B35. The clubfoot bear .44.46.49.50.
The bear hurriedly puts his left moccasin on his right leg and vice versa, so the clubfoot.
Cree, Comanche, Utah, Lipan,
Midwest. Cree [the hunter rejects the Hawk's wife, Marten, Bobrikha; marries the Bear; when they hear a scream, their son puts shoes on the wrong leg, so the bears are clubfoot]: Schoolcraft 1999:79-84.
Plains. Comanches [some animals only want the day, others only want the night; decide to play guessing; the score is ragged; the bear is tired of waiting, took off his moccasins; finally the Sun came to watch the game; with him As the nocturnal animals approached, the bear hurriedly put his moccasins on the wrong leg, he has been limping ever since; since the winner is undecided, day and night alternate]: Marriott, Rachlin 1934:128-130.
Big Pool. Utah (Wintah) [The bear stole Puma's wife; when Puma came for her, the Bear hurriedly put the moccasins on the wrong leg; the Puma killed his wife, took his son]: Kroeber 1901, No. 7:274.
The Great Southwest. Lipan: Opler 1940:87-93 [ferocious beasts play against harmless animals; you have to guess which moccasin the bone is under; the bet is life; Rabbit, Antelope are playing on the side of the evil; if they won, it would be eternal night; the good win the day because of the Possum, who climbed under the moccasins and changed the bone; for this, the evil beat it into the ground; from some losers, the winners take their fat; day, birds are painted with white clay, now many have white feathers; the turkey is colored variegated to match the colors of the daytime sky; The bear hurriedly put moccasins on the wrong leg, so the clubfoot; the birds beat the Bolshoi An owl, he hides his heart in his leg, the Lizard hits him there with an arrow; his body turns into flints, an ordinary owl flies out of it, asks for some darkness, lives in caves], 94-95 [Sun, Morning Star play on the side of the good; Bear put moccasins on the wrong leg]; chiricahua [birds gamble against four-legged animals (moccassin game: under which moccasin is hidden a short stick, a pebble and etc.); if the birds win, there will be daylight in the world; the winners will destroy the losers; the birds are almost lost, but the turkey that falls asleep has 3 more sticks and the birds won back what they lost; when the animals were left with 2 sticks, the day dawned; the Coyote decided to go over to the side of the birds; the wren began to sing: day, day; the giant told him to be silent and poked his head, since then the wren has black on his head speck; the wren flew up the rock and light poured through the crevice; the animals lost the last stick and the birds began to kill them; the giant went away; the arrows of the birds did not harm him; the lizard, although was among the animals, reported that the giant's heart was under the sole; shot her, the giant fell dead; now there are white stones â€" his bones; the snake hid in a crack in the rock, it was not reached; the bear ran away to the forest where he now lives; I was in such a hurry that I put moccasins on the wrong leg, now clubfoot]: Opler 1942, No. 1a: 23-25; Western Apaches: Goddard 1918 (San Carlos) [1) the world is dark, Owl and Bear want so that it always is; others call them to dance; Coyote sings, Let the day come, Owl, Let the day not come; Owl and Bear fall asleep, Coyote wins light; Owl and Bear prefer darkness; 2) Bear and Owl only want darkness; other people animals dance and sing, Let there be light; Bear puts moccasins on the wrong leg, runs away to the mountains]: 44; Goodwin 1994, No. 34 (White Mountain) [two var; snakes, lizards, beetles want the darkness to continue, their leader is the Bear; other animals, led by the Coyote, want light; agree to play (who can guess where the ball is hidden); Coyote repeats Dawn, dawn; brightens in the east; Bear repeats, No dawn! Bear's party loses, they start killing them; Bear puts moccasins on the wrong leg, runs away]: 148-150.