Motif

Linked traditions:
Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia
Greeks of Cyprus
Berbers of Morocco and adjacent parts of Algeria
Algeria Arabs
Tunisia Arabs
Malagasy
Acoli (Acholi), Lur (Alur, Luri), Lango
Tonga
Ila (Baila)
Safwa, Nyika (Nyixa, Nyiha), Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga
Teda (Tedaga)
Northern Gur (Oti-Volta): Mamprussi, Dagomba, Dagari (Dagara; incl Lodaga), Bassari, Mosi, Nankanse, Konkomba, Moba; Ditammari, Nyende, Bulsa (pl Builsa, Bulo)
Tenda (incl Bedik, Basari), Biafada, Nalu, Pajadinka, Badyara (Badiaranke)
Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
Arnhem Land: Enindhilyagwa (Groote Eilandt), KuTiwi, Yulengor, Mara, Oenpelli, Murngin, Roper River, Maung, Murinbata, Murngin (Duwal), Millingimbi, Goulburn Island, Ngulugwongga, Yirrkalla, Voctoria River Downs, Alawa, Anu, Kunwinjku
Kimberley Plateau: Gwini, Roebuck Bay, Forest River tribes, Drysdale River tribes, Njulnjul, Ungarinyin, Unambal, Bad (Baada)
Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Badu, Waraber, Wet, Warei, Dauar, Badu, Moa
Trans-New Guinea and unclassified Papuan groups of Irian Jaya: Mejprat, Arandai-Bintuni, Inanwatan-Berau, Papua of Gelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Kamoró, Marind Anim, Sawi, Mafore; Korowai; Kwerba; Momina, Eipo, Yale, Awyu, Muyu
Melanesians of the northern coast New Guinea, nearest off-shore islands and Huon Gulf (Morobe district): Watut, Bilbil (Bilibili), Jabim (incl Kai), Tami, Bukawac, Wogeo, Tumleo, Yakamul, Manam, Sissano, Sio
Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands
Melanesians and Papuans of Northern Solomons: Buka, Bougainville (Siuai, Buin)
Melanesians and Papuans of Central Solomons: Vella la Vella (Bilua language), Shortland islands (Mono language), San Cristobal, Saint Georgia, Eddystone, Vangunu
Southern Solomons: southern part of Santa Ysabel (Bughotu), Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita (Kwaio people), Ulawa
Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Shepherd Islands, Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba
Samoa
Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands)
Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea
Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa)
Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau
Hawaii
Easter Island
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island)
Tuvalu (Ellice)
Palau (Western Carolines)
Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Alor, Solor, Wetar, Atauru
Flores, incl Mangarai (Western Flores), Nage, Keo, Riung, Ngada or Nad'a (Central Flores), Sika (Eastern Flores)
Sangir Islands
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Barée (=Eastern Toraja)
Minahasa (incl. Tondano, Tentemboan), Bantik
Bugi, Macassar
Bali, Lombok
Batak (Toba, Dairi)
Kubu
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Mentawai
Negrito (incl. Mamanwa)
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
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
Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan
Burmese, Intha
Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Buyi; Shui
Thai of Thailand
Shan
Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai)
Katu (Ködu); Bru (incl. Van Kieu, Khua)
Mon
Khmer
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Palaung (De Ang, Deang)
Viet, Muong
Semang, Senoi
Bhuiya (now Aryans, originally Munda; Rahman 1955: 203), Baiga, Bhaina, Bhumia (subgroup of Baiga, incl Bharia, formerly Munda, now speak Indo-Aryan languages of neighboring groups)
Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga
Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Abor (incl Minyong, Shimong, Padam, Pasi, Panggi), Apa Tani (Apatani), Bori, Bugun, Dafla (=Nyishi, Nisi, Nishing, incl Tagin), Gallong (=Galo, Adi), Mishmi
SW Arunachal Pradesh: Sherdukpen, Tawang (Monpas), Aka (Hrusso), Miji
Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Liangmai, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf
Northern Naga: Konyak (incl. Tangsa), Lungshang, Wancho, Nokte, Moclum, Lunshan, Chang, Maring, Naga of Myanmar
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Rawang, Dulong; Anong, Drung
Kachin (Jingpho), Chak, Maru
Oraon (Kurukh)
Kond (Khond, Kondh; language is Kui, incl Kuttia, Konda-Dora), Koya; Pengo
Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples
Kannada, Lingayat, Halakki
Nilgiri Hills: Toda, Kota, Kurumba (Kuruba), Badaga, Maravar, Pulaya, Adiya, Kadar, Irula
Bengali, Maithili
Punjabi, Seraiki (Multani)
Marathi (incl. Bhamta; incl. Mumbai area)
Gujarati
Hindi-speaking peoples and casts (incl. Teli, Parahiya; incl. Chhattisgarhi) of Northern and West-Central India
Himachali-Pahari (Western Pahari)
Balahi; Lambadi (Banjara)
Bhils (incl Barela-Bhilala), Pardhi, Kokna, Parwa
Sinhalese; Vedda
Dards (Kalash, Kho, Kohistani, Shina, Pashai)
Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China
Meo (Hmong) of Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam
Lahu, Kucong, Yi, Nosu (Nuosu, Northern Yi), Nisu, Nusu, Sani, Jino, Lolo (incl. Bai), Axi, Nasu
Early Chinese written sources
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Namuci (Namuyi), Naxi; Pumi (Primi)
Koreans; Goguryeo
Ireland
Wales
England
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Basques
Catalan
Aragon
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Sicily
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
Bretagne
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Kashubians, Poles of Polish Pomorie
Sorbians (Luzhitsa Serbs)
Czech
Slovakians
Hungarians
Greeks (modern)
Bulgarians
Macedonians
Serbs, Monte Negro,
Bosnia Muslims
Croatians; Italians of Dalmatia (if the motif is absent among other Italians)
Slovenians
Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians
Ancient Greece
Lithuanians
Latvians
Livonians
Estonians
Votians
Karelians
Vepsians
Western Sami
Eastern Sami (including Inari, Skolts)
Norwegians
Swedes
Danes
Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia)
Ukrainians: Western dialects to the East of Carpathians
Byelarusians
Russians: Central part of Russian ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500: Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, eastern part of Smolensk provinces (most of Smolensk province is Belorussian ethnic territory)
Rushani, Shughni, Khufi, Bartangi
Sarikoli
Abaza (Abazins)
Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
Abkhaz
Karachays, Balkar
Ossetians
Ingush
Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi
Avar, Andi, Akhvakh
Kumyk, Terekemen
Nogai
Kalmyk
Gagauz
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Yugur (Sarïg Yogïr, Yellow Uyghur)
Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars
Bashkirs
Mari (Cheremis)
Mordvins
Chuvash
Udmurt
Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks)
Mansi
Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks)
Forest Nenets
Tundra Nenets
Buryats: Western (cis Baikal)
Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots)
Mongols (Khalkha)
Monguor (Tu), Shirongol
Darkhad
Tuvinians of Tuva
Tofa (Karagas)
Khakas
Siberian Tatars
Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit
Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar
Enets
Nganasans
Southern Selkups
Northern Selkups
Kets
Central Yakuts (Sakha)
Dolgans
Baikal RegionTungus/Evenki
Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir)
Tungus.Evenki) of Russian Far East
Western Tungus/Evenki: Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga, Nepa, Kamenka, Upper Lena
Evens (Lamuts)
Ainu
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa
Udeghe
Oroch
Uilta (Orok)
Nanai
Negidal
Nivkh
Kamchadal
Reindeer Koryak
Maritime Koryak (Alyutor)
Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir (Oduls)
Chuvans, Russian-speaking Creols of Markovo
Chukchi
Aleuts
Central Yupik
Chugach
Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné)
Hare (incl. Sahtu, or North Slavey, and Bearlake)
Upper Tanana (Nebesna)
Han
Tutchone
Tahltan
Denaina
Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan)
Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheux)
Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island)
North Alaskan Inupiat
Mackenzie Delta
Copper
West Greenland
Tlingit
Haida
Tsimshian
Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
Western Swampy Cree (incl. Rock Cree)
Eastern Swamy Cree
Eastern Cree
Naskapi
Menominee
Potawatomi
Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga)
Blackfoot
Arapaho
Santee
Mandan
Osage
Quapaw
Oto
Iowa
Pawnee
Wichita; Spiro Mound iconography
Kiowa Apache
Comanche
Gros Ventre
Crow
Hidatsa
Carrier
Shuswap
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)
Lillooet
Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam
Comox, Pentlatch
Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem
Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit)
Twana (Skokomish)
Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz
Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla)
Nez Perce
Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh)
Quinault
Tillamook
Kalapuya
Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa
Coos
Alcea; Siuslaw
Okanagon, Sanpoil
Coeur D'Alene, Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille; incl Spokane)
Flathead
Shasta; Chimariko
Karok
Hupa, Chilula
Klamath, Modoc
Yurok
Caddo
Creek, Seminole; Tuskegee; iconography of Kentucky Hopewell
Wailaki, Mattole, Lassik, Sinkyone, Cahto
Pomo
Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov
Atsugewi
Achomavi
Yana
Kawaiisu
Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)
Washo
Bannock
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone, Gosiute
Panamint
Ute
Chemehuevi
Jicarilla
Hopi
Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai)
Cocopa
Paipai
Yuma proper (Quechan), Mohave, Maricopa
Seri
Pima
Mayo, Yaqui, Sinaloa
Huichol
Cora
Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography
Nahuan groups of Puebla and Huasteca after AD1900
Popoloca; Tlapanec
Pame, Jonaz (Chichimeca-Jonaz), Mazahua, Otomi
Tojolabal, Chuj, Jacalteca, Kanjobal, Mocho (incl Tuzantec), Acatec
Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam
Tepehua, Totonac
Huastec (Teenek)
Sayula Popoluca (=Veracruz Mixe), Sierra Popoluca, Veracruz Zoque
Gulf Nahuatl
Chontal
Chinantec, Mazatec
Mixtec, Trique, Cuicatec; Amuzgo
Zapotec, Chatino
Huave
Oaxaca Mixe
Tzotzil
Tzeltal
Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography
Yucatec, Itza; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography of Yucatan
Lacandon
Kuna; XVI century data on Eastern Panama
Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu
Guajiro
Piaroa
Warao
Guiana Kariña, Kaliña, Galibi
Wayana, Aparai
Northern Peru: Costa (Spanish speaking communities from Ecuadorian border till Ancash and Huanuco departments included; Moche pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Northern Peru: Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities, Cajamarca, Ancash, Huanuco and San Martin departments; Chavin pre-Columbian iconography; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries)
Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries)
Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum)
Ashaninca (Campa)
Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo
Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)
Yuracare
Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete
Kamayura
Caraja
Chorote
Caduveo, Mbaya
Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)
NE Tibetans (Amdo)
Eastern Tibetans (Kham; Sichuan, NW Yunnan)
Lisu, Achang, Taunyo
Chechens
Lao
Mongols of Inner Mongolia
Wallons, Picardie
Salars
Papua–New Guinea Northern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Komba, Gimi, Susure, Orokaiva, Bogadjim, Ngain, Sentani, Bargam, Imonda, Nankina, Yupta Valley, Urawa Valley, Warupu (Barupu), Pondoma (Anam)
Western Yakuts (Sakha): Olekma and Vilyuy Basins
Northwestern Yakuts (Sakha): Yessey, Anabar, Olenyok and Lower Lena Basins
Northeastern Yakuts (Sakha): Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Basins
Sichuan Chinese
Jiangsu and Zhejang Chinese
Henan and Hubei Chinese
Southern Altai: Teleut
Chinese of Qinghai and Gansu provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Shanxi and Hebei Chinese
Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
Guangdong, Guanxi and Yunnan Chinese
Yughs
Russians: Vologda province (incl. Belozersk, Kirillov and Cherepovets districts of form. Novgorod Province)
Russians: Novgorod and Pskov provinces
Russian Pomors ('seasiders'): Terski Coast (Murmansk province)
Ukrainians: Eastern dialects
Ukrainians: Northern dialects
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Russians: Southern part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Penza, Lipetsk, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Samara, Simbirsk and Saratov provinces)
Shandong Chinese
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori
Bhutan
Lutsi (Ludza)
Frisians
Upper Brittany
Terek Cossacks
Russian Pomors ("seasiders"): Lower Pechora
Transylvanian Saksons
Rusyns, Hutsuls
Russians: Olonets province/SE Karelia, southern part of Arkhangelsk province (Shenkur, Kargopol, Konosha districts)
Germans: Northeast (Brandenburg, Meklenburg, Rügen, Pommern, Silesia, Posen)
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki
Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
Eastern Prussia
Zhuang, Dong
Tanacross
Gutob (Gadaba)

Motifs correlation (top 20):
Motif: i55b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: b33e Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: m39a9 Shared traditions: 14 All traditions: 14 Weight: 1000
Motif: i95b Shared traditions: 12 All traditions: 12 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73a9 Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: a29a Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 7 Weight: 1000
Motif: l90e Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 16 Weight: 1000
Motif: k181a Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: c33a1 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k73b7 Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56ac Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: l94e``` Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 10 Weight: 1000
Motif: l42i Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 15 Weight: 1000
Motif: m134b Shared traditions: 15 All traditions: 15 Weight: 1000
Motif: l85d Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 6 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56b1 Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 9 Weight: 1000
Motif: n19 Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 4 Weight: 1000
Motif: k56a5d Shared traditions: 13 All traditions: 13 Weight: 1000
Motif: k113b Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 3 Weight: 1000
Motif: n8 Shared traditions: 16 All traditions: 16 Weight: 1000