Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a1	The old sun	Another sun, usually less benevolent and/or powerful, existed before the present one
a2a	The sun is a source of distructive heat	The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns had (will) appear(ed) simultaneously; or the only sun was too hot (or bright)
a32	Figure on lunar disc	A figure or an imprint of some being or object are seen in the Moon. (For statistical analysis motifs A32A – A32J are also included into A32)
a32h	The Moon plant	A tree or bush is seen in the moon
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)
a38d	The Sun ruins cloak	Because the Sun does damage to a person or animal (spoils, burns his cloak, skin, etc.), the person or animal kills him or catches him in a snare
a5	The Sun and the Moon are males	The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
b28	Travelling transformer	The transformer walks along coming across different persons and creatures, transforming them into birds, animals, stones, shrines, etc. (or transforming monstrous animals into present day ones) and introducing cultural norms, landscape features, etc.
b28b	Pacification of things	Hero comes to a country where inhabitants are afraid of objects or plants who attack them. He easily overcomes these objects and transforms them in what they are now
b42	Cosmic hunt	Certain stars or constellations are interpreted as hunters, their dogs and game that the hunters pursue
b42b	Sky hunters pursue an ungulate	In the cosmic hunt tale the game pursued by the hunters is an ungulate (elk, deer, mountain sheep, etc.)
b42h	The Belt of Orion is the game, other star is the hunter	The Belt of Orion is the animal or three animals, other star (of the Orion or outside of this constellation) is the hunter
b42h1	Hunter's arrow hits the animal	In context of the Cosmic Hunt myth one of the stars (group of stars) is an arrow or a bullet which hit the animal or three animals identified with the Belt of Orion
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
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
d4g	Hummingbird discovers where the fire is (and brings it to people)	Hummingbird discovers where the fire is (and brings it to people)
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
i130	The sky net	One of costellations is a hunting or fishing net, trap, snare
i45b	Not to point at the rainbow	It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
j55	Unrecognized hero comes across enemies	Hero comes across different creatures or persons who do not recognize him. Everyone tells that he is waiting for the Hero to kill him. The hero easily kills or transforms them himself
k27 (motif is not in the correlation table)	Competitions and difficult tasks	Person is suggested to fulfill tasks that are mortally dangerous or cannot be fulfilled without supernatural helpers or capacities. The person fulfills the tasks and remains alive. A contest between persons has form of a competition or game in which the loser is deprived of his status or life
k27s	Contest: a race	Contest: a race
m58	Plant or trail saves from fire	World is ablaze, fire pursues a person. Some objects or elements do not resist the heat and cannot hide him. The last named gives protection. Earth becomes cool, person continues his travel

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
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: Southern Paiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chemehuevi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Northern Shoshone
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Ute
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: Southern Paiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Baluch
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Winnebago
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Iowa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Tuvinians of Tuva