Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a1	The old sun	Another sun, usually less benevolent and/or powerful, existed before the present one
a14a	The conflict between the Sun and the Moon	The Sun and the Moon are or were enemies, either permanently or in particular situations
a22	To the sky from a bonfire	After getting into the fire or boiling water, one or two persons ascend to the sky and turn into the Sun and/or Moon
a2a	The sun is a source of distructive heat	The world was or will be (almost) burned when several suns had (will) appear(ed) simultaneously; or the only sun was too hot (or bright)
a3	Male sun and female moon	The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
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
a7	The sun pursues the moon	The Sun and the Moon are two persons one of which is pursuing another in the sky or pursued him or her when they were rising to the sky from the earth
b19	The night and the married life	People had trouble making love before night came into being
b31	Women turn into water mammal	A woman (usually after a conflict with a man or remaining alone) or a man and a woman (married couple, lovers, brother and sister) turn into water mammals
b45	Marriage of winter and summer	A coming of warm (light, abundant, etc.) or cold (dark, barren, etc.) time is related to the marriage of certain person
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
b7c	Water splashed out	Person or creature possesses all the fresh water. Another person splashes it out of a container or pond making it available for everybody
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
c2	Deluge and conflagration combined	Inhabitans of the Middle World are (partly) destroyed (or will be destoyed) once by fire or draught, another time by a flood or the world is destroyed with a flood of fire or boiling water
e5c	People from the sky	The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.
f18a	The long penis	Penis is so long that he can turn it round his waist or send into a woman who is at a long distance from him. (Only texts considered to describe real events and beings and not anecdotes are included)
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
f38	Women and sacred knowledge	Women were possessors of the sacred knowledge, sanctuaries or ritual objects which are now taboo for them or they made attempts to acquire such a knowledge or objects
f39	The time of women	The women dominated over the men in the past or in a far away land, were the active part in marriage relations, practiced activities which now are reserved of the men only. Or the women could obtained supremacy but failed to do it for some reason
f3a	The pregnant man	A man carries a child like a woman
f41	The men kill the women	The men of primeval community kill the women because of their unsocial behavior
f64	The lecherous parent	Person changes his or (rare) her guise to marry his or her close relative in descending or (rare) ascending line
f64a	Describes future husband	Going away or pretending to die, a person bids his or her relative to marry another person who resembles him (her) or has some special traits; or he describes a man who should be met as a dear guest; person comes himself unrecognized and is taken for one whom he had described
f65	The false burial	To realize his or her secret desire (illicit sex, refusal to share food with relations), person pretends to die and is abandoned at a burial place
f85	The Moon: contra men and pro women	The Moon (female or male) is the leader of women in their struggle against the men or leads the women away from the men
h18	Hoarded game released	Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
h22a	Animals disperse after being touched by people	Big game animals were concentrated in one place, had no fear of people. They escape and disperse after somebody slightly strikes or stains them
h28	Plagues from the body of a person or creature	Killed and destroyed (often burned) person or creature (usually ogre, fierce animal, powerful shaman) turns into a multitude of biting insects or into other small molesting creatures
i72	Stars are people	Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
i82a	Venus is male	Morning and/or Evening Star is a male personage
k1e	Marooned on an islet	Person is marooned on an islet or on another side of a sea or wide river
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
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.
k8a	Jonah: swallowed by monster	Person gets into the belly of water being or into the belly of giant creature which appearance and living place remain vague. He kills the monster from the inside and/or returns to earth by himself (i.e. not extracted by other people)
l65	Demonic baby	A baby or small child proves to be a demon, devours or injures people
l9	Sharp body members	Body members of a person has the form of cutting or piercing weapon
m34	Thrown object turns into tail	An object thrown into person becomes his tail and the person himself an animal

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Northern and Southern Tehuelche
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Latvians
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Buna
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Xipaya (Shipaya)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Wayana, Aparai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Guajiro
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Sicuani

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Blackfoot
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Arapaho
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Assiniboine
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Yamana (Yaghan), Alacaluf
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Nez Perce
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Nootka (Nu-chah-nulth), Makah
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Shuswap
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Haida
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 6 Tradition: Tlingit