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

F28a1. Jumping penis .12.17.23. (.26.35.)

A living penis is a dangerous creature that attacks humans.

Mofu-gudur, Socotra, baiga, bharia, gondas, koya, kuruba, (fox, keti).

West Africa. Mofu-gudur [when she dies, her husband tells his wife to cut off his penis; she keeps her penis in calebas when she goes to the savannah (sex is forbidden there), opens the calebas, the penis jumps into her vagina, satisfies her; one day a woman leaves with her daughter, remembers that she forgot her penis, sends her daughter to bring calebas; she opens it, the penis jumps into her vagina; the girl hits him with a stone, kills him; the woman brings the penis to the blacksmith , asks to revive; he can't, he roasts, eats his penis, he thinks it tastes better than any other meat; the blacksmith eats all the flesh from his own body, turns into a skeleton; asks his daughter to go fetch water, eats her child; when her daughter returns, tells her to turn her back, he will put the baby on her back, cuts off her buttocks himself; the woman runs away, the blacksmith after her falls, turns to ash; women make her salt, when they want to pour water on top, the blacksmith says it's him, Zeroumba, women throw salt away, it turns into a stick; the old man picks it up to lean, the stick screams not to press her back; the old man leaves her, she turns into a female cache-sexe, the woman picks it up, puts it on, he says he feels bad, the woman throws it away, he turns into various objects, finally into a baby, the woman puts it on her back, he digs his nails into it, drinks blood, does not get off; the husband asks the black ant, who advises slaughtering the chicken, saying that there is no fire, sending the baby to go for fire; the baby does not react; the red ant advises slaughtering the ram; when he hears that there is no fire, the baby gets off to get the fire; the husband and wife run away, climb a tree, the baby comes and promises to kill them; The squirrel says it's just a skeleton, promises to help if it is given a bull; he breaks the skeleton into pieces with a club, gets a bull]: Sorin-Barreteau 2001, No. 15:106-111.

Western Asia. Socotra [palm grove owner meets Diheko's "angel"; he asks what he grows, the owner replies that mangroves (i.e. something useless); D. turns palm trees into mangroves; D. comes again and advises you to make wooden phalluses out of mangra branches, sell it to rich women; one girl buys such a phallus for a lot of money; to activate it, I must say bismilla, and to stop, 'ud billa; for a few days the girl satisfies herself; then the phallus hears other people talking bismilla on various occasions; he attacks family members girls (both men and women), then on passers-by and finally at the imam]: Naumkin, Kogan 2013, No. 32:190-191.

South Asia. Baiga [when asked by a brahmana about cucumbers, the owner of the garden replied that he grew penises; found a penis named Chanduwa in the garden, sold it to a woman in the bazaar; she placed it under the roof, summoned as needed; her little daughter peeked, called, he jumped into her vagina, she started screaming, her mother ran, sent her penis to the place; a man led an ox named Chanduva, called him, his penis jumped In his ass; when the woman got married, the husband found the penis and burned it]: Elwin 1949, No. 34:392-393; bharia [the young man suffered from impotence; when he came from fishing, he showed his wife, said it was fish; she pulled it, threw it into the fire; the husband died, the penis jumped into his wife's mouth, pierced it through, came out of the vagina, she died; the same happened to her mother; the boy caught it, tied it up, hid it in his pocket]: Elwin 1949, No. 35:393; gondas [in the woods, a man asked the girl to stand naked by a tree; ran away to stick his erected penis into her, but she dodged, his penis broke; drops of sperm falling on a stone man gave two men passing by; they began to copulate with the girl, but the broken penis pierced one's ass, then the other; they ran away; the first man tied his root, chased the girl; she jumped into the ogre's mouth, went out through his ass; the man's root penis was stuck in the ogre's throat, the cannibal swallowed the man]: Elwin 1949, No. 36:393-394; coya [Gour herding cows, saw a girl in a lotus, took her home, raised her; a man named Sonia fell in love with her, made a hole in the wall at night and inserted his penis into the girl through it; she took a sword and cut it off; the penis grew wings and flew to Deur; he hid it and told the girl to wait: now he will let him go and she can kill him; when a girl throws her sword at him, we see lightning - the shine of the sword]: Elwin 1954, No. V. 7:69; kuruba [ the laundress woman was constantly eager, the men could not satisfy her; when she saw donkeys copulating, she asked the shoemaker to make her a leather penis modeled on a donkey; ordered it for him chest; the shoemaker made it so that if you say "Pfui", the penis pierces a woman's vagina or a man's ass and starts working; and when the woman yells, "Let it go!" , the penis returned to the chest; one day thieves climbed into her; when he opened the chest and saw the penis, the first thief said "Pfui", the penis jumped in his ass; then with another thief; the king called the thieves accountable for the theft the woman's property; when he saw the penis, he also said "Pfui"; then rani and all the courtiers; sent for the woman, she commanded her penis "Let it go!" ; the king married her and gave the couple a quarter of his land and property]: Kapp 1982:266-270.

(Wed. China - Korea. The fox [had wild penises that lived on their own; two girls were walking, the penis climbed into the younger one's vagina; she was frightened; her sister took it out, put it in herself and was satisfied; hid it in the house using software as needed; one day the father found it, chopped it to pieces, threw it into the river; the daughter cried; found a small piece, put it in herself; this is how the clitoris appeared]: Dessaint, Ngw√¢ma 1994:163-164).

(Wed. Western Siberia. Kets [only women used to live, there were no men at all. Phalluses grew in great abundance in the forest, where women went as needed. One woman was tired of going to the forest; she pulled out the phallus and brought it to her plague... It so happened that the phallus was stuck; neither the woman herself nor her neighbors could pull it out, and everyone began to cry. Then Yes sent a man (who did not have a phallus at the time), and he easily pulled out his phallus. Overjoyed women began to treat the man. One gave him wine - he took it; the other was serving something, and both his hands were full; then he put his phallus between his legs and began to treat himself. After eating and about to leave, the man picked up the phallus, but it turned out that he had grown up. The women were even more happy and kept the man at home. And the phalluses in the forest have died and become mushrooms; Russians eat them]: Anuchin 1914:9).