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E9K. Honey spouse (bee) .55.57.-.59.61.

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husband or wife is the epitome of honey or a human bee.

Guajiro, Sanema, Yanomami, Yanomam, Warrau, Macushi, Napo.

The Northern Andes. Guajiro [the hunter's wife can make a honey drink by chewing only water; went to get water in the middle of the night, returned to dawn; carried a large vessel, a small one and a calebass; immersed on the way fingers in the calebass, the water was getting sweet; her husband's brother followed, asked for water; she offered him a small vessel, but he demanded the calebas, snatched it from her, saw that it had honey; took away what It was intended only for her husband; after that, the woman disappeared into the forest, became a bee; bees turn collected from flowers into their children]: Perrin 1976, No. 15:94-96.

Southern Venezuela. Two girls are looking for a groom; the Opossum pretends to be a worthy contender; the girls go to Med, the Opossum kills him; fleeing persecution, hides on a tree or rock; the first ancestors (mostly birds) cut down a tree or rock; smear the blood of the possum, getting the current color. Sanema [(Colchster 1981:78-86); Samonamaniapada (samonala ola: sweet honey) works well on the site, speaks Makiritare, Possum does not work well, does not know the language; two partridge girls ( Odontophorus gujanensis) came, saw Kashtali (a little inedible mouse) in the hammock, began to poke him in the eye with a lit knot; he ran to his older brother Opossum; Opossum dressed up, came home, lay down in a hammock; the girls try to play with him, but push him away because of the stench; Honey came, all the girls surrounded him; Opossum went to the Lizards, took their witchcraft grass, blew on Honey, he died; girls they mourn; the Opossum is just pretending; the snakes understood this, chased him, he climbed a tall tree; all the bird and woodworm people began to cut him down, everyone's axes broke; all the animals came; Ant ( his name means wide-ass little agouti) climbed a tree, began to cut the Possum with an ax, killed him, blood flowed; the trunk was cut off, the tree remained hanging on the sunny vine; Small The Sloth, then the Big, White Monkey, Squirrels, Ocelot, Puma, Jaguar tried to cut it, but not completely, tried to descend quickly; the Squirrel cut, crushed the Little Sloth; the birds painted with the blood of the Possum, acquired their current color]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990b, No. 132:240-246; Yanomami: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990b, No. 131 [(Cocco 1972:221-224); the girls rejected the Naro opossum because of its stench; The bee and N. were at a festival in another village; N. rejected everything, the girl followed the Bee; when she came, N. was the first to see her, but she rejected him, came to the Bee; N. prepared witchcraft grass, shot grass at the Bee with a wind gun; when he returned home, he died; N. went and shot guaricongo, but he woke up, said at home that N. had also killed Meda; N. ran away, began to turn into a possum; they sent for him Watch out for the boys, they became birds; N. hides in a tree, the Ant climbs after him, then turns into an ant; everyone cut down the tree, broke off their axes, so these birds have short beaks; finally they cut the trunk, but the tree hangs on the vine; Little Sloth cut it, fell down, N. crashed; birds and animals painted with blood, brain, possum crap, regained their current color, became birds and animals], 133 [(Lizot MS); Opossum was in a neighboring village, left a love remedy there, two girls followed him, he met one on the road; came back, met the second, her name was Honey; both came to his house; his mother Smelly Mushroom cut the meat off her thighs, gave them tapir under the guise of meat; the sisters left the Possum for Honey; the Opossum made a witchcraft from rodent and vegetable hair fibers, sent him to Meda; also to the Lizard, but he survived, said that the Opossum only pretended to be grieving, he was the murderer; the Opossum disappeared, the Woodpecker saw him in the recess on the rock; Earthworm they sent to cover the Opossum with a stone; people began to cut the rock; many axes (= beaks) broke; the rock began to fall, but it was held by a vine; the Sloth cut it, the Opossum was crushed; the birds and animals colored it blood, excrement, brain, turn into hekura spirits; Smelly Mushroom became a mushroom; ash from burned Honey became bees], 134 [(Lizot MS); two girls came to marry a handsome man, entered the house; sat down to the right of the entrance where Opossum and his mother Stinky Mushroom lived; Opossum returned from his happiness (pretending to be working), dressed up, cut off a piece of meat from his thigh, gave the girls tapir under the guise of meat; they saw Meda, passed to him; at night, the Opossum hears their laughter; does a witchcraft, tries on the Lizard, he survived; Honey is sick, died; Opossum lies as if his "younger brother" bequeathed wives to him; The Lizard tells the truth, the Opossum is running, the Woodpecker sees him on the rock; the Earthworm climbed in, covered the recess where the Opossum took refuge with a stove; the birds began to cut the rock, the axes (i.e. beaks) were dull, bent; the rock began to fall, hung on the vine; the Sloth cut it, the Opossum crashed, the birds and the sloth painted his blood, brain, and became hekura spirits]: 235-239, 247-256, 257-262; (cf. Polykrates 1967 [two girls come to the hammock of the hard-working and fragrant Nianonamauró, around which stoves and honey {hereinafter referred to as Honey} at night, and his smelly brother Naroríwe (Opossum) is alone; while Honey At the site, Opossum brought the girl tapir meat, but they drove him away; then Opossum witchcraft sent the tree cut down on the site to fall on Honey; his body was burned, the ash was drunk with banana chicha; Two reeds of the species that bees love grew at the site of the burning; there was honey and a pleasant smell; people accused the Possum of Honey's death; he fled at night, but the ants showed where his trail was; Opossum climbed onto rock; people sent the Frog to find out how to kill him; she said that the Possum hid in a hole; then they decided to knock down the rock; the Woodpecker, then the Toucan was cut down, their beaks were broken; finally the mountain collapsed, everything was painted themselves with the blood of Possum]: 287-289); the Yanomam [(Albert MS); two dove sisters reject the smelly Possum, want to marry Med; their brother tells them that Meda's house will have mako feathers; Opossum wears Honey's jewelry, throws mako feathers around himself; Honey works on the site, Opossum only pretends to cut trees; girls see mako feathers, hang hammocks in the Opossum section; he cuts off a piece of meat from the thigh, gives them tapir under the guise of meat; Honey demands its mako feathers back, Opossum has to hang motmot feathers; Honey takes his wives; Opossum burns his hair from his armpits, makes it out of it a witchcraft that kills Honey in his hammock, the girls also died; Opossum fled, hid in a hollow in a tree; two Ants got up, crushed him with a stone; bird people cut down the tree, the axes were dull , but it did fall; birds and animals were colored with blood, bile, and the brain of the Possum]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990, No. 130:229-234.

Guiana. Warrau: Wilbert 1970, No. 162 [the two sisters always made kashiri for their brother, but the drink remained tasteless; walking through the woods, the brother wished out loud a woman who would make a delicious drink, like honey; steps behind her back are "I'm Kohora" (honey bee); he brought her home, she chatted her little finger in the water - the drink is ready; the man is tired of drinking sweets, he quarreled with his wife; she ran away, now it is difficult to prepare a honey drink)], 163 [Roth 1915, No. 131:199-201; a hunter with two sons and a daughter went to the forest; the daughter was month-old, stayed in the forest; a young man "from the bee tribe" came to her; asked her father to marry her; he brought much more game from hunting than all of them together, a small package, but very heavy; the woman has two sisters at home, they also want to become the Bee's wives (and they have the right to do so); but he refused; warned him that he could not stand water, washed himself with honey; his wife's sisters splashed water on him, he screamed that he was burning, flew away like a bee; his son became a tree frog by this woman]: 347-348, 348-350; makushi [while hunting at a watering hole, a man met a girl, brought her home to his mother; she gave her an ear to make kashiri; she did it, but did not use the cob; left; the next day the young man I met her again at the watering hole; she took her to her place, it turned out that it was not a house, but a nest of bees]: Soares Diniz 1971:100.

Western Amazon. Napo [a man married a female bee; she has an only child; her daughter-in-law asked her mother-in-law not to touch the vessel; she opened it and died; her daughter-in-law found her dead and ran away]: Mercier 1979:100.