Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
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)
a32c1	Predator animal in the Moon	A predator animal (fox, wolf, dog, coyote, jaguar, lion) or its imprint is seen in the Moon
a34	The fox and the Moon	Jackal, coyote, or fox are connected with the Moon (usually with the origin of spots on the lunar disc)
b1	Two male creators	Two male anthropomorphic creators compete in producing things. One of them is or becomes master of the underworld and/or spirits while another is associated with humans
b12	Rivers and snakes	The river bed follows the way of a snake, fish, dragon or crab; pieces of the snake’s body turn into rivers; a river is a snake
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
b42	Cosmic hunt	Certain stars or constellations are interpreted as hunters, their dogs and game that the hunters pursue
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
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
b77a	Giant pushed the sky up	One or several (animal)-persons push sky up to its present height
b7b	Waters from broken pot	Sea, river, waters of flood flow out of a small receptacle
d4q	Fly obtains fire	Fly(-woman) obtains fire by "washing" her hands like a fire-drill twirler
f58	Trickster and women	A man cohabits with a group of women (or with several women in succession) concealing his identity and/or intentions. He is either eventually exposed and punished by women or escapes to continue his tricks
h17	Ring of defenders around the chief	Ancestors surround their (dead) chief trying to defend him or his corpse. A trickster gets to go through the ring, kills the chief or steals and devours his heart
h36gg	Death and the coyote	Coyote is responsible for introduction of permanent death
i105	The celestial hand	One of constellations represents a hand with fingers
i108	The Pleiades are a person	The Pleiades are only one anthropomorphic being, not several persons
i9	Colors of the cardinal directions	Four cardinal directions and/or some objects associated with them are associated with different colors
j12	Travelling girl walks across suitors	A girl (or two sisters) travel, usually in search of a proper marriage partner who lives far away or who has gone away. On her way or after reaching the place of destination the girl gets to some unpleasant suitors
j38	Talons got stuck	A mighty bird thrust its talons into a big fish, whale, water monster, etc. Talons get stuck, the bird is either pulled down under the water or makes itself free with great difficulty
k10	Fight with the monstrous bird	Monstrous bird (giant bat) predates on humans. Heroes fight with it
k177	The travelling heroine	A girl or young woman sets off to find or return her fience or her husband or she escapes from a fanger and ultimately marries happily
m151a	Holding up the rock	(Animal) person pretends to hold up a rock, tree etc. and explains that otherwise it will fall
m29b	Trickster-fox, jackal or coyote	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 8 Tradition: Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Cahuilla, Cupeño
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): 5 Tradition: Luiseño, Juaneño
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: Seri
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Pima
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Chemehuevi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)

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: Lipan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Papago
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Western Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos)
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: Kawaiisu
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Wintu, Patwin, Nomlaki
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Alabama, Koasati
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)