Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue translated by Jon F White

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

F20A. People and dogs. (.25.26.72.)

At first, people copulated like dogs do now, but then they switched with them.

Bunun, fox, toba.

Taiwan - Philippines. Bunun [the man came from a rotten calebasa and the woman from a clay vessel; therefore, the man is lighter and more energetic; the first woman gave birth to children without a man's participation, but her descendants felt sexual attraction; the girl took the guy to the forest for firewood and bent down; when he saw the vulva, he understood what to do; but during the day people were so tired that by evening they were no longer able to take it pohoo; dogs copulated face to face; agreed to switch people]: Coyaud 2012, No. 50:109-110.

China - Korea. Fox: Dessaint, Ngwâma 1994 [when people copulated, they couldn't separate for three days; Vusa told dogs to switch genitals with humans because dogs don't work and don't it's scary if they can't separate for a long time after copulation]: 162; Durrenberger 1977 [Previously, when people copulated, they couldn't separate for a long time; they asked God to change their situation; he told dogs change genitals with people, because dogs do not work, and it's okay if they can't separate for a long time after copulation]: 61.

Chaco. Toba: Wilbert, Simoneau 1989a, No. 104 [human coitus lasted a long time but fast in dogs; Hawk decided it should be the other way around], 105 [human coitus lasted long like dogs; Hawk first copulated, his vagina bit off his penis, a stump remained; another man first threw a stone into his vagina and knocked out his teeth; one soft tooth remained - the clitoris; men copulated freely], 106 [first men menstruated; Dapitchí transfers periods to women; at first, copulating clutched for a long time like dogs; D. said let it be faster than humans]: 161, 161-162, 163, 506-508.