E9aa. The fox wife is in the hole of all animals. 40.41.

A man searches for a missing woman, who is a fox by nature, and comes to the hole where she disappeared. Various female birds or animals come out of his hole and offer themselves instead of a fox. It is then let in.

Caribou, netsilic, igloolik, koyukon.

The Arctic. Caribou [returning from hunting, a man finds food cooked; finds a Fox taking off her skin; grabs her skins = clothes, gives it for a promise to become his wife; the Wolf offers to swap wives, says that a man's wife smells like a fox; she runs away; a man follows in the footsteps - first human, then fox, comes to a hole; he is offered to marry Wolf, Wolverine, Lemming and other animal women; he rejects them all, returns them to the Fox Wife]: Rasmussen 1930b: 93-94; netsilic [Kiviok lives alone, finds cooked meat in his home; finds a woman, hides her fox skin, takes her wife; reluctantly agrees to swap wives with Wolverine for the night; despite the warning, Wolverine complains about the fox smell; Lisa is ashamed, she runs away with her skin on; K. follows her, licks her urine, eats droppings; comes home; rejects various women (Lemming, Groundhog, Ermine, etc.), answering that their nose, waist, etc. are not suitable; reunites with Lisa]: Rasmussen 1931:370-372; igloolik : Rasmussen 1930a [husband watches his wife; she calls the penis of the Spirit of the Lake; the penis crawls out of the lake, enters it; the husband summons him, imitating his wife's voice, cuts him off, cooks, lets his wife eat; sprinkles worms on her they crawl into it, kill it; returning from hunting, he finds food cooked; finds Lisa, who has taken off her skin and becomes a woman, marries her; Raven comes, says that he smells like a fox; wife puts on his skin and runs away; Raven's wife is dog Kal]: 221-222; Spalding 1979 (Repulse Bay) [Kiviuq sees his two wives walking naked to the lake, asking Substitute penis to show up; queues satisfy themselves with him; K. calls the penis with the voice of his wives, cuts it off, cuts it apart at home, cooks, gives it to their wives; they say it's tough and tasty; they cry when they find out that they ate; K. collects worms on the shore; asks one if she is more afraid of worms or a knife; she replies that a knife; she sits on worms; they crawl into her anus and vagina, crawl out through her mouth, she dies; the second wife says she is afraid of worms; K. hacked her; someone cooks and cleans his house; he notices a fox hole under the grave of his wives; finds a woman grabs her skin; one day Wolverine offers to swap wives; K. tells her to close it tightly the door, but he forgets; the wife pees in bed, Wolverine asks what the stench is, the Fox grabs her skin, runs away; Wolverine's wife, with whom K. slept, turns into feces; K. follows the Fox's trail to the hole; from Lemming, the Wolf, comes out to offer herself; K. rejects them; they let him into the hole; there is a crying wife; she first sits down from him, then goes home with him]: 64-66.

Subarctic. Koyukon [brothers disappear one by one; younger Betohoh (then his name is K'etaalkkaanee, "The one who rowed {on a boat} among humans and animals") goes in search; many people meet which turn out to be different animals; decides to make a boat, choosing black grouse (Dendragapus canadensis) as a nose sample; tries the bark of different trees for plating; fir, poplar sink, birch bark - no; chooses wood for the frame - birch is not suitable, larch is suitable; when she wakes up, the boat is sewn; next time she spies; the woman who becomes the Polar Owl makes large stitches, others reproach her for it; B. tells the most beautiful to lose the awl; she stays looking for her, he grabs her, she barks like a fox, he releases it; he will tar the boat; comes to the burrow house; the youngest comes out Fox woman's sister, a squirrel woman; offended that B. does not want her; two types of Caresses come out, B. tries to grab each, they rush back, promise to give him his wife; then the Mouse comes out; then half-blind Polar Owl; Long-eared Owl; there were also Mink, Marten; B. found a flaw in all, only those Lasky liked; the hole became big, he went in, sat next to the one he fell in love with; he took her away, swam with her in a boat; one day she felt hot in the sun and a fox smell came from her; he let her go ashore, she killed her barking]: Attla 1990:76-88.