C6C. A diver is a bird.
.18.23.27.-.29.31.-.37.39.41.-.43.46. (.47.) .48.50.59.
A bird brings the desired object from the bottom or dives to the bottom. See motive C6.
Australia. Gundungurra [dive duck, cormorant].
South Asia. Oraons [kingfisher].
The Balkans. Bulgarians [duck].
Central Europe. Poles: Krzyżanowski 1963, No. 2450.1 (central Poland on the Vistula) [the devil sent a duck to dive; she brought land to the goiter from the bottom of the sea, but dropped it when she saw her chasing her hawk], 2450.2 (Lodz Voivodeship) [the devil tries to drown God sleeping on a small island; he drags him to the edge, but the earth grows and turns into a continent]: 173; Russianliterary tradition (hands. Solovetsky Library; from Palea in the late 16th or early 17th centuries) [God walked on water, saw Gogol's bird; began to ask her, she replied that he was the God of the gods, from the upper ones, and she was from the lower ones; God told her to give it from the lower ones; the bird dived, brought God foam like silt, God made the earth out of it; called the bird Sotonail, made it chief over the heavenly forces; he decides to throne over the stars; God gave power over heavenly forces to Michael; M. first retreated from S., but God removed S.'s divinity, M. overthrew him from heaven; he fell, fell into the ground, with him part of his strength; others fell to the ground, became demons; still others remain in the air, pretending to be angels]: Porfiriev 1877:87-89; Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Vologda, Vyatskaya, Smolensk, Ryazan, Orlovskaya, Penza, Tambov) [Satan in the form of a bird, she dives to the bottom of the earth]: Kuzmina 1998:142; Russians (Olonetskaya) [Two gogol swam along the upper Okiyan Sea: one white gogol and the other black gogol. And the Lord Almighty himself and Satan sailed with these two gogols. By God's command, with the blessing of the Virgin, Satan summoned a handful of land from the bottom of the sea. From that handful, the Lord created flat places and rolling fields, and Satan made impassable abysses, shilli, and high mountains. And the Lord hit the stone with a hammer - and created the powers of heaven, Satan hit the stone with a hammer - and created his own army. And a great war broke out between the armies: at first Satan's army prevailed, but in the end the power of heaven prevailed. And Michael the Archangel overthrew Satanin's army from heaven, and they fell to earth in different places: who fell into the forests became forest dwellers, who into the water became watermen, who fell into the house as housewives; others fell into baths also became bayenniks, some in the yards became courtyards, and others in Riga became rigachniki]: Rybnikov 1864:191-192; Russians (Vologodskaya) [there were two brothers - a dove and a gogol; they take the earth out of the depths waters; create a man from sand, a woman from bone]: Belova 2004, No. 70:47.
Baltoscandia. Finns [loon]; Karelians [loon, gogol]; Lithuanians [damn/second God/duck dived to the bottom of the sea and carried sand for God; God sowed sand above the water - earth appeared; hell filled his mouth/hid some of the sand from God; spit out the sand - swamps and swamps formed]: Kerbelite 2001:97; Lutsie (West 1893) [in the forest, the man leaned to the water for a drink; the water grabbed beard: give what you don't know at home; a son was born at home; grew up, went to the forest, the mother gave 9 cakes with her milk; the devil got involved; the boy consistently throws cakes over his left shoulder; they close the path is the line, he runs to the spring every time to drink; the blacksmith hid the boy; the devil demands to be unlocked; the blacksmith: spill his tongue; grabbed his tongue with hot mites, the devil ran away; the blacksmith gave a horse, tells him not to look at what he met; the young man did not look at the underground dwarfs, at the naked old women, but looked out of the corner of his eye at the girls; the horse was gone; the devil tells him to get a princess; gives ducklings, piglets and veal - these There are enough gifts; he gave it to a wolf, bear and swan; on a stone a man as tall as a thumb advises me to take it with you; a young man comes to the king; king: I lost 30 stallions in the forest nine years ago; bring and get the princess; the bear brought; 30 oxen: the wolf brought; the princess lost the ring in the sea: get it; the swan dives, took it on the third attempt; the king tells you to go to the hot iron bath; the first person with a finger enters, the bath becomes cold, the tooth does not fall on the tooth; so three times; swim in boiling water; the man with the finger first, the water is warm, wash well; get to know the princess among many girls; she warned: she would stand on her left heel; next time: I'll stand on tiptoes; the third time: I won't be among others, I'll carry the bowl across the meadow; the king sends the young, giving money and gold; here and hell, a grave with burning resin, a rope through it: go through it, I'll return the horse; young man: show me how; hell went home on a rope, the young man cut it with a sword, the hell fell into the resin, only the smoke remained; they came home on horseback; wedding; ate and drink, flowed down my lips, didn't get into my mouth]: Annom et al. 2018:215-220.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Karachays [the dragon Azhdagan-Jelimauz lay in the middle of the sea; on its crown they built a nest of Ala-Kaaz ('Scarlet Goose') and Kara-Qaz ('Black Goose'); they did not have eggs; for the thousandth year, Jelimouse's legs began to grow, he began to move; the goose, afraid that the dragon would throw them off his back, dived twice before reaching the bottom; the third fell into darkness; reached a bright spot, there was black the creature Kara-Pooh advised him to go to his older brother Kaiyr-Khashkhy ("The Angry Lord") for advice to give a gift; the goose gave the right wing; the KH sent one-legged Obur-Katyn to his older sister (' Werewolf woman'), took her left wing; OK sent Erk-Jilan to her older brother, told her to go until the ball made of her hair stopped; ED sent Kart-Chopp to her oldest brother, took the second her leg, gave part of her skin, she carried the Goose to the goal; "Our father is Kara-Kuzgun ('raven'), and our mother is the Turtle, they were the rulers of the sea surface, but the dragon cut their bellies , deprived power; to pacify the dragon, you must summon Kart-Choppa; to do this, you must cut off the dragon's gallbladder, cover its middle eye with it; you can cut it off with hair growing on the crown the dragon under your nest"; everything was done, the dragon roared in pain, the vaults of heaven opened, an old man in a green robe with a golden staff came out; the geese dived in fear, emerged 9 months later, dirty; Kart-Choppa sat on their nest, scraped off the dirt from the geese feathers, told them to make a cake out of it, eat one half, soak the other, and smear the dragon's back; this caused the dragon's body to rot, seemed spine (p.23: i.e. the earth arises from the combination of mud taken from the ocean floor with the dragon's skin); the CC plunged his staff into the dragon's crown; he screamed, the sky shone; the CC hit with a three-hepatic stem on to the middle eye of the dragon, it burst, the other two opened; a smelly liquid poured out of the middle eye, turning the sea white; if the dragon's eyes close again, everything will darken; when thunderclouds appear they say, May Allah save the Dragon from closing his eyes]: Karaketov 1995:64-67; Nogais (published: T. Akmanbetov. Syntastyn Yiluvy (Warmth of the Monument), Makhachkala, 2008; recorded by folklorist Tahir Akmanbetov in 1975 from Ozbek Amanbayeva, a resident of the Sarysu village of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, born in 1913 ; the informant is a storyteller, musician, played ancient melodies on the horn) [at first only the eternal sky is Tangri, his companion Umai, Umai has two birds - Ak-Ku ("white swan") and Kara-Bapiy ("black duck"); Ak-Ku laid an egg, it consisted of water; Kara-Bapiy swam in the water, but she was drawn down, she dived and swam; one day she felt silt and sand at the bottom; she began to pull them to the surface and built a nest; she continued to put silt and sand around the nest, which made her nose red and long; the nest grew and became dry; Kara-bapiy knew that she could not do anything; when she created the earth in fear punishment, dived into the lower world; she was restless and persistent, which is why she was named Erke Khan]: Kapaev 2012:30, 226.
Volga - Perm. Komi [duck; loon]; marie: Vasiliev 1907 [Kiremet in the form of a drake swam on the water; Yuma told him to get the ground from the bottom; he brought it, hid part in his mouth; Yu blew on spread the land through the water, creating a flat land; K. began to spit out the hidden, creating mountains]: 50; Kaliev 2003 [To the bosom of the primary ocean from his nest - Ludo Pyzhash (letters. "duck's nest" - Pleiades) a duck flew in. After laying two eggs, she sat them under her wings. Two drake brothers, Yumo and Yeun, were born from these eggs. Then they alternately dived under the water and pulled land from the ocean floor. The land that Yumo got formed a flat surface. On the other hand, Eun choked and spit out his saliva along with the ground. This is how mountains, lakes and swamps appeared on earth]: 17-18 (quoted from Yuziev 2016:106; the same text cites Limerov 2016:22 with reference to Kaliev 2004:108); Mordovians [duck]; Chuvash [duck]; Tatars [duck]; Bashkirs [duck].
Turkestan. Karakalpaks [In ancient times, there was no land; instead, everything was covered with empty water. The Suymyryk bird (a mythical bird) began to pull dirt from under the water (1) with its beak to make its nest. All dust, grass, and algae gathered in the nest for this dirt, and formed a large land. This is where the land was born. 1) "uyyk" in the Karakalpak-Russian dictionary of Baskakov 1958 (30,000 words) translates: 1) swamp, marshy place, quagmire; 2) dirt; (translated by Islam Saparbayev with clarifications and a comment by Ruslan Doutaliev)]: Aimbetov 2014b: 25.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Siberian Tatars [Duck; Swan]; Chulym Turks [Loons]: Lukina 2004, No. 5.1:97-98; Buryats [Angata duck, Ankhata shubuun, Shunkhuta shubuun]; Chelkans ( Lebedin Tatars, Otkushtö, 1863) ["At first it was just water and nowhere was land. Then God sent a white swan into the water and ordered him to bring water to heaven in its beak. But when he was diving, a little bit of earth stuck to his beak. The swan blew the ground off its beak, and it fell into the water with small specks of dust and began to swim on its surface. These dust particles began to grow and expand, and from them became earth. But the ground was smooth and flat. Then God sent a second bird to earth to blow up the ground with its beak, and this made mountains and valleys on the earth. But the trait did not like the beautiful treeless land, and he created a mob with its swamps, where people can hardly live and are very poor. At first, God created a man who lived alone on earth. It was a man. One day, while he was sleeping, the devil touched his chest and a bone began to grow from his thigh, and as she got longer, she fell to the ground and a woman appeared out of it"]: Radlov 1989:211 (the swan diving episode mentioned in Dyrenkova 1929:123); Khakas are Kachins [Duck].
Western Siberia. Tundra Nenets [Loon]; Forest Nenets [Luri bird]; Southern Selkups [God sent a loon, he did not get anything. Gogol (porya) took out sand]: Baulo, Tuchkova 2016, No. 4, fragment 3; Eastern Khanty [Gagara]; Mansi [Gagara]; Kets [Gagara; Duck]; Entsy [Gagara]; Nganasans [The stone duck [the shaman remembers; the deceased goes down the river; she is like Ket, but the water is black; the young man is in front, the old man is behind; there are many fish; he caught up with the dead, but did not dare to go too far; Ivendgai Paya, the owner of the underground land {Tuchkova: Vendygai Paya (Ketan dialect) - "Staraya Paya", SDS 2005:83}, who was the first to die; everyone goes to her; she is on the river, but her house is dry place; but only human bones, but also dog bones swim along the river, and bark; there is a watchman from a distance, and if you come up, a bear]: Baulo, Tuchkova 2016, No. 4, fragment 3; northern Selkups [Gagara, Duck ].
Eastern Siberia. Northwestern Yakuts [loon]; Western Yakuts (Turukhansky Krai) [merganser, loon]; Western Evenks (Kirensky) [duck]; Baikal Evenks (northern Transbaikalia, 1951) [ water is all around; in the upper world, two brothers are discussing how to make land; the eldest had a duck; the youngest let it get sand from the bottom of Lake Baikal; the duck brought sand, the youngest put a leaf on the water and the ground on top { sand}; the wind blew, the leaf crumpled, mountains appeared; the youngest made a dog and a man, covered the whole man with a shell - it will be strong; put the man in one barn, the dog in another; went to make rivers, He told the dog not to give the keys to his older brother; he came and promised the dog a warm, colorful skin; she opened the barn; the older brother tore off the man's shell, left only his fingernails; the younger brother returned , punished the dog by depriving him of the ability to speak]: Pinegina 2019:70-71; Far Eastern Evenks (Orochons) [Loon]; Sym Evenks [Gagara, Gogol]; Evens [Loon].
Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais [three dives and three swans; "hadon bird"]; Ulchi [Loon]; Negidals [Loon].
Japan. Kojiki [Cormorant].
SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs [Loon]; Russkoe Ustye [Chirok]; Markovo [Krokhal]; Reindeer Koryaks [Loon].
Subarctic. Helmet [Dive]; beaver [birds dive, only a little jackal manages to bring silt]; doghrib, chipewayan [Thunderbird pulls the ground from the sea floor]; chipewayan [Pintail]; Yellowknife [Duck].
NW Coast. Bellacula [Loon]; quakiutl [Duck; neveti: scoter duck, Oidemia Deglandi].
The coast is the Plateau. Loon. Shuswap; Thompson.
Northeast.
Delaware [Loon],Plains. Sarsi [marsh bird with red rings around its eyes]; blackfooted [Duck]; grovantre [Mud Hen]; sheyens [Coot, Little Duck]; Arapaho [Red Duck]; Crowe [Dive Duck]; Mandan [Ducks, Dive; Hidatsa [Dive]; Arikara [Duck].
(Wed. Southeast USA. Yuchi [Loon dives, lacks the bottom; the necklace around her neck is pressed into her skin, you can still see it; The beaver pops up dead; The shrimp brings clay from the bottom in its claws; the Creator sprinkles it on the water, makes ground; Vulture flies above the still soft ground, flapping its wings; mountains appear]: Gatschet 1893:279-280).
California. Pomo [waterfowl; dive duck]; mountain mivok [Duck]; Chukchansi yokutz [Drake]; salinan [ducks don't reach the bottom; Kingfisher brings land]; yokutz (Wobonuch) , Centrall Hills) [ducks dive, see land with trees below; Duck (wife of Duck) dives, brings sand under their fingernails]; yokutz [Beaver, Otter, Mud-Hen, Duck, Potikh Duck, do not dive to the bottom ; little Duck gets it]; monak [Duck, Coot don't dive; Great Chomga gets it]; tubatulabal [Mud-Diver {same as hell-diver, toadstool?}] ; kawaiisu [Coot?].
The Great Southwest. Navajo [Kingfisher, Blue Heron]; seri [pelican].
Guiana. Arekuna [The Water Serpent kills the boy with an arrow; the father asks the birds to kill the snake; most birds and animals cannot dive deep; two diving birds kill the snake with arrows; along with pieces snake skin birds get voices and colors]; wapishana [Heron, Stork do not reach the bottom; Mergulhao and Carara reach, announce it; the earth dries up].