Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

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F28C. A bear penis in an old woman's hands. 43.44.46.73.

A woman masturbates with the penis of a large animal that one of the men killed while hunting.

The coast is the Plateau. The old woman refuses to carry any parts of the body of an elk or bear killed by her grandson because they are heavy for her; takes a penis; stops masturbating along the way. Lillouette [she eats the elk's bone marrow, the bone gets stuck in her throat; she asks her grandson for water; he deliberately spills water three times; reports for the fourth time when the grandmother is dead; she turns in a blue jay]: Teit 1912b, No. 20:324; upper chehalis [see K8B motif; Little Wren kills an elk; his grandmother refuses to carry various pieces of meat, saying her genitals will become call chest, leg, etc., respectively; takes the penis, masturbates with it]: Adamson 1934:33-36 [Wren discovers that the grandmother is secretly eating their fat reserves; the grandmother goes down Current; Raven and others dress her up as a young girl, send her to Wren; he discovers deception when the grandmother laughs and sees that she has no teeth], 36-38 [Wren copulates with his grandmother; cf. F55 motive]; Cowlitz: Adamson 1934:185-188 Adamson 1934:185-188 [Wren lives with his grandmother, flies into the ass of an elk, kills it from the inside; the grandmother rejects different parts of the carcass, wants genitals; Wren explains that meat is for food, not sex; Wren says he is hungry; rejects meat and berries; rejoices when the grandmother offers him her ass; digs a hole, the grandmother lies in it, he makes love to her; hears two talking, one says that someone copulates with Wren's grandmother; Wren fights with the offender (this is a bird), the grandmother accidentally pushes not the offender into the fire, and Wren; he glues his bones four times with resin, each time he melts in the sun; turns into a wren; the grandmother turns into a blue bird (Bluebird), sings to the rain], 220-221 [The raccoon takes five with him sharp stones; when the Grizzly swallows it, cuts it from the inside; his grandmother Snowbird takes a penis, masturbates it; the raccoon burns it in the bath; eats grizzly meat, one piece soft; it turns out to be the genitals grandmas, Raccoon's teeth have fallen out]: Adamson 1934:185-188; upper colitz [The raccoon eats his grandmother's acorns alone, she hits him; the Grizzly swallows him, he cuts off his heart with flint, goes out through his anus; the grandmother refuses to carry any parts of the carcass except the penis; masturbates with it in the steam room; the raccoon hits her]: Jacobs 1934, No. 2:179-183; yakima [The raccoon eats all supplies of acorns, the grandmother beats him to death; he comes to life, teases the Bear, he swallows him, he cuts his heart from the inside (the episode repeats, four times the Bear releases the Raccoon through the ass, dies on the fifth); the grandmother agrees to carry only the bear's ass; The raccoon catches her, kills her with a club (for taking the best meat, but apparently the informant was embarrassed to give details)]: Hines 1992, No. 52:173-178; lower chinook [little grandson hunts mice and chipmunks; wondering how to get inside an elk (through the mouth, ears, nostrils?) ; climbs into the anus, cuts her elk's stomach, kills; grandma refuses to carry any part of her body but her ass; masturbates with her moose penis on the way home; he sent her to get water, she wrote in all the baskets, said that it was water from the river; while the meat was cooking, it made holes in all the spoons and bowls; the grandson poured broth on it, wrapped it in leather, threw it into the river; Malinovka and Blue Jay caught the parcel, found their aunt there, revived it her; two war boats went to fight with her grandson; he flew out of the house set on fire, escaped]: Boas 1894a, No. 8:119-122; clackamas [the old woman refuses to carry any parts of the body killed by her grandson Moose wren; takes a penis; masturbates in a steam room; offers himself to Wren as a wife, copulates with him; he asks people in a boat passing by what's new; Wren copulates with grandmother; throws her grandmother into the river; two Jays call a shaman to revive her; she turns into a beauty, marries Wren; smiles with her toothless mouth open; he recognizes her, throws her into the river again; Blue Jay can't revive her anymore]: Jacobs 1958, No. 25:202-207; tillamook [Wild Woman; penis gets hard whenever she drops it into the water while crossing the river; wren grandson cooks the penis along with other meat; the broth is bitter; he pours it on his grandmother, throws it into the river; the grandmother swims down the river with the soup; marries the Crane]: Jacobs, Jacobs 1959, No. 16:62-63; cous [grandson turns his grandmother into a pheasant]: Jacobs 1940, No. 24:173-174; upper coquil [Wren lives with his grandmother; tells Losya he can kill him by getting into his ear; Moose replies that it is easy for him shakes out; so different parts of the body are finally in the ass; The elk cannot defecate all the time, the wren climbs into it, hurts the heart, gets out of the ass back; cuts the carcass; the grandmother refuses to carry home any pieces, agrees to carry a penis; masturbates with it all day; they make a blanket out of an elk skin; grandmother hears her grandson dreaming out loud of lying under him with his wife; puts a piece of wood instead of herself, comes disguised as a young woman, sleeps with her grandson; he finds a piece of wood on his grandmother's bed in the morning, understands the deception; asks people who sail by in boats what's new; the latter say that alone here in the upper reaches slept with his grandmother; grandmother was Pheasant]: Jacobs 2007:252-255; alsea [five wolf brothers decide to invite people from different tribes (i.e. animals of different species) to dance to then kill and eat them; they especially ask the guests to wear the best jewelry; first an old shell man dances, then a grizzly, then a moose chief, whose costume and dance everyone likes very much; by morning the wolves fell asleep; the guests dug an underground passage, let the children go through it, and then the others; the elk leader was the last to leave; only an old vulture woman with the wolves; the wolves who woke up chased, became shoot at the moose; sent a crow to see if they shot the elk; if so, let the raven turn off its elk's eyes and show where the carcass is; the wolves cut the carcass, carried the meat; the old vulture woman refused to carry any other part of the carcass except the back {where is the penis; immodest moments in the text are replaced by ellipses, but the context is clear}; fell behind along the way; they went looking for her and saw what she was doing; older wolf: Now we'll be wolves, not ice, and we're going to hunt moose]: Frachtenberg 1920, No. 26:235-237.

The Midwest. Menominee [see motive F34; Mänäbus lives with her grandmother; she refuses to carry any parts of the body of her bear lover he killed; says her head bites her, scratches her paw; takes the back part; stops masturbating with his penis on the way; M. comes back, kills his grandmother, throws her to the moon]: Skinner, Satterlee 1915, No. 4:252-253.

Plains. Omaha, ponka [A rabbit kills a bear, asks his grandmother to help carry meat; she refuses to carry her hips, ribs, head (heavy, sharp bones, etc.); takes a penis, masturbates with it; at home The rabbit asks where she has been for so long; throws bear blood between her legs (the origin of menstruation); tells her to cook and eat separately outside the home]: Dorsey 1890:22; iowa [The hare calls his grandmother cut the carcass of the bear he killed; she refuses to carry home any part but the back; masturbates with a bear penis on the way; the hare tells her to cook this part first]: Skinner 1925, No. 37:497.

Southern Brazil. Ofaye [a woman has a tapir lover; her husband kills him; a woman's brother cuts a carcass, she takes a penis; keeps it in a basket, masturbates with it; women call her to swim, men set fire to her house ; she is dying of grief that her penis is gone]: Ribeiro 1952:133-135.