Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a12	Eclipses: monster’s attack	Some creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, summer and winter, lunar phases) or irregularly (solar and lunar eclipses, eschatological events) attack the luminaries or shade their light
a12a	Eclipses: a predator animal	During an eclipse or at other circumstances the Sun or the Moon are attacked by a predator animal (a bear, a feline, a canine, a racoon)
a28	The smart Sun and the unwise Moon	The Sun and the Moon are men. The unwise Moon tries to repeat dangerous tricks of the Sun but fails to do it successfully
a35	Spots on the lunar disc	Dark spots on the lunar disc are dirt, blood, paint, traces of beating, burning, scratching, etc. on the Moon person's body or face (Kiliwa: spots on the Sun) and do not form any particular figure
a5	The Sun and the Moon are males	The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
b1f	Two brothers: a winner and a failure	Two brothers (companions) live In the epoch of the creation. One of them is smart and selfconfident, another is weak and makes mistakes. They are not enemies and demonstrate their qualities in two or more episodes
b26	Man joins wild animals	Person who follows the wild animals turns into one of them or into their master
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
d4o	Fire stealer pretends to be wet and cold	To steal fire from its owner, person pretends to be wet or cold and is granted permission to sit near the fireplace. In a proper moment the stealer carries the fire away and brings it to people
d5	Woman as the owner of the fire	Female person is the owner or inventor (but not the personification) of the fire
d8	Fire and a predator animal	Fire or summer is stolen from a big predator: a lion (in Africa), a tiger (in Asia), a bear (in Siberia and North America) or a jaguar (in South America)
e8	People of wood	The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood
f16	Men and women: exchange of anatomical characteristics	Initially men possessed women's biological traits and vice versa (beard, menses, breasts, bearing children)
f2	Pregnant limb	Child is born from a tumor or swelling on person's body (on thigh, knee, finger, etc.) or is temporarily placed there or child grows from blood that flew out from a cut
f28c	Bear penis in hands of old woman	Woman masturbates with penis of a big animal killed by a man of her household
f34	Land animal paramour	Certain woman or a group of women takes for a paramour a big land animal. Husbands, brothers or (adoptive) children kill or maim paramour and (sometimes) the woman
f34b	The paramour is not a human being	A girl (a woman, a group of women) intentionally takes a penis-being, a snake, an eel, a lizard, a worm, a big water animal or water monster or a big terrestrial mammal for paramour. People kill or maim the paramour, the woman and/or her progeny or she is transformed herself into an animal. She is blamed for her behavior
f35	Feeding with the paramour’s meat	Person feeds another with the meat of his or her sexual partner who cooks or eats it without knowing whose meat it is
h18	Hoarded game released	Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
h7g1	Death is more fair and rich than God	Person (who is usually in search of the godgather for the newborn child) rejects God (saints) and devil but accepts Death who is more fair (or rich)
k87	Marriage with an animal creates problems	A woman becomes the wife of an animal (rare: other non-human being). Her husband cares for her but ultimately the animal, the woman, her children or her relations are killed, she turns into an animal herself, animals and humans become enemies, etc.
l31	People stick to monster	People against their will must follow an object, a creature, or a person (usually stick to it) who/which leads or carries them far away, usually into the water or to the sky
l31b	Reptile carries people into the water	People find a snake or a turtle on a dry ground. They touch it or sit on it, stick to it, it carries them into the water
m18	Stolen arrows and hooks	Person transforms himself into an object of hunting or fishing, provokes hunters of fishermen to catch or shoot him and carries way the tools that they use (arrows, darts, harpoons, hooks, baits). Or he fishes by turning himself into a hook. Or he is caught but escapes turning back into a person
m18a	Getting arrows	Person turns into a fish or game and exposes himself as a target. A lot of arrows, darts or harpoons stick in his body making him no harm, he carries them away
m89	Melted wax	Person dies or is humiliated after some object that he or she made of wax, resin, excrements and/or took for something worthy are melted down

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Mataco
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Craho
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: Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Karijona
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Kamakan; Kutasho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Maxacali

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kamayura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Chamacoco (Ishir)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Mataco
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Craho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Comox, Pentlatch
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Canela (Eastern Timbira): Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Aguaruna, Huambiza
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Blackfoot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Maxacali