Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a1	The old sun	Another sun, usually less benevolent and/or powerful, existed before the present one
a23	Elections of the Sun to be	The primeval ancestors come together to choose the best candidate to become the Sun and/or to send the Sun to the sky or to see how the Sun rises to the sky for the first time
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
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
e1a	First people of unstable materials	First human beings are made of unstable materials (mud, wax, fire, honey, etc.) and unviable
e32	People born from trees	First people are born by trees or come out of a tree, flower, reed
e5b	First couple from the underworld	First man (a group of brothers) or first human couple come out from the underworld (a cave) or from a small enclosure on its surface (tussock, reed, tree, rock, gourd)
i10a	Colored layers of the sky	Different sky levels or different categories of clouds have different colors
i13a	The horned serpent	Giant water-chthonic or sky serpent or dragon has horns or antlers on its head
i77	The lame thunder	Powerful person connected with thunder and rain is lame (usually after falling down from the sky)
i9	Colors of the cardinal directions	Four cardinal directions and/or some objects associated with them are associated with different colors
j50	An attempt to revive the victim	Twin heroes' parent dies or is killed, an attempt to revive him or her fails
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
k27o	Ball game	A contest: ball game
l19a	Beings with even number of heads	Beings (any besides birds) with even but not more than ten number of heads are described in tales or represented in art. Beings that with even number of heads named in a row with other multi-headed beings and the highest number is even or bigger than ten are not considered
l28	The snake-eater	Person who have eaten a prohibited meat or fish turns into monstrous snake or fish
m57b	Sweat of the Sun and tears of the Moon	Beads or metals are discharged by bodies of deities

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Nanai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Mindanao: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Huastec (Teenek)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Evens (Lamuts)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tepehua, Totonac
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Kamayura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Navajo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Natchez (incl Avoyel)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Tewa (San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambé; Hano), Tiwa (Taos, Picuris; Sandia, Isleta), Towa (Jemez)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yuchi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Teton (incl Oglala)