B98. Bat between animals and birds, ATU 222A.
.11.-.16. (.20.) .21.-.29.31.32. (.33.) .34. (.38.).. 43.61.
TheBat tries to join animals and birds, or is excluded from both.
Dabida, Quiri, Nyanga, Beti Bulu, Tanga, Mpongwe, Congo, Benga, Sakata, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Akebu, Baule, Amhara, Algerian Arabs (Tiaret Plateau), Tunisian Arabs, Maltese, Portuguese, Spanish, Latins, Dutch, Flemish, Germans (North only?) , French, (Niue), Lepcha, Rawang, Kachin, Monks, Burmese, Viets, Punjabi, Nicobars, Ilokans, Chinese, Lisu, Ancient Greece, Hungarians, Czechs, Russian written tradition, Kalmyks, (Abkhazians), Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Finns, leaders, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Prussians, Kazan Tatars, (Kazakhs), Altaians, Teles, Chelkans, Khakas, Tuvans, Buryats, Mongols of Ordos, Oirats, (Japanese), Kus, Modok, Shuar.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Dabida [the war between birds and animals began; the animals began to prevail, the Bat went to the king of animals, said that she also had teeth and breast milk; when the birds began to win, she said that also flies; it was rejected by both sides]: Vinogradov 1984, No. D6:228; quiri [The Bat tries to make friends with animals, then birds; both chase her, she goes to live in a cave, hangs down head, dreaming of finding friends]: Paulian 1940:217-218; nyanga [the animals were going to make offerings to the spirits of their ancestors; invited the Bat to go to the birds; told her to laugh, saw teeth, kept; she eats with them; then participates in bird sacrifices; and now the Bat eats both birds and animals]: Kotlyar 1973:214; (=2009, No. 221:142-143); laadi (laari) [ The Bat refuses to pay Elephant officials first, because it has wings, and then the Eagle, because it has teeth; they are angry, the Bat hid; God punished her by closing her anus; now she just drinks juice and burps the rest through her mouth, hanging upside down]: Koutekissa, Koutekissa 2003:7-9; Congo: Anpetkova-Sharova 1975 (Angola's zombo) [husband Bat died, wife asked find his relatives, invite him to a funeral; the birds said that he did not have a beak and his ears did not look like birds; mice that he had wings, but they did not; his wife buried her husband alone, rootless people called bats (Ngembo)]: 11-13 (=2010:233-234; retelling in Kotlyar 2009, No. 220:142); Klipple 1992, No. A249.1 (song) [in the afternoon, the bat's father died; she began to dig a grave, but I realized that she would not have time before sunset; I asked the sun to stop; this did not happen and the bat promised never to see the sun again; so it only flies at night]: 346; beti bulu [ The bat comes to a feast with birds, showing its wings, and to animals, showing his teeth; does not go to mourning meetings, showing birds teeth and wings to animals; Ostrich and Leo agree to expose her, both don't let them in]: Binam Bikoï 1977:72-74 (translated into Pozdnyakov 1990:117-118); tanga [mother of the Bat is dying; Antelope: only the Sun can heal her; The Bat meets the Sun , he tells him to come to his house in the morning; every day the Bat meets the Sun when he is already on his journey, but he cannot go back; the mother is dead; the animals refuse to bury her because she has wings, and birds because of her teeth; ants eventually ate her body; the Bat decides that the Sun is to blame for everything; decides to mourn her mother forever, not be friends with anyone, go out only at night]: Nassau 1912, No. 21:163-165; benga [Bat's mother fell ill; Antelope said that only the Sun (Joba) could cure her; LM met the Sun seven times, but he said that when he left home in the morning, he could not return; LM's mother died; animals said birds should bury her and birds should bury her; ants ate the corpse; the Bat decided not to meet the Sun because its mother did not cure it]: Nassau 1912 , No. 21:163-165 (=Jablow 196:82-84; summary in Kotlyar 2009, No. 223:143, briefly in Collén 1979:415); sakata [in 1977, a text similar to a Benga variant was recorded from Sakata who came to Sweden]: Coll én 1979:415-416.
West Africa. Akebu [Earth and Sky quarreled; then Heaven refused to send rain; Earth sent a Wagtail with a calebasa to him; she prostrated herself, said that the Earth recognized the superiority of Heaven; the Sky poured into calebasa of water, made it a condition for the Earth to build a house for its children; the wagtail came down, the calebasa burst, the water spread all over the earth; all people and animals took part in the construction of the house; then thunder thundered to everyone's joy; the Bat refused to build; the birds drove her away; now she is hiding and does not have her own home]: Müller 1908:274; Yoruba [flying fox died; they sent for the birds to bury her, but they said that she was not related to them, if without feathers; they sent for the rats, they refused - she was without a tail; she remained unburied]: Ellis 1894, No. 3:252- 253; Yoruba, Igbo [the war between birds and animals began; the birds began to win, the Bat also called itself a bird; when the animals had the advantage, she began to prove that it was also a beast; they drove away her, the birds did not accept her back, now she only goes out at night]: Walker, Walker 1980:26 (same Yoruba in ogumefu, Yoruba Legends, no. 11, p. 17 in Klipple 1992:348, 249); Igbo [fighting birds, the animals noticed that the bat was evading the battle and was ready to join the winner; she was arrested and imprisoned; after defeating the birds, they were tried; her defender proved that she had features of both animals and birds, so its right to join either side]: Basden 1921:281-282; hausa [the bat refused to pay tax to the lion because it can fly, and the eagle because it has teeth; has been living alone since then and does not pay tax to anyone]: Laptukhin 1964:32-33; baule [The Bat asked for a loan from Mother Earth and from the heavenly god Nyamye; when N. asked for repayment, Bat agreed, but Earth reproached her because she had borrowed it earlier; The Bat told N. that her legs were already on her way to him, but she always listens to Earth; so she hangs her feet upside down, her head down]: Himmelheber 1960:60-61 (=Kotlyar 2009, No. 222:143; Sicon [the bat was a beautiful animal; but deciding that birds live better, it asked God for wings; when the animals were starving, it lived with birds , when birds were with animals; when she died, both animals and birds refused to bury her because birds saw her teeth and animals saw her wings]: Pinney 1973:273-275.
Sudan - East Africa. Amhara [when the Bat saw that the birds were winning, she asked to take her to them because she had wings; when the animals began to win, she went to them and said that she had teeth; animals she was not accepted, and the birds were also driven away, so she hides during the day]: Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2018:144 (=Gankin 1979, No. 1:17); (cf. akebu [Earth and Sky quarreled; then Heaven refused to send rain; Earth sent a Wagtail with a calebasa to him; she prostrated herself, said that the Earth recognized the supremacy of Heaven; the sky poured into the calebasa water, made it a condition for the Earth to build a house for its children; the wagtail came down, the calebasa burst, the water spread all over the earth; all people and animals took part in the construction of the house; after that To everyone's joy, thunder thundered; the Bat refused to build; the birds drove her away; now she is hiding and does not have her own home]: Müller 1908:274).
North Africa. The Arabs of Algeria (Tiaret Plateau) [the bat first flew with birds, then ate with mice and did not know who to join; God made it look like both birds and mice]: Aceval 2005, No. 120:142; The Arabs of Tunisia [the bird people lived in abundance, but they were attacked by foxes; one bird was sent to the king of foxes, who fell in love with her, married; she said that foxes should not touch their descendants; this is how they were born bats; but both animals and birds feel uncomfortable and only fly at night; in Arabic, "bat means "little night bird"]: Ayadi 2008, No. 47:66-67.
Southern Europe. The Maltese [Adam summons the birds, the bat refuses to appear because it has no feathers; he summons animals, the bat says it has wings; is punished and now flies only at night]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 289a: 23; Spaniards, Portuguese [Bat in Animal and Bird Wars]: Goldberg 1998 and Martínez 1955 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 222A: 141 (in Camarena & Chevalier 1997 and Cardigos 2006 do not have this story); Latins [retelling Phaedr's fable from The Ademar Manuscript (11th century): "Birds waged war with four-legged animals, and then won or defeated. And the bat, whose advantage she saw, joined them, fearing the wrong outcome. When the old world settled, both breeds became aware of her deception. And now, convicted of such a shameful crime, the bat avoids the light, hiding in the black twilight of the night" (trans. M.L. Gasparov)]: Gasparov 1962, No. 54:78.
Western Europe. Dutch, French [Die Fledermaus in Animal and Bird Wars]: Uther 2004 (1), No. 222A: 141; Germans (mostly or exclusively North; Pomerania; Mecklenburg; also Flemish): Dä hnhardt 1912:199-202.
(Wed. Micronesia-Polynesia. Niue (note: Niue residents consider flying foxes to be birds, so the story is most likely borrowed from Europeans) [birds fought crawling animals with varying success; The Flying Fox She has alternately joined the winning party; since then she has been driven by everyone and is afraid to appear during the day]: Loeb 1926b: 194-195).
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Lepcha: Stocks 1925, No. XVI [refusing to pay tax to the king of birds, the Bat shows his teeth, says she is a Rat; she does not pay the King of Rats - she has wings; both kings have agreed to kill her, but she said that her relatives would take revenge; she was left alone and only she did not pay taxes]: 371-372 (cf. IX [two Sun Brothers took turns, it was unbearable fever; the Toad (an edible species) volunteered kill the Sun, made an arrow out of a cock scallop (Celosia L., amaranth), killed his older brother with it; the youngest was covered with a black blanket, it became dark; the black pestles turned into wooden snakes mortars at tigers; fireflies tried to illuminate the world and a tree with white leaves turned them out; but this is not enough; half of the people died from snakes and tigers; humans, animals and himself the supreme god Rum unsuccessfully asked the Sun to return; only when the Bat, hanging himself at the ends of his bow by his legs and nose, shouted through his nose that the world would die from the cold that the Sun looked out, because he still had no one spoke through his nose; when he saw the Bat hanging on his bow, he smiled; then it got hot and the Bat fell, breaking his bones; therefore, his legs did not look like birds or animals, and his nose was twisted; They decided to punish the toad, otherwise the Sun would not shine; his thumbs were cut off and placed in a cold place; the killed Sun became the Month; in the seventh, eighth and ninth months, the present Sun sets earlier, says he's tired; but in fact, the red rooster scallop grows to full height at this time and the Sun is afraid of being shot]: 363-365); rawang [the sun was shining weakly, people and animals we decided to collect bribes so that the Sun would agree to be brighter; only the Deer and the Bat did not participate, so now they only go out at night; the Bat showed wings to collectors of tribute from animals, and wings from birds wool; she was punished by now hanging upside down and flying only at night]: LaPolla, Poa 2001:25; kachin (Tibet) [there were nine suns in the sky, everything living was dying from the heat; when they heard them being scolded, all the suns disappeared; animals and birds decided to give them gifts; the Bat proved that it was not a bird (has teeth), not an animal (flies), has not contributed its share; it (and the Flying Squirrel) was not allowed to use by sunlight]: Tishkov 1957:99 (=Lin Lin, Ustin 1959:175-176).
Burma - Indochina. Mons [birds proclaimed the mythical Hint bird king, the animals the Leo; the bats refused to pay to serve Hint, pretending to be rats, and Leo, showing their wings; Leo admitted that they poor, but punished by ordering them to hang upside down from now on]: Zapadova 1977:214-215; the Burmese [when the king sent to collect tax on bats, they pretended to be rats, and when they collected from rats, they said that they are bats; they have never been taxed]: Aung 1957:46-47; Viets [the bat does not come to the anniversary of the king of birds, saying that it has four legs; does not come to the king of animals - it has wings]: Landes 1886, No. 126:306.
South Asia. Punjabi [the animals want the Lion to be king, the birds the Hawk; they began to fight; first the animals won, the bat said that it also feeds the young with milk; then the birds, the Bat said that she was flying too; in the end, they decided that Leo would rule the earth, and the
Hawk and the Bat were driven away in the sky]: Bystrov et al. 1962:189-191.
Malaysia-Indonesia. Nicobars [during the war of birds and animals, the Bat joins the camp on whose side it has the advantage, proving to the birds that it also looks like birds, to animals that it is a beast; it has been exposed cursed, telling you to hang upside down on branches, sleep during the day, stay awake at night]: Roy 2001, No. 18:40-41; (cf. manggaray [The Serpent invited the Bat to fight; three days later he brought all the snakes and the Bat brought all the birds; the battle lasted a month, the birds won]: Burger 1941, No. 5:262-263).
The Philippines. Iloko {=ilocan?} [beasts began to fight birds; the Bat responded to both what it thought, evading the battle; after peace was concluded, both sides began to drive the Bat away from them]: Eugenio 1994, No. 229:376.
China - Korea. Chinese: Bystrov et al. 1962 [Mingjian Wenxue, 1957, No. 5, Appendix, Etiological Legends, III; Magpie and Raven quarreled over a grain, began to fight, lost the seed; it The Bat picked it up and ate it; told the Raven that Magpie called her names; then Magpie that the Raven called her names; the Magpie and the Raven became enemies; the Phoenix gathered all the birds; the Magpie and the Raven began to swear; Phoenix ordered to tell us how it was, each summoning the Bat as a witness; everything was revealed; the Bat began to live under the eaves of a person's home, flying out only at night so as not to meet birds; stopped singing to avoid being heard]: 267-269; Ting 1978, No. 222A [quite popular story: reference to several sources that seem to describe Han folklore]: 223; fox [ The bat replies to the bird tax collector that it is not a bird, but from animals that it is not an animal; both then drove it away; it must sleep upside down in the caves and go out only at night]: Dessaint, Ngwâma 1994:203-204.
The Balkans. Ancient Greece [the bat falls to the ground, it is caressed; the bat begs for mercy; the weasel replies that it cannot spare her, because it is naturally at odds with all birds; the bat the mouse says she is not a bird; the weasel lets the mouse go; the mouse falls to the ground again; another caress grabs her; the mouse asks not to kill her; the weasel replies that she cannot keep her alive because she has enmity with all the mice; the mouse convinces her that she is not a mouse, but a bat; weasel lets go of the mouse]: Gasparov 1968, No. 172:114; Hungarians [during the war of birds and animals, it first seemed like animals they win and the bat joined them; after mixing the vulture, the birds won; the bat was punished: they took out their feathers and expelled them from the ranks of birds; since then, the bat has only flown at night]: Kovács 1987, No. 222A: 291.
Central Europe. Czechs [The Bat in the War of Animals and Birds]: Uther 2004 (1), No. 222A: 141; Russian written tradition: Tarkovsky, Tarkovskaya 2005, No. 44 [The Spectacle of Human Life by A.A. Vinius ( 1674, dozens of copies of the last quarter of the 17th century, a printed edition of 1712, read and rewritten in the same 18th century), which is a translation and retelling of the collection of fables Theatrum Morum, published by E. Sadeler in 1608 in Prague in German: there was a war between birds and four-legged animals; the bat thought that the animals were winning and went over to their side; seeing that the birds had driven the animals away, ashamed of his act, left the animals at night and began to hide from birds]; No. 25 ["Jesop" by Simbirsk captain Pyotr Kashinsky (1675, of the two surviving lists, one dates back to 1684, and the other - the first third of the 18th century), which consists of three books and is a free translation of fables from the collection "Przypowieśći Aezopowe, z Łacińskiego na Polskie z pilnośćiů prze łozone. Przydane sů k temu przypowieśći z Gabryela Greka y Laurenthego Abstemiusa", published in Krakow around 1600: when there was a war between birds and animals, a "night drink" seeing what was going on smooth battle, joined the animals; the birds turned to the eagle for help and that "drink" was condemned as a traitor; since then it has been flying not during the day, but at night (Book 1: "The Parable of Jesop Frantsky")]: 322, 373; (cf. Russian written tradition ["Proverbs, or Fabulous, by Jesop Frigi" by Fyodor Gozvinsky (1607, more than 20 copies of the 17th - early 18th centuries, including The Book Verbal Jesop), which are a translation of a junior edition of Aesop's fables published around 1479 Bon Accurus in Milan: the bat fell to the ground, the cat {in Greek original - αal'weasel, marten, ferre'} caught him; the bat began to beg for mercy; the cat said he could not let go because he is fighting all the birds; the bat replied that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and was eventually released; when he fell again, he was caught by a cat; in response to pleas for mercy, she said she was at odds with mice; the bat claimed that he was not a mouse, but a bat (option: "I am a bird, not a mouse"), and thus escaped]: Tarkovsky, Tarkovskaya 2005, No. 105:244, 291).
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks: Basayev 2004, No. 159 [birds and animals waged war, the Bat joined each other depending on who won; as a result, both sides drove it away, it flies out shelters only at night]: 259-260; Basangova 2017, No. 30 [the bat does not give anything to the owner of death; when the master of winged death comes to her, it puts out its claws - because I am clawed; and when it comes the master of death is clawed, hides his claws and spreads his wings; they do not take her cubs, so there are many bats]: 81; Georgians [Bat in the war of animals and birds]: Uther 2004 (1), No. 222A: 141 ; (cf. Abkhazians [Bat (LM), Thorns and Kingfisher conspired to trade; LM managed to borrow money from birds; they bought fabrics overseas, put Kingfisher on his back, swam home; storm dropped the load from Kingfisher's back; LM and Thorn have demanded that he return the cargo from the fish; since then Kingfisher has been fishing, Thorn has bred everywhere to detain those who go with the cloth or who will wear clothes made of their fabric; The Bat hides from borrower birds during the day]: Gulia 1909:33-34 (quail in Bgazhba 2003:101); Azerbaijanis (villages. Karadagly, 1909, Zap. Lopatinsky) [Leo demanded tribute from the Bat, who showed her wings and explained that she was a bird and paid tribute to the Eagle; she showed her teeth to the Eagle's messengers and said that she was paying Leo; since then she had been hiding, fearing that animals and birds will demand a receipt from her]: Bagriy 1930 (3): 31.
Baltoscandia. Counselors [animals felt sorry that birds were grabbing food on the fly and from the ground; the war between birds and animals began; the Bat supported both, depending on who prevailed; birds drove it away; now it can only fly at nightfall, but in the afternoon birds will lock it]: Ariste 1962, No. 1:5-6 (translated into Konkova 2009:101); Latvians [Bat in the War of Birds and Animals always joins those who are doing better]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 222A: 265; Lithuanians [when animals and birds fought each other, the bat served both sides; so no one to does not accept it]: Kerbelite 2001:85; the Prussians [birds fought animals; the bat, wanting to be on the side of the victors, joined one side or the other, then claiming to be a bird, proving that the mouse; after the conclusion of peace, the deception was revealed, and the birds and animals drove it away; so the bat hides during the day]: Reusch, Sagen des preuβ, Samlandes S. 40f, 1863 in Dähnhardt 2012: 199; Estonians (1 entry, Viljandimaa) [during the war between animals and birds, the bat joins one or the other and loses the trust of both sides]: Kippar 1986, No. 222A: 149; Finns : Uther 2004 (1), No. 222A [Die Fledermaus in the War of Animals and Birds]: 141
Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars [there was a war between birds and four-legged animals; when the birds began to win, the bat joined them; when the animals began to win, it went over to their side ; at the end of the war, a peace treaty was signed, and the bat was rejected by both birds and animals]: Gilyazutdinov 2015, No. 277:273-274.
(Wed. Turkestan. Kazakhs [when old, Suleimen Patsha gathered the birds, asked for a feather to make themselves a soft bed; everyone gave a feather, and the bat gave all their feathers; S. made it the first among birds; to prevent others from teasing her for being naked, he told her to fly at night when birds and people can't see her]: Bosingen 1984:44).
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Altaians: Garf, Kuchiyak 1978 [as in Sadalova; the messenger of birds is a hawk, animals is a fox; the bat is afraid of a fox, so its legs are dry, and not wanting to meet a hawk, does not fly during the day]: 66 -67; Katash 1978 [when the king of birds Kan-Kerede demanded an alman (tribute) from birds, Jarkanat (bat) said that he was not a bird because he had fangs; when the alman king of fangs began to collect alman animals Arslan-Kan, Jarkanat said that he was a bird with wings; all birds pay Alman Kan-Kerede; all fanged animals pay Alman Arslan-Kan; Jarkanat fought off both: no one does not pay tribute]: 92; Sadalova 2002, No. 7 [when the tribute collector from the king of birds Eagle came to the Bat, she replied that she was a beast, not a bird; she replied to the collector of tribute from the king of animals Leo that she was a bird, took off, did not pay tribute]: 92-93; bodies [like Sadalova's]: Potanin 1883, No. 2:169; Chelkans [The Bat was cursed by God without appearing when they summoned all birds and animals; at first once referred to calculating the weight of stones and fish; the fish were heavier because they included oblong stones; the second time God called the animals, the bat did not appear again; said that she counted more men and women; God: I made more men; bat: but if you add men with a feminine mind to women, there are more women; God wanted to grab the bat, but she said that it was not an animal that flew away; when officials collect tribute from animals, the bat considers itself a bird, and when from a bird, it is an animal; so it does not join anyone]: Kandarakova 1988: 159-161; Khakas [the bat managed to deceive the king of animals by proving that she is a bird and fooled the king of birds around his finger to prove that she is a beast; since then, the Khongors have used the {dried} bat in trial time to justify yourself just as skillfully]: Butanayev 2003:76; Tuvans [the khan of birds collected tribute; the bat replied that she was a dog, showed her teeth; Khan's animal collectors replied that she was a bird , flew away; since then she does not obey anyone and does not show his eyes; she is afraid of a prickly Karaganda citizen - if the koloyuchka bumps into the wing, she dies]: Alekseev et al. 2010, No. 18:61-63; Buryats [birds they chose an eagle as king; the bat refused to obey because it had teeth; when the mice elected a king, it said that it had wings; for this reason, birds and mice told her to fly only at night]: Potanin 1883:174; The Mongols (Ordos) [the wolf defeated the crow; the bat told him that she was also a beast, would be an ally; when the crow defeated the wolf, the bat told the crow that it was a bird; the wolf and the crow reconciled, learned that the bat told everyone, drove it away; since then, the bat has been timid, hides its face, flies out only at night]: Mostaert 1937, No. 30 in Solovyov 2014; Oirats (Xinjiang) [motives B98 and I76B correspond to the fairy tale "Die Fledermaus" from the collection "Betege caγān boqširγ", published in 1981 in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Oirat Folklore series {no details; required checking the original}]: Ubushiyeva, Damrinjav 2020:18.
(Wed. Japan. The Japanese (only one version from the Kyoto area; an obvious European borrowing) [a fox and a badger ruined the uguisi bird's nest, it had three yats; uguiz complained to the eagle, who was the king of animals to the lion; a war between birds and animals has begun; birds send three mosquitoes as scouts; they learn that if the fox raises its tail, it will be a signal to attack, and if it lowers it, it will retreat; birds tell bees to bite the fox at the base of the tail when it tries to lift it, and in the back when it tries to lower it; the animal army is confused, the parties stop the war; during the battle, the bat tried every time to join the winners and was expelled by everyone; since then she has been flying out of the cave only at night]: Ikeda 1971, No. 222:53-54.
The coast is the Plateau. Cous [all small four-legged animals fight birds; bats fight on both sides; they are now being chased by both; they are afraid to appear in the daylight]: Jacobs 1940, No. 5:232-233; modoc [birds and beasts are fighting; beasts won the first battle; the Bat hid and confused among them; the birds won the next, the Bat assures that it was with them; so went from camps to camp; after all, birds and animals told her to live alone and have no friends]: Curtin 1912:213.
(Wed. Southeast USA. Chirokee: Duncan 1998 [animals and birds decide to resolve their conflict by playing ball; animals reject the Mouse as unusable; birds make wings for it, win thanks to it]: 236-239; Mooney 1900 [animals call birds to play ball; Bat and Flying Squirrel want to be on the birds' side; they get leather wings; they help birds win]: 286-287; Yuchi [Red Copper offered to compete in shooting at a rolling wheel, catching up, cutting, taking blood; the grandmother tells Thunder's son that before going to Red Medi, you should visit his father; at his father's house, the young man sees a young woman calling Thunder; he replies that if the young man is his son, let him sit inside the rock for four days, then walk above the ground; on the fourth day, the rock explodes, the young man goes out, walks above the ground with thunder and clouds; father and sister recognize him, his sister splits the clouds with an ax, the sky clears up; catching up with the young man and touching him, Red Copper does not cut him, but melts himself, leaving only one head; Red Copper offers to play ball, puts on all creatures on earth help Red Copper, everyone who flies helps the son of Thunder; to win, Red Copper must throw the ball into the water, and the son of Thunder must throw the ball into the sky; every time they fly creatures are ready to drive the ball into the sky, the Rabbit tells it to get hot, they drop the ball; the Bat pushes the ball up; first the Crocodile, then the Trout grabs the ball, it sinks; the furious Eagle grabs A crocodile, throws it; Red Copper has won back its head]: Wagner 1931, No. 17:71-77).
(Wed. The Great Southwest. Western Keres (Akoma) [Chief Kochin's daughter marries akok, the spirit of winter; a harsh winter is coming; the spirit of summer Miochin gives K. corn; calls for help from summer, S. - winter birds and animals; shield M. - bat, shield Sh. - magpie; M. wins, snow melts, M. gets K.; M. and S. divide the year into two parts; southern animals and birds smoked from smoke and turned black; northern ones were burned with lightning and turned white (animal species not named)]: Pradt 1902:88-90 (quail in Edmonds, Clark 1989:241-243).
Western Amazon. Shuar [birds fight animals; the Bat tells the birds that he is a beast and animals that he is a bird; after the battle they all feast together; the Bat is driven away, told to hide from everyone during the day]: Barrueco 1988:47-48.