Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
b21	Destruction of the world tree	People ascend the tree to hunt, fish, or gather food in the sky. The tree is destroyed, people fall to earth or remain in the upper world
b24	Transformation into wild pigs	After being engaged into a conflict or breaking a tabou, people are transformed into wild pigs or peccaries
b24a	Circle of feathers	Person makes a circle of bird feathers around a group of people or throws feathers into their dwelling, people turn into wild pigs
f46	One for all	In the beginning of time two or more men (animal people) have only one woman
f47	Pieces of flesh turn to people	A living creature or a lump of alive flesh is cut into pieces which are diepersed around. After some time every piece turns into human being
f47a	Men use pieces of woman’s flesh	Every man uses for copulation certain part of an only woman or takes a part of her body after it was cut into pieces
f47b	New people on the old place	To create the new people (new women) instead of those who were destructed, person puts down in every empty hut (hearth, hammock) something (feathers, pieces of flesh) from which new people (new women) emerge
i1	The thunderbirds	Creatures that produce rain and/or thunderstorms are birds or anthropomorphic beings with wings; or (rare) some or all birds are connected with thunder, lightning or rain though Thunder is not a bird
m27	Coming back from the sky	A tree or a chain of reeds by which people have ascended to the sky is destroyed. On their way back they fall to the ground. Some of them remain in the sky for ever or longer than others

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Sherente
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Craho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Shavante
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Assiniboine
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Makka
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Kaxuyana (Warikyana, Arikena)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Mundurucu, Curuaia
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Rikbaktsa

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Karachays, Balkar
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Abkhaz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Persians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Ossetians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Laks
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Crimea Tatars, Karaims
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Georgians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 1 Tradition: Avar, Andi, Karata, Akhvakh