and the cubs	Children of the ungulate animal person (deer, doe, antelope) become the enemies of a predator or bigger ungulate animal person. They kill her (him) and (or) successively escape from her (him)
j53a	To involve in a game and to kill	A child suggests another to play. The one who has been invited follows the rules but the initiator does not do it and kills the other
j53a1	A way of the revenge: to lure into the smoke and fire	The victim’s children kill the murderer’s children luring them in a place where the die of smoke or heath
j53c	One of two female companions kills another	Two co-wives of female companions live together, both have children. Once when they go to work outdoors (usually to gather wild plants), one of them kills and devours another. The victim's children escape
k27o	Ball game	A contest: ball game
l15a	Vulnerable place on the body	The only vulnerable spot is near the surface of person’s or creature’s body and not in his inner organs
l15a1	Achilles' heel	Vulnerable place on the body of a person or creature is on his or her foot (toe, heel, sole, ankle)
l33	Rolling stone	Stone chases people to crash them
l33b	Trickster provokes a rock	Person suggests to another who looks like being unable to move (rock, stump, fire) a race competition or provokes this object to roll towards him. The competitor becomes to move, burns or crashes the person or runs away with his clothes
l34	The burning hair	Person kills or injures his enemy putting fire on his or her straw costume, mask, headgear, hair or object on his or her back
l41	Hero escapes on the way	An ogre or ogress catches a person and carries his or her prey home but the person escapes on the way or immediately after reaching the ogre's house
l41b	Pitch basket	An ogress puts her victims into a basket which is filled or smeared with pitch
l53	Stones into the maw	A monstrous being is killed or neutralized by (burning hot) stones (pieces of metal, heavy fruits, etc.) thrown into its maw or anus or the being retreats when they menace to throw a stone into its maw
m151a	Holding up the rock	(Animal) person pretends to hold up a rock, tree etc. and explains that otherwise it will fall
m29b2	The bear is a failure/enemy	Because of its stupidity or unsocial behavior, the bear suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
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

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Sierra Miwok
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Yokuts
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Ute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Pomo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Blackfoot
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: Arikara

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Sierra Miwok
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: Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
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: Pomo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Northern Shoshone
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Klamath, Modoc
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Salinan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet