Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
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Ethnicities and habitats

D4P. The parrot makes fire. (.18.) .55.58.65.-.67.

The

parrot makes fire for humans. See D4A motif. Australian data is not taken into account, as the general origin of the motive in America and Australia is excluded.

(Cf. Australia. Forest River, Oenpelli tribes; Drysdale River tribes; Vorora).

Llanos. Sicuani.

Guiana. Varrau.

Montagna - Jurua. Kashibo; shipibo; setebo; kashinaua; yaminaua; pyro.

The Central Andes. Quechua (southern mountainous Peru) [the landowner owns the fire; he is kidnapped by a parrot that loses his voice as a result]: Mannheim 2019.

Bolivia - Guaporé. Tacana (San Buenaventura) [during the flood, two Edutzi (Edutzi is the first ancestor; the name of one means "hot wild pepper") in the form of parrots carried the boy to the top of the tree and girl, cultivated plants; animals also escaped there; after the flood, the land near mother earth, the Bururu Toads (Leptodactylus pentadactylus labirinthicus Spix, a family of whistlers, is close to toads); she is not gave land, both educzi parrots carried away some of the earth under their fingernails; they made the ground out of it, flew several times for a new portion; the fire is also near Mother Earth, Bururu; asked to bake a corn cob, in it kept a spark, they made a fire; the Toad tried in vain to fill it with urine; having done what was necessary for the children, the educzi flew into their world]: Hissink, Hahn 1961, No. 5:42-43; chacobo [old woman owns corn, cassava and other cultivated plants; The parrot guards, whistles, the old woman goes out, grabs trying to steal plants, cooks, eats it; it cannot be killed, because the body is like a stone; The cricket did mink, carried away a grain of corn; a stem grows out of the seed, cobs of all kinds are ripe on it; there was no fire, people cooked in the sun; The parrot stole the old woman's coal, its beak was burned; to steal cassava, people dug a ditch, an old woman fell into it, became burgos (Momotos sp.); everyone who entered her house and took something became animals; the anteater took a broom, it grew up, became its tail; the battleship took the basket is a shell; those who went to the site remained human, dug up cassava tubers for themselves]: Kelm 1972, No. 2:219-221; makurap (Kanoä) [there was no fire; the hummingbird flew for the fire to the Sun, burned its wings and did not come back; The butterfly drowned in a vessel with chicha; 3) The parrot brought fire, corn and chicha]: Becker-Donner 1963, No. 3:449.