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
c14	Monsters destroy people	During or before the world catastrophe (deluge, darkness) wild beasts and monsters attack and destroy people
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)
d11	Food baked in armpits	Before fire became known, people prepared food using warmth of their bodies (usually putting food in their armpits); or a person keeps fire in his or her armpits
f82	Incest with mother-in-law	A man uses a trick to have opportunity to make love to his mother-in-law or woman uses a trick to make love to her son-in-law. Usually a man takes with him on a hunt not his wife but her mother
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
h18	Hoarded game released	Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
h1a	The originator of death the first sufferer	One person wants man to live forever, another wants man to be mortal. When somebody dear to the latter one dies, he or she is eager to accept the suggestion of his or her opponent but the original decision cannot be changed
h1b	Death of a neighbor’s child	Person does something that makes death inevitable because the death of a child or a woman beloved by another person is indifferent or desirable for him or her
h36gg	Death and the coyote	Coyote is responsible for introduction of permanent death
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
i45b	Not to point at the rainbow	It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
i45c	Not to count stars	Person who counts stars will suffer diseases and misfortunes
j1	The vengeful heroes	Persons avenge the death of their father, mother or other relatives who are one (rare two) generations older than they
j4a	Revenge for the death of the mother	A woman is murdered. Her son or children (rare: grandchildren, nephews) revenge for her death
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)
k71	Coyote first betrays and then saves his brother	Coyote's brother is victorious against numerous enemies as far as Coyote does not break some taboo. Enemies kill the brother. Coyote gets his remains, escapes, revives him
k86	Weeping child stolen	Because a small child is ignored or punished by its parents (usually it cries late in the evening), bush spirit or animal carries it away
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
l57a	Hero's body part is returned by his companion	The antagonists acquire person’s organ or body part (his remains) . Another person gets back what has been stolen and the first one revives (becomes strong again)
m122	Advisers inside	In a difficult situation animal person asks for advice his tail, anus or some beings that are inside him (excrements, parasites, his "sisters", etc.)
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
m29b2	The bear is a failure/enemy	Because of its stupidity or unsocial behavior, the bear suffers a reverse, is injured or dies
m49	Man in a skin of another	Hero comes across a (animal-)person from an enemy group and takes his or her appearance, usually dressing himself in a skin of his victim; after this he penetrates the enemy camp

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Sierra Miwok
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Blackfoot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Pomo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Arapaho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
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: Ute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Hidatsa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Shasta; Chimariko

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 9 Tradition: Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Northern Shoshone
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Serrano
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Kawaiisu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Pomo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Takelma
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Yuki (Yuki proper, Coastal Yuki, Huchnob)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Menominee
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam