Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
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
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
d4j	Rabbit obtains fire	Fire owner, stealer, or stealer's companion is a rabbit, a hare or (among the Ofaie) a guinea pig
e38c	First people are dumb	First people are dumb but begin to speak when they hear something unusual, are made to laugh, etc.
e5a	Mankind ascends from the underworld	The first people (or only the first men or the first women) are not created but come to earth from the underworld (from a cave) or from a small enclosure under the earth or on its surface (tree trunk, rock, gourd, etc.). Many people of both sexes and of different ages or people and different species of animals come out together
f27	Girls and the water spirits	For girls and young women it is dangerous to come near water. Water creatures swallow them or drag away; a girl can die or become pregnant from a spirit; she can trigger a flood (rare: other cataclysm). Water spirits can come themselves to a girl who has her periods
h27	Mosquitoes let lose	Stinging insects (rare diseases) had been inside a container or some enclosure. They escaped to the world when the container or enclosure was foolishly opened
i7	The cloud serpent	A flying reptile produces rain, thunderstorm
j22a	Two men from one	Two men or a man and a woman appear from two halves of the cut in two anthropomorphic body or embryo; or another man appears from part of the body of the first one or from his body discharge
k10	Fight with the monstrous bird	Monstrous bird (giant bat) predates on humans. Heroes fight with it
l135	The Traveller	Male person leaves his home and gets to unfamiliar places. On his way, he comes across different strange creatures. After all, he returns home or leaves the earth for the other world. (Rather often a long string of episodes breaks off or the story lacks the beginning and does not explain why the hero is travelling)
l18	Multi-headed bird	A bird with two or more heads on top of one body is described in tales or represented in art
l20	Eater of the raw meat	Two persons hunt or fish. One of them is or becomes a cannibal. He or she reveals his or her nature eating the quarry raw
l20a	Eater of parrots	A man climbs a tree, throws down bird nestlings to a woman. She eats them raw and then kills or tries to kill the man
l21	Cannibal’s attention diverted	A cannibal under a tree plans to eat up a man who has climbed the tree. The man throws down and afar his pray or some object and escapes while the cannibal rushes to this object or is eating the pray
l36	Woman attacks man who climbs a tree	When a man climbs a tree (escaping from persecutor; to get bird nestlings, honey, fruits, etc.), his wife (rare: her brother) kills, injures him or turns into demonic creature who pursues him
l89	One secretly feeds another	Person transforms humans into monsters or animals secretly putting prohibited meat, grease or eggs into their food or provoking them to use a particular object
m11	The unclean food	Person feeds others a food that is extracted from his, hers or somebody else’ body or is polluted by body extractions not informing about the source of the food
m44a	Thieves of food: the first people	Person discovers that somebody steals game or fish from his trap or devastates his garden. He or his guards catch the thieves who prove to be the first humans beings or the first men

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Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Yupa (Yukpa)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Huichol
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mataco
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Sicuani
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Kamayura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Toba (incl Pilaga)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Alabama, Koasati
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
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): 5 Tradition: Ute

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chorote
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Toba (incl Pilaga)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Ticuna (Tucuna)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Koyukon
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Ute