B51. Mosquito and Thunder.. 34.43.-.45.48.56.66.72.

A blood-sucking insect does not admit to the thunder that it drank people's blood. See motif B50.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Baikal Buryats (Olkhon).

The coast is the Plateau. Shuswap; Thompson; Kalapuya.

The Midwest. Northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake); chippewa.

Northeast. Naskapi; mikmaq.

California. Shasta; proptu; maidu.

Llanos. Yaruro.

Montagna â€" Jurua. Characterbet.

Chaco. Matako [Rain (=Thunder) flooded the ground, arranges a celebration for the occasion; Mosquitoes appeared in luxurious red cloaks; they did not say they got them after drinking human blood, because they were afraid that this will make the host feel disgusted]: Metraux 1935c: 141.