F49B. They don't know how to give birth in a faraway country. (.19.20.24.40.41.43.44.48.55.59.)

The hero comes to some people whose women don't know how to give birth. See motive F49.

Melanesia. Upper Arapesh; Fr. Tami.

Micronesia-Polynesia. Palau, Faraulip, Puluwat, Truk, Nauru; Yap; Ngatik (Eastern Carolina); Marshall Islands (Ailinlapalap); Tuvalu (Waitupu); Maori; Cook Islands (Rarotonga) [in the lower world]; Rotuma [in the spirit world]; Marquises.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Temuan (mantra); atoni; dongo (Sumbawa); central Flores; varope.

The Arctic. Kodiak; central yupik; Bering Strait inupiate; Northern Alaska inupiate (nunamiut); copper; netsilic; igloolik (hall. Fox); polar.

Subarctic. Kuchin; upper tanana.

The coast is the Plateau. Quarry; chilcotin; shuswap; lillouette; thompson; clamath.

The Midwest. Fox.

California. Yurok.

The Northern Andes. Guajiro [in the lower world].

Guiana. Lokono [dwarfs in the lower world].