Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

G27. Urine crop. .52.55.56.61. (.62.)

Cultivated plants appear with urine or at the place where the hero urinated.

Mesoamerica Micah: Lipp 1991 [twin orphans, brother and sister, spent the night in the barn; the monster took them to the forest; many people were already there, some died, some were still alive; the twins saw a monster sleeping in a tree; my sister did not hit, my brother killed him with arrows, it fell down the mountain with a crash; I can't go down; my brother tells my sister to write, say, I pee vines; She says, I pee bananas, mum, all the fruit trees ; brother wrote, vines have grown; twins tell people not to eat fruit until they, the twins, go down; those who did not eat performed the first rituals with the twins; the twins who ate were turned into coati, bakers, raccoons and other animals that damage crops; the twins told Toad to throw the ashes of the burnt monster into the river; on the bank, the Toad opened the bag, mosquitoes and other biting insects flew; along the banks There are especially many reservoirs; the Toad was punished, now his body is covered with warts]: 75-76; Miller 1956, No. 3 [the girl refused the young man; he turned into a bird, the girl hit it, hid it on her chest, became pregnant; out of her parents' anger, went to the forest; The squirrel asked her to swing on the vine, cut the vine, the girl crashed; the Vulture found a boy and a girl in her womb; the boy tells him not to eat anymore people; brother and sister came to the mother's parents; while the grandmother was gone, they killed their grandfather, stuffed the scarecrow with insects; the grandmother fed him meat; she hit his grandfather, the insects flew out; the grandmother stalks the twins, Agouti hid them in her mouth; they threw hot stones into the snake's mouth; the beast carried them to the rock, they killed him with arrows; the brother tells her sister to write vines; she says she pees bananas; the brother pees himself vines; turned people who ate bananas into forest animals; burned the beast, let the Toad throw ash into the sea; he discovered, mosquitoes flew out, for which he was turned into a toad; the appearance of the Sun and Moon as in No. 4], 4 [Maria spinning, the bird sits on a spinning wheel, she hit it, put it under her shirt, the bird pecked her in the chest, flew away; M. became pregnant; the squirrel invited her to swing on the vine, cut the vine, M. crashed; The vulture took a boy and a girl out of her womb; the boy buried her mother, told Vulture to eat the corpses of animals, not humans; the twins came to her mother's parents; taking out the lice from her grandfather, they killed him, a scarecrow they stuffed her with insects, the testicles were allowed to cook and eat; the grandmother hit the scarecrow, the insects bit her; the sister wrote, the road was wet, the stalker grandmother was sliding; Aguti hid the twins at home in his mouth; the old man sheltered them, a serpent comes at night, pancakes threw hot stones into his mouth; then in No. 3 (Lorenzo opened a bag of ash, turned into a toad); people are going to choose the Sun, they tell his brother that he is weak; he turns into the Sun, tells the old man to dig a well; while it is low above the ground, it is hot, only the old man has water in the well; tells his sister to run to the old man's house for the forgotten huarache; for this time rose high; sister became the Moon; spots - her brother's huarache]: 79-85, 86-97; tsotsil: García de Leon 1973 [Sun brothers, Mercury, Morning Star rise to the sky; their mother Moon decides to follow them; urinates in every garden, Chayota edulis (Mexican cucumber) appears; buries in the ground (his own?) finger, chilacayote appears]: 304-305; Guiteras-Holmes 1961: Guiteras-Holmes 196:157 [The Holy Virgin urinated, this is how pumpkins (squash) appeared], 182 [Cabinal cannibal, he has a wife and daughter; when her daughter was swimming In the river, putting his clothes on the grass, Ohoroxtotil turned into a dog, stole the clothes; became human again, returned the clothes, the girl liked him, she agreed to the marriage; the parents also agreed; O. took her into the forest, showed me where to urinate; pumpkin grew there, and the second time chayote (Sechium edule, Mexican cucumber)].

The Northern Andes. Yupa [young man: corn, yams, bananas, etc.]: Villamañan 1982, No. 1:10; Wilbert 1974, No. 41:128.

Llanos. Sicuani [brother carried his sister; she got off him to urinate, a grove of bananas grew in this place; next time a cashew tree and various wild food plants; where brother urinated, reeds grew, followed by two types of bananas; where the sister urinated, the genipa grew]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1992, No. 43:190.

Western Amazon. Sekoya [person returning from an animal owner: plants for making jewelry and hunting charms; type of sweet potato (?)] : Cipolletti 1988, No. 11:95-97.

NW Amazon. Desana [Balí bó has all the food; his wife is a howler monkey; the eldest son Doé (Evening Star), the youngest is Abé (Month); the month began to sleep with his wife D.; D. killed him, buried him, I did not tell my father and wife; BB became a japu bird, began to fly over four women, ask for food; heard them kill the Month; BB found it, revived it, but his penis was cut off; made a new one out of wood mushroom" the penis of the moon"; The month entered the house, his brother sang, the Month ran into the forest; all the animals and birds came to cry with BB; all cultivated plants disappeared; BB went south to look for a new wife, left the old one with D.; rejected agouti, a tapira (skinny legs, yellow eyes), stayed with the father of two daughters; he was given a tasteless cake made from forest fruits; he gave them manioc, drawing a circle, created a cassava field; the sisters broke the ban watch DD create everything, cassava got a peel; a weed grew out of the eldest's urine; the eldest gave birth to the Evening Star, the youngest to the Morning Star; BB told Morning to go after D.; he brought him, D. brought cassava people]: Kumu, Kenhiri 1980:141-147.