Motifs can display an abstract of current literature. Motifs can recognize the patterns with some of the symbols mismatched, but not with gaps.

A motif, then, is a plot element or object that may recur over and over in various folk tales. A motif might also be thought of as a single function from Propp's analysis, or a common constellation of functions, with specific "coloring" details reattached. Katherine Briggs defines "motifs" as "the strands that make up a tale." Sometimes a single motif can be a story by itself. Briggs cites the tale of crop division, where a human and a supernatural creature dispute the ownership of a field, take turns taking either the top or the roots of the crops, and the man always wins (Tale Type 1030, Motif K171). But while it may be a single tale or tale type by itself, it also can be part of a longer story - as in the various combats in "Jack the Giant-Killer."

In short motif is a language which was used in tales and now which is used on cloths to make it more attractive and which will give traditional approach.