E10. Cubs turn into children. 11.12.19.40.-.43.

Characters who look like animals (usually puppies) or monsters become children of a woman or spouse who takes them by surprise.

Chagga, Niang or Ekoi, Mofu-Gudur, Arapesh, Asian Eskimos, Tagish, Inner Tlingits, Helmet, Dogrib, Taltan, Tlingits, Tsimshian, Haida, Bellacula, Heiltsuk, Quakiutl, Nootka, quarry, shuswap, thompson, lillouette, quinolt, quileout, comox, halkomel, clallam, upper and lower chehalis, catlamet, tillamook.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Chagga [a childless widow asks the spirit for help; he tells her to take care of pumpkins; the widow collects pumpkins, makes calebasses out of them, leaves them alone on the shelf; in her absence, the spirit turns pumpkins into boys, they do housework, turn into calebasses again; first the neighbors, then the widow herself spies, asks the children not to turn into calebasses anymore; only Kitete (the calebasa left with hearth) never works; she stumbles upon him, spills soup, calls children calebasses; children are again forever made calabasses]: Arnott 2000:114-120.

West Africa. Niang or ekoi [an elderly woman is childless; edible plants grow nearby; when a woman leaves, 4 girls come out of the plants, cook in her hut, eat, and then return to plants; a neighbor peeked and told; the woman found the girls, asked them to stay; they agreed on the condition that the woman would not feed them the plants they came from; the girls grew up and one of them, Etinyung, was particularly prettier; the chief fell in love with her; the woman gave her on the condition that E. would not eat the plant she came from; the other wives, out of jealousy, mixed it into her food; she and her sisters have returned to the plants; if this did not happen, older women could still have children like this]: Kunze 1990:108-110; mofu-gudur [girl gets married, gives birth nine times, but all her sons are one head without a torso; when parents go to cultivate a distant area, the heads turn into nine young men, cultivate the field near the house; the woman talks about this their mothers; the spouses ask the black ant for advice, who tells the vulture to slaughter and leave the black chicken, which will take its heads away; young men notice the vulture, it flies away; the spouses turn to the red ant , he tells you to leave the white chicken; a vulture arrives, takes their heads away with the chicken; the sons remain young men; but refuse to eat, they are silent; the black ant advises rubbing the sesame so that sons can hear sound, they thought something was burning and would tell their parents; they do not react; parents ask the red ant to drip fat into the cauldron; sons ask their mother if something is burning; everyone is happy]: Sorin-Barreteau 2001, No. 23:169-176.

Melanesia. Arapesh [two wives of one man hide under a tree when it rains; one compares the tree's aerial roots to her husband's penis, the other agrees; at night, the husband sleeps with one of the wives, the other sleeps separately; that tree comes, its aerial roots pass through the woman's vagina and anus; in the morning the husband cuts them off, thinks the wife is dead, throws her into the sea; the waves free the woman from the roots, she gets ashore; feeds on fish dried in the sun; sees an osprey incubate a chick, catches it when it hatches; he grows up, brings it a fire drill, an ax, a yam, a tarot, a child; she forgets to warn the osprey not to hunt octopus; the octopus drags and eats the bird; the woman picks up feathers in the water, brings them, attaches them to the hut; at night they turn into women, children, pigs and dogs having fun; she spies, goes out, asks them not to hide anymore; people stay, form a village]: Fortune 1942, No. 52:234-235.

The Arctic. Asian Eskimos (Chaplino) [childless husband and wife raise cormorants; when left alone, chicks take off their skins, dance; husband or wife catch them, tear their skins; chicks become human]: Menoschikov 1985, No. 50 [husband brings home five chicks, they turn into sons]: 112; Rubtsova 1954, No. 18 (Chaplino) [=Rubtsova, Vakhtin 2019, No. 62:762-786; Kanisyak on Fr. Diamida sees six little cormorants on the cliff, wants them to be his children; his wife gives birth to five males and one female cormorant, the Mouse is a midwife; K. breaks into the house, throws the skins taken by the birds at fire; becoming human, former cormorants married the children of a reindeer herder]: 262-266.

Subarctic. Tagish, inner tlingits [the girl's father has a dog; he turns into a man, sleeps with her; gnaws bones at night; she watches him, beats him to death; gives birth to seven puppies, including them one female; when they are alone, they become children; a girl and her mother find them wearing human clothes; later they turn into stones]: Cruickshank 1992:102-105; tagish [people they migrate, the mother sends her daughter for the old dog who remains at the camp; a young man comes out to meet her, takes the girl as his wife, hunts for her; she wonders where the bones go; sees how the husband is done a dog, gnaws at them; kills him with a club; gives birth to five puppies, one of them a female; collecting shells on the shore, he hears children's voices; leaves his clothes on sticks like a scarecrow, creeps up to the house, burns dog skins, puts pre-prepared clothes on children; the last boy's name is Lkayakw; brothers come to a woman (Mistress of the Mist?) , she helps them find the monster, gives them a boat, L. sees a mossy log, a self-propelled boat is under the moss; brothers kill the monster, the cliff on the river is its petrified head; fly over it with a billowing, then disappearing fire in the lake; L. touches the feather of a thunderbird, everyone is killed by thunder, except for the shaman, who revives the brothers; they have a lot of meat, L., turning to the forest, calls for a feast; rolls The skull eats all the meat; the brothers hear that they themselves are called to visit (apparently to the Skull); they come, sit on the board, burn, the shaman brother revives them; they swim across the river to their mother and sister; she has her period , she looks at the brothers, they and she turn into rocks on the Stikine River]: McClelland 2007, No. 81:307-402; the inner tlingits [the girl's dog on a walk unnoticed by her turns into a young man, converges with her; tells her to run or her father will kill her; she gives birth to seven puppies, three of them females; notices that the bones of animals in their parking lot are always gnawed in the morning; sees her husband when he has become a dog, kills him with a stick; hears children's voices, sews children's clothes; pretends to be gone for a long time, comes back, throws dog skins into the fire, forgot one, one boy managed to pull it half, remained a half-dog; she returns with them to her parents, the half-dog turns into stone out of shame]: McClelland 2007, No. 152:687-689; helmet [the girl's father's dog turns into a man, sleeps with her; by at night she chews on bones; she watches him, beats him to death; gives birth to seven puppies, including one female; parents leave her alone without food; while her mother picks berries, puppies turn into babies; girl stands guard; mother deceives her by making a stuffed animal out of old clothes; sneaks up, throws dog skins into the fire; the girl manages to pull her skin half way; later the mother manages to take it off, daughter becomes quite human; young men are good hunters; one sleeps with her sister; a mother smears her daughter's bed with resin, sees that her youngest son is dirty in the morning; when crossing the river, the mother and children turn into stones]: Teit 1917a, No. 18:463-464; doghrib [a handsome stranger appears; the girl's four brothers advise her to marry him; at night she hears the dog chewing on bones; brother throws killing the dog with an ax; stranger disappears; the woman is driven away; she gives birth to six puppies; finds baby marks; waits for children; three manage to jump into the bag, turn into dogs again; the mother kills them; two brothers remain and sister; one marries a sister, they give birth to a doghrub]: Petitot 1886, No. 2:311-316; taltan [like a helmet; four males and one female; grandmother sets fire for the abandoned; the girl is ashamed naked, so she doesn't pull her dog skin to the end; mother pulls it off; without an episode of incest]: Teit 1921a, No. 53:248-250; tsetsot [dog turns into a man, sleeps with a girl; at night chews on bones; she kills him, gives birth to three puppies, one of them female; people leave her alone; she finds her children taking off their dog skins; throws boys' skins into the fire, the girl has time pull his skin back; the young man is lucky to hunt; other people are starving, coming back; young men climb the rock for mountain sheep; the rock grows, they starve; their blood is still visible on the rock]: Boas 1896-1897, No. 11:37-39.

NW coast. The Tlingits [a man kills his children; his wife gets pregnant with a dog, gives birth to puppies, four males and one female remain alive; both the woman and her husband hear children's voices from home; she leaves on the shore, a digging stick, dressed like a scarecrow, creeps up to the house, throws dog skins into the fire; one puppy remains a dog; her husband attacks them, they kill him; travel, exterminating dangerous ones creatures]: Swanton 1909, No. 31:99-101; Tsimshian (R.Skina) [a girl's dog turns into a man, makes her pregnant; she gives birth to five puppies; she is left alone; the raven keeps her on fire, helps build a house; she hears her sons talking, throws their dog skins into the fire; returns to people with her sons; sons save people from hunger, become leaders]: Smelcer 1993:87 -88; haida [dog rapes a woman; she gives birth to puppies, one of them female; spies on them, throws their dog skins into the fire; her human husband wants to kill the dog's children; one of them is a shaman, kills himself him; at night, the brothers hear that someone is with his sister; they smear the mat with tar; in the morning they see that the lover is one of them; monsters kill brothers, but the shaman brother revives the dead every time]: Swanton 1905: 252-261; bellacula [two texts from Heiltzuk]: McIlwraith 1948 (1): 642-644 [At night, the chief's young daughter feels someone is copulating with her; she smears her lover with paint, sees in the morning paint on an old dog; gives birth to four puppies, one of them female; the father tells her to leave his daughter alone in an empty camp; the old slave leaves her a cape and smoldering coals in the sink; while she collects mollusks, children they remove the dog's skins; when she returns, she sees child marks; leaves her clothes on a digging stick, suddenly enters the house, throws her skins into the fire; the female remains a dog; one son became a builder houses, the second boats, the third as a hunter; an old slave comes to them, a woman gives him whale meat; at home his child choked, had to tell the truth; people returned, the woman took care of parents], 644-645 [as in p. 642-644; the Heiltzuk girl is in a period hut, where a dog comes to her; an episode with paint; five puppies, one of them a female; the fourth son is a fisherman, a halibut catcher; the female disappears; the woman is kind to the returnees, but drives her father away]; heiltzuk [the girl smears ocher on her lover who comes at night; in the morning she sees paint on her dog's white coat; gives birth to puppies; her father tells people to leave her alone; her grandmother hides a lit tinder in the sink for her; when collecting oysters, the girl hears children's voices; leaves her burning torch on the shore, creeps up to the house, throws dog skins into the fire; finds seals and whales on the beach every morning; sends Seagull to carry meat to her grandmother; people notice that the old woman is eating meat; they come back; the daughter does not let her father into her house]: Boas 1928b: 37-45 ; quakiutl (lekviltok) [at night, the chief's daughter takes the dog to her room; the chief smears it with resin, enters at night, the dog sticks to the bed, cannot jump up; the chief tells him to leave her daughter alone; her grandmother hides for her, there is fire in the sink; the girl gives birth to puppies; collects shells; hears baby singing; hangs her clothes on a pole, catches the children by surprise, throws dog skins into the fire; two have time to pull them again; a woman's sons get a lot of food; people are starving; a woman sends a crow to bring fat to her good grandmother; people come back; sons turn them into stones with boats; only a good grandmother is spared]: Boas 1895, No. 4:132-133; chickpea [see motif K43; a girl gets pregnant with a dog, gives birth to puppies; her father tells people to leave her alone; her uncle hides a fire for her, builds a house; she collects oysters, hears that at home, her sons sing; pretends to go to the sea, throw dogs of their skins into the fire; one of her sons catches a whale with a fishing line; makes a crow, it flies, shows the hungry people where the whale is; the tribe returns; a young man sends a storm, turns everyone but a good uncle into rocks]: Boas 1895, No. 10:114-115; Sapir, Swadesh 1939, No. 12:55-63.

The coast is the Plateau. Quarry [a lover comes to the chief's daughter at night; one day she sees her dog next to her bed; gives birth to puppies - four (or three) males and a female; people leave her, her younger sister hides her for her smoldering stump; the old woman also remains; the mother hears children's voices; leaves her torches burning by the river, finds her sons, throws dog skins into the fire; the daughter manages to pull her own, remains a dog; brothers bring lots of meat and fish; people come back; one day the game goes missing; the youngest gives the old woman rotten instead of fat; she says: Let the Caribou take you to the sky you belong to; see motive B42]: Jenness 1934, No. 7:137-141; shuswap [see motif E1; An old grizzly woman makes a daughter out of wood; she is taken to the river by a Trout man; her children come to play at his grandmother Grizzly's house; hide in the river when she approaches; she leaves the excavator, hanging her clothes and basket on her, creeps up to the house, splashes a potion on the children; the boy remains human, the girl turns into a dog; the boy's name Chickady; one day he hits a dog; she admits that she is his sister, runs to the mountains; his grandmother warns him not to climb a tree for a stuck arrow; he climbs into the sky; meets her husband (or father) his grandmother; he tells me how to get a wife; see motive K27]: Teit 1909a, No. 28:691-696; Thompson [the chief's daughter refuses the grooms; they turn the dog into a man, he visits her at night; she rubs his hands with ocher, smears her lover; in the morning he sees a dog with ocher stripes; gives birth to four puppies; the father tells her to leave her alone; the Raven and the Raven leave dried fish for her; while she is not at home, the sons take off dog skins; she watches them, destroys their skins by pouring a potion on them; sons become good hunters; people visit them, ask them to return to the village, offer wives; they finally agree; leave many descendants]: Teit 1898, No. XVI: 62-63; lillouette [the girl's lover is a dog; her parents kill him, leave her daughter; she gives birth to five puppies, one of them a female; in her absence, children they take off dog skins; she finds them, the daughter manages to pull her skin over her feet; the mother burns the skins, burns the hair on her daughter's dog's paws; the mother throws chips of various colors into the air, they turn into people, they have different colored skin]: Teit 1912b, No. 15:316-317; quinolt [at night, a girl's dog turns into a man, sleeps with her; people leave her alone; a crow hides for her in the shell is fire; she gives birth to five puppies, four of them males; collecting oysters, she hears children singing; sticks her digger, puts clothes on it, sneaks up to the house herself, throws dogs of their skins into the fire ; her sons are whaling; a crow visits the abandoned, gets meat; her child chokes, hungry people ask where her meat comes from; they come back; a woman's sons are chosen as chiefs]: Farrand 1902, No. 17:127-128; quileut [the chief's daughter's dog turns into a man at night, sleeps with her; she gives birth to eight puppies; the father tells people to leave her alone, kills the dog; she has difficulty making a fire; collecting oysters, hears children's voices; leaves her burning torch on the shore, creeps up to the house, throws dogs skins into the fire; her children catch a whale; people are starving, they see crows dropping pieces of meat; return]: Andrade 1931, No. 49 [a woman's sons become chiefs], 50:127-141; Farrand, Mayer, No. 15 [like Andrade; a grandmother hides a fire in a sink for a woman; a woman makes from dog skin human clothes; a crow comes to their camp, tells the tribe; people return; a woman's sons go to her father, she stays with the tribe]: 272-273; Reagan, Walters 1933 [the chief's daughter sees in a dream a beautiful dog; meets him, collecting roots, brings him home, sleeps with him, gives birth to 12 puppies; the father tells him to leave his daughter with the puppies, the rest to move to the island; collecting clams, women hear baby penis; leaves his torch on the shore, catches the children by surprise, throws their dog skins into the fire; the brothers hunt successfully, they have plenty of everything; the chief sees smoke, sends the Raven, she gets a blubber, but lies that the woman is dead; the raven goes on reconnaissance, tells the truth; people want to return, but the woman's eldest son sends the wind, some sink, others stay on the island]: 304-306; Reagan, Walters 1933 [as in Andrade in (50)]: 304-306; comox (tlaamen) [girl rejects Tlaococt 'a; he turns into a dog, chews tar; girl sends a maid for tar; T. wants a girl swallows resin; she becomes pregnant; her father tells her to be left alone; the Raven takes the fire, her grandmother Jackdaw hides the fire in the sink for her; the girl gives birth to seven puppies, one of them female; collects shells; hears children singing; hangs her clothes on a pole, catches the children by surprise, throws dog skins into the fire; the daughter manages to pull the skin over one hand; makes her older brother a shirt; he falls asleep in the sun; The sun offers to change shirts; when a young man lowers the end of his shirt from the Sun into the water, salmon appear; the tribe is starving; Jackdaw comes, gets fat; brothers conjure, the Raven cannot catch fish; older brother is the ancestor of Tlaamen]: Boas 1895, No. X: 92-94 (=2002:227-228); halkomel (lower reaches of the Fraser River) [first a hammer, then a dog takes the form of a man, comes to their daughter at night chief; she gives birth to puppies; her father tells her to be left alone; she collects a sink on the shore, hears a baby's penis; makes a stuffed animal out of her clothes, takes six sons by surprise, throws dog skins into the fire ; her sons are ancestors of the Coaantel family; Calles (three siblings and sister) turn a woman's father into a badger]: Boas 1895, No. 1:24-25; clallam [unknown lover visits a girl at night; she gives birth to three puppies and a girl; the back of her hands is covered with hair; the chief tells the woman to be left; the grandmother hides a fire in her sink; the woman collects oysters, hears children's voices; leaves Hanging his cape on a digger, catches children by surprise, throws dog skins into the fire; young men get a lot of supplies; send a boat with meat to the tribe; people sail back; one of the young men causes a storm; all die except a good grandmother]: Gunther 1975:138-139; upper chehalis [four var; the girl is pregnant with her dog, people leave her alone; her grandmother Raven hides a fire in her sink; a girl gives birth to four puppies and a human girl (or five puppies, one of them); she tells her mother that her brothers and father take off their dog skins, or the mother hears children's voices; the mother leaves Shore his torch or digger, putting his clothes on it, comes running, throwing his skins into the fire; young men bring a lot of meat; give it to the Crow, her baby chokes, others find out what to eat meat; Blue Jay and his men swim back; come back or die in the storm]: Adamson 1934:96-98, 101-103, 105-109; lower chehalis (hamptulip) [a young man in a white cloak comes to the chief's daughter at night; she pregnant, the young man turns out to be her dog; people leave her; she gives birth to five puppies; the dog brings a rabbit for them; she collects oysters on the shore, leaves her digging stick instead, finds her own dancing two daughters and three sons; throws their dog skins into the fire; hits an adult dog; says he takes his daughters away that he didn't rape them]: Adamson 1934:328-329; katlamet [chief's wife is not loves him, sleeps with his dog; the chief's brothers kill the dog, feed the woman fat under the guise of a seal; she becomes pregnant, the chief tells her to leave her; she gives birth to six puppies, one of them female; discovers child marks; while the boys are playing, the girl is on the guard; the mother finds them, throws their skins into the fire; Tiapeshoakshoak buys the girl as his wife; feeds on blood, and if hungry, devours wives; The girl's brothers give him the blood of a sea monster, he is full; his wife gives birth to a boy from him, lies like a girl; runs away; her son grows up, kills T., marries his widows]: Boas 1901a, No. 1:155-165; tillamook [the dog licks the girl's urine, she gets pregnant; people leave her, the Raven hides a coal for her; she gives birth to five puppies; the blue jay tells her that without her her her children take off their skins and walk to swim; she burns her skins; her daughter remains lame because her mother beat her when she was still a knot]: Jacobs, Jacobs 1959, No. 7:22-24.