F62. Incognito at dancing .19.21.23.48.53.55.59.60.62.

(Allegedly) a sick (weak, ugly) character is left alone or alone when others go dancing; he (she) follows in the guise of a handsome or beautiful man; (the person who came) does not recognize him (her) sooner, he (her) is interested in him (her).

Melanesia. Keva: LeRoy 1985, No. 65 [Nemera meets two ugly snotty girls; she hardly believes that the rich garden and the house belong to them; she meets two beauties at the dance and wants to take them both; they suddenly leave; N. asks little man Moylom to follow the girls; he sees them take off their skin, become beautiful; throws their skin into the river; N. comes and lies down with both, in between; the rainbow now has red on both edges (the paint on the girls' bodies) and the color is dark in the middle (N.); we could take off the skin and rejuvenate if those girls' skin weren't thrown into the river], 67 [the widower cuts off his little finger and index finger, buries them on the site; finds two baby girls in this place; they grow up, he marries them, calls Egalinyu and Malanyu (according to named fingers); goes to dance, he is in the front row; both wives put on jewelry, follow him, dance with him, he does not recognize them, although people shout that E. and M. have come; when they return home, they sit back in ash; one day a husband notices paint on the body of one of his wives; kills them with arrows, wives turn into partridges; he breaks his bow in half, sticks it in his ass, turns into a parrot]: 198-200, 204-206; cotton wool [as long as everyone in the plots, the person covered with boils remains in the village; he transfers boils to the leaves of the breadtree, they turn into people, dance; people hear the sound of drums and horns; when they come, the rest puts their boils on his skin again; after the third time, one person spied; the men entered the village, the boils remained human, their owner's skin remained clean]: Fischer 1963, No. 37: 184-185; Kira [the man has two wives and a mother-in-law; his skin is covered in scab, but in fact he has another one; before the holiday, he tells his wives to bring betel and pepper; the wives have gone to the party and the husband wore beautiful skin and came there too; did not pay attention to the wives, and they noticed a handsome man; surprised that the betel looked like the one they gave to her husband; mother-in-law saw him change his skin; when the wives returned, told them; the husband was furious; told the wives to prepare a sago and let his mother-in-law bring it to him; killed her with an arrow; told the wives to carry the body; water began to pour out of it, the sea formed; local masalai (spirits) Dissatisfied with the noise, so the man told me to take the body to another place; the water poured out there; reeds are growing there now]: Slone 2009:92-94; Admiralty Islands (Papitalai) [Saurang and his father are ripe almonds; turtles flew in to peck at him; his father told S. to kill them, who knocked them down with two stones; one was eaten, the other was alive, she was left in the house; S. went to dance on Fr. Yap; Gorlinka turned into a girl, danced there with S., he fell in love with her; Gorlinka cooked food at home, became a bird again; the next day S. postered the girl in the garden; refused to name her sister, took as a wife; once she didn't give him a bethel, he called her a rootless dove, an almond thief; she cried, said she'd better be eaten like another dove]: Meier 1908, No. 6:203-206.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. The Mongolian version of Twenty-Five Tales of the Vetal [in search of the missing buffalo, the older sister enters the door in the rock; there the bird asks to be his wife, she refuses; the same middle sister; younger I agree; at the festival every evening she meets an unknown young man; the woman says that this is the bird husband, advises him to return home early, burn his shell; the husband says that now his demons are they will grab if the wife is unable to hit him with a stick while sitting in the doorway for seven days in a row; the wife falls asleep on the seventh day, the demons take her husband away; the wife finds him, he carries water, must wear out many pairs of boots; make a stuffed bird, returns to it, reunites with his wife]: Vladimirtsov 1958:58-61; Tibetans ("ghost stories") [the shepherd's eldest daughter hides from the rain in a cave, while cattle disappears; the white bird behind the golden and silver door promises to return the cattle in exchange for marrying her; the girl refuses; the same middle sister; the youngest agrees; at the party, a handsome man is next to her; a witch explains that this is the bird husband, tells me to burn the birdskin; the wife must drive away demons for seven days, at the end of the seventh day, demons take her husband, he must tear down his shoes; the wife makes a new feather clothes, husband comes back]: MacDonald 1931:308-310; Bhutan [an old man and an old woman decided to slaughter a goat but don't know how to do it; the old man began to pull the horns, the old woman by the tail; the tail came off; the old man eats meat in different forms, and gave the old woman bones only once; the goat tail she put on the shelf laughs at her; she wants to bake it, but he promises to be useful to her; came to the mill; there the girl poured the ground wheat into the bag; the tail grabbed the bag, it could not be lifted; she went to call for help lift the bag, the tail took it away and brought it to the old woman; then killed the bull in the royal pasture, brought it old woman, and his tail stuck in the quagmire as if the bull had drowned; the king's men began to pull his tail, and the tail boy (he is immensely strong) pulled him deeper into the swamp; everyone thought that the bull was gone; the king has a treasure; who he will be able to steal it, to which he will give his daughter and half the kingdom; the tail waited until everyone fell asleep; fed the dogs with meat; took the dogs to the barn, the cows to the kennel; the horses to the sheepfold, the sheep to the stable; smeared the stairs with slimy juice; tied stones to the fringes of the guards' capes, put leather bags over their heads; taking the treasure away, shouted that it had been stolen; a terrible stir; his wife got a tail; she goes to a party where sees a handsome man; on the third evening she remained on guard; the tail lost the appearance of his tail, became a beautiful young man; the wife threw the skin into the fire; the husband: was a little hasty; ordered to scatter ash everywhere; appeared cattle, farm; but that is, prematurely, all with a slight defect; garments have a torn seam or no collar; another rooster is without a scallop, and some animals have no tail]: Choden 1994:109-114.

South Asia. Oraons [the old woman finds a crab in the pumpkin, considers it her son, takes him a wife; the crab disgusted, she goes dancing; the Crab tells the tree to bend down, takes out its human image from there, puts it crab instead; at dancing, Crab's wife falls in love with an unfamiliar young man, gives him her jewelry; at home Crab shows them to her in the form of a crab; next time she watches the Crab, asks the tree to bend down , burns crab shell; Crab boy does not find his wife dancing, finds her at home; they live happily]: Elwin 1944, No. 1:134-135; Santals [husband has a growth on his forehead; wife goes dancing alone, not wants to take her husband; he dresses as a different person, plays the role of a drummer at the dance; the wife does not recognize her husband, she likes this man even though she sees his growth; the husband returns home before his wife; When she returns, the wife says that other people also have growths on their foreheads and no longer dislikes her husband]: Bodding 1927, No. 37:95-101.

Plains. Teton (Brule) [Coyote decides that his wife is old, negotiates with a young girl; the wife gives the girl jewelry, she agrees to exchange clothes and a place in a tipi with her; Coyote all night makes love without recognizing his wife; comes home in the morning, his wife hits him; he runs away, then comes back, says his wife is good]: Erdoes, Ortiz 1984:372-374.

California. Karok: Kroeber, Gifford 1980, No. C1 [boys and girls attend holidays across the sea; despise an ugly and sick girl who stays at home; a beautiful woman dances better overseas everyone; she is that girl; the hero marries her, they go overseas forever; other girls mourn for the lost fiancé], III15 [Frog husband goes to dance alone with girls; his wife dresses more elegant, comes after him; The frog does not recognize her, dances with her; after several meetings, the truth opens; the frog beats his wife; now the frogs are flat]: 29-32, 227-228; screw: Demetracopoulou, Dubois 1932, No. 40 [as in DubOis, Demetracopoulou], 41 [The Coyote lies to his wife as if he goes hunting; he goes to dance himself, sleeps with girls; The toad comes to dance in the guise of a girl; the Coyote sleeps with her, recognizes his wife]: 471-472; Dubois, Demetracopoulou 1931, No. 57 [The toad is the wife of the Coyote; at the dance, the Coyote meets a beautiful girl, sleeps with her; when he wakes up, sees his Toad next to her; hits her]: 383; nomlaki [Coyote's people come to the owners of the fire; Coyote himself breaks his leg; only the prickly manzanita replies that he will cut the abscess; the Coyote jumps on it, loses consciousness in pain, but recovers; When dancing, his two wives, dancing with young men, find it difficult to recognize him; two female sisters (apparently not his former wives) fall in love with Coyote, take him to the dugout; those who come dance until the owners fall asleep; steal fire; Coyote asks to give it and carry it; carries it in his hands, hides in his ear, gets tired, drops, the world lights up; Coyote gets tired of carrying his wives, they burn; hill, rock, cave, water, cedar, pine they say that they will burn or heat, they will not be able to cover him; the fir hides at its top; when he comes down, he eats tadpoles, faints; Jay bites his eye; he wakes up, says that now his will be called "Bringing Fire to the World"]: Goldschmidt 1951:395-396; Maidu [like a screw]: Shipley 1963, No. 11 [repeat episode], 12:39-43; Yana: Sapir 1910, No. 7 [Coyote lives with his sister; pretends to be sick; the sister goes to the party; he appears there disguised as the chief; she sleeps with him; gives birth to little coyotes, throws them away], 12 [Coyote's wife Heron ate salmon and he ate the roots; she tells the salmon not to smell so that Coyote would not know what she was eating; pretending to be sick, and when Coyote left, she caught salmon; when Coyote fell asleep, she went to dance, leaving the acorns responsible for herself; Coyote came there, dressed as an old woman, a child was in her arms (actually his penis); told the Lizard that the child was "hers" and her husband was killed; asked the Lizard to put flint knives on his back, threw it up, cut the knives The lizard died; the Coyote put on his skin; sent his penis home to put poultices on both Heron's cheeks; when he entered the steam room, some guessed it was Coyote because he blinked; he explained that he had his throat hurts, tells me to dance; at this time his unfaithful wife Heron came; everyone began to scream that the best dancer, the wife of Coyote, was coming; Coyote smeared everything with tar and set fire; Duck and Goose escaped, who immediately rushed into the lake]: 103-104, 153-160; achomavi [Edechewe (Fisher) - elder, Yahtch (Laska) - younger brother; Y. disappears; E. asks Spiders to shoot at the sky; their two arrows pierce the sky, they attach a rope to them, E. climbs into the sky, gives the Month a rainbow as an ornament; for this he says that the Lizard kidnapped Y., keeps him bound over the fire, his people are dancing around, soon I. they will kill; Osprey, the wife of Coyote, goes to these dances; she pretends to hurt her teeth, supposedly spending the night outside; E. did not tell Y. to fry fat; he broke the ban, the Lizard sensed, became a Mouse, let himself be caught, became big, took me away; E. returned to earth, asked Coyote for help; he became an old woman, went to the place where the Lizard was collecting firewood, found out everything, killed him (he fell into the ground), gave his skin to E.; he appeared to dance, threw firewood like the Lizard did; they poured boiling water into his mouth; he blinked, the Teal woman suspects it was not a Lizard; he took off his brother, told everyone to dance, then sleep; together with Coyote they set fire to the house; Teal, Ducks, Geese, Osprey jumped out; E. tells everyone where and how to live (the origin of species); the rest burned down]: Merriam 1992:127-144.

Honduras-Panama. The mother goes to the party; her two fly-haired sons, when handsome, meet her there; she flirts with them. Guaimi: Margery Peña 1990 [two boys live with their mother Evia; she goes to the holidays, leaves her children in ash at the hearth; one day she meets two handsome men there, one in gold clothes, another in white (silver); tries to get their attention, they don't answer; someone says they're her sons, she doesn't believe; same on the second holiday; watches sons for the fourth time, comes back before them; when sons return as beautiful men, both they and the mother pretend that nothing has happened; before drinking white and red cocoa, they go swimming in the river, tell their mother not open the vessel; she removed the lid; there is a little girl (red cocoa) and a boy (white) boiling in butter; butter burned her eyes; sons come back, drink cocoa; they throw their mother east, west, south, she every time she comes back; thrown into the depths of the earth; her parrot is killed and followed; when she tries to escape, an earthquake occurs; she wants to get out to see if the fruits are ripe (these are people) ); Sun in golden robes, Month in silver themselves watch the seeds of the earth (=people) one day and another at night]: 25-27; Séptimo, Joly 1986 [two little boys live with their mother Evia; they they always sit in ash by the hearth; their mother goes to holidays, sings well; one day she meets two handsome men there, one in a gold robe with a gold rod, the other in white (silver) with a silver rod; puts on their best clothes and jewelry, trying in every possible way to attract their attention, they do not respond; some say they are her sons, she does not believe them; they try in vain to follow them after the holiday is over, at home she finds her sons sitting in ash; the same at a festival elsewhere; at the third time; for the fourth time she pretended to go to the party, hid by the road; those two men pass by; at home, a woman does not I found the children; while I was waiting, I began to draw different shapes and lines with my fingers and NGOs - now they are rock carvings; when they return as beautiful men, both they and the mother pretend that nothing didn't happen; they make white and red cocoa; before drinking it, they go swimming in the river, tell their mother not to open the vessel; she took off the lid; there's a little girl (red cocoa) boiling in butter and boy (white), as if fried raw; butter burned her eyes; sons come back, drink cocoa; silver feels a little sorry for her, gold doesn't; they throw their mother east, west, south, she every time comes back; thrown into the depths of the earth; her parrot is killed and followed; when she tries to escape, an earthquake occurs; she wants to get out to see if the fruits (these are humans) are ripe; {p. 20- 21 missed, p. 22 discusses the meaning of the myth; it is obvious that the golden son became the Sun, the silver son became the Month}]: 11-22; bokota [the woman's two sons (the Sun and the Month) are covered with ulcers; she goes to dance, sees handsome men, does not know that they are her sons; returns before them, glad when they appear in all its splendor; The sun tells her grandmother to tell her mother to open the vessel, in who brews cocoa; mother opens, from there hot coals, it turns dark, the world lights up; The sun sends animals and birds to the Thunders to bring water to extinguish the fire; The toad went, did not bring it; Vulture, Hummingbirds say they did not find rain (they did not look: one ate carrion, the other sucked tobacco juice); The swallow gets water, the Thunder tells me not to look back; she looked around, frightened, huddled into a hole under a stone; when I went out, everything around was wet after the rain; the Toad kept the fire in its mouth, otherwise everything would go out; the Sun (and the Month) rise to the sky, the Sun takes care of men, Month for Women]: Margery Peña 1990:37-38 ( =1994a, No. 4:66-71).

The Northern Andes. Amber: Chaves 1945, No. 7 (chami) [Karagabi (supreme deity) was invited to the party, but he did not go because he was covered with ulcers; his wife went, he told her not to drink much, her name is Baracoco (owl); at dawn, K. took off his ulcer clothes, came to the party; his wife did not recognize him, got together with him, he scratched her stomach; asked at home where the scratches came from, she said that she had made her way through the blackberries; K. turns it into an owl; her brother is an ugly bird obitétede, took possession of his wife, so people converge with their relatives (cuñadas); after that K. called all the people, told him to scream; the leader was Jaguar, roared became a jaguar; almost everyone turned into different animals; left only good people, then killed them by rain and flood; one couple escaped in a boat, from which today's Indians]: 153-154; Isacsson 1993:297-298; Pinto García 1978:177-178; Torres de Arauz 1963:30-31; Wassen 1933, No. 4 [The Month had a wife and that daughter from another man; The month is always covered with ulcers, the wife began to go on holidays alone; the stepdaughter took his shirt from the Month, all the tongues remained on it and then disappeared in the sun; the month, dressed as a handsome man, came to the party; his wife did not recognize him, scratched his stomach as a sign that wants him; at home he put his foot in her mouth, turning him into an owl; next to the Month in the Sky, the star is his stepdaughter]: 110-111.

Guiana. Oyana: Magaña 1987, No. 16 [everyone goes to dance, left in the village covered with ulcers; the monkey gives him a drink made from genipa, the ulcers disappear, his body is covered with drawings; at the dance the wife does not recognize him; the monkey sits down with him and his son in a mortar, causes a flood; they wait for him in a tree, then descend on a rope of wakalimë bird excrement; there is no fire, they cook fish in the sun; An old toad steals fish, owns fire, keeps it in its ass; an owl steals a coal, it goes out; the bird says that the Jaguar killed them (who?) mother; they invite the Jaguars to dance, knock down the roof of the house on them; one escapes], 42 [Kuyuli asks people to move away, knocks down trees on the site with one blow; only one has moved away, the others are crushed; K . revives them, but others do not know it, they push him to death in a mortar; later he is seen alive in the river; the woman wants to grab him, she is dragged into the water herself; together with the woman K. returns to the village; his body in ulcers, his wife goes dancing; K. sends his friend Sick for a genip, heals ulcers, comes to dance handsome, his wife does not know him, dances with him all night; after dancing, he stomps his foot, the ground water floods; K. and his son escape first in a mortar, then in a tree; K. sends four species of birds to explore the surroundings; two of them receive fruit from humans; throw it into the water, the flood ends; The survivors The toad steals the fish from the top; K. sends two birds in turn to guard, one finds the thief; K. comes to the old toad, finds out that she keeps the fire with her anus; K. sends two birds, but they fail steal the fire; sends the jaguar to drive it away, steals the fire himself, but the Toad is happy that he loses it; K. himself turns into fire, prepares manioc cakes from the pus of the abscesses that he has on his body; Sica refuses to eat it; K. asks him to bury himself; this is where a vegetable garden with all cultivated plants appears]: 37, 42.

Ecuador. Colorado [people go to a party; a mother tells her son to take a woman who will come from another country after her death; every evening, a supposedly sick mother gets up quietly and goes dancing; talks to with an accent; only the son does not understand who he is dancing with; following the beauty, he discovers the truth; the son and mother turn into two different birds]: Aguavil, Aguavil 1985:120-124.

NW Amazon. Uitoto [the wife of the sick chief goes to the dance; he changes her skin, comes to the party handsome; his wife does not recognize him at first; suspects the truth, runs home, throws his skin into the fire; he turns his wife into a butterfly, goes to the ancestral world]: Preuss 1921, No. 20:110-111.