C12A. The flood and the dog. 47.51.62.69.72.
Thedog warns of an impending global flood or fire, advises what to do.
Southeast USA. Natchez [the dog began to howl, the chickens are dancing; the dog warns the owner of the flood, tells him to make a raft and rope to tie the raft later; prepare a pole with a fork at the end to shove off predatory creatures that have been spewed by mountains; the raft has risen to the sky, the rest of the living creatures have drowned, they have been devoured by predatory creatures; there are trees in the sky and birds on them; when the flood is nearing its end, the dog tells throw him into the water, stay on the raft for 7 days until the ground dries; people come to the survivor for the fire - naked, in rags, in good clothes; he hears voices from the east, goes there, but there only insects and mosquitoes; an old man comes out, explains that these were the voices of the dead]: Swanton 1929, No. 1:214; chirokee [a man scolds his dog; she warns him of the flood, tells him to build a raft; the man and his family are the only ones who escaped]: Mooney 1900, No. 14:261.
NW Mexico. Cora (state) of Colima [fleeing from the impending flood, people follow the dog's trail to the mountain; the dog hits the drum, causing the waves to rise; people climb the mountain; most starve to death , the rest are human ancestors; the dog hides in a large lake, where it is visited by the souls of the dead on their way to their last abode]: Juan Suarez de Cepeda, 1581. Relaciones de los Indios Colimas de Nueva España in Winning 1974:43.
NW Amazon. Chikuna [the dog warns of a flood; invites the owner to go with him to Mount Immortals; when he refuses, he advises to make a boat]: Nimuendaju 1952:141.
Chaco. Only one house has sheltered a black dog; for this, the dog warns the owner of the house about the impending disaster. Toba: Wilbert, Simoneau 1982b, No. 26 [world fire], 27-28 [flood; dog advises making a boat], 29 [flood? (short version)]: 77-83; mocovi: Wilbert, Simoneau 1988, No. 67 [only one person sheltered a black dog; he became a man, warned of the flood, ordered to build a boat, stock up on food; rain flooded the ground in a flood; on the 16th day, a man sent a black vulture, which did not return, ate the corpses; sent a Dove, who brought a blade of grass; the Vulture was punished, now he eats carrion], 68 [only one family sheltered a dog, and that was God; God sent Vulture, who stayed to peck for the corpses; sent a Dove, who came back, talked about the Vulture; God told Vulture to fly for a long time now in search of food]: 94-96, 97-98.