I37C. Mushrooms: erotic associations.

Mushrooms have erotic associations. See motive I37.

Australia. Karageri [the first penis and vagina are made from mushrooms].

South Asia. Koya [a woman buried a male seed in an anthill; it grew into a mushroom, which is why it is always slimy]; gondas [the mushroom eaten became a placenta, the woman gave birth]; baiga, agaria [who eats the mushroom will become a wife boys; sister eats].

Malaysia-Indonesia. Senoi [Thunder disguised his penis as a mushroom].

Western Siberia. Keta [mushroom is the ersatz of the phallus].

Eastern Siberia. Sym Evenks (Narym): Shatilov 1927:11 ["They do not eat mushrooms at all, considering them filthy, since they allegedly gave rise to a "phallus". "It was a long time ago," says Sholeul, "there was no good man for a long time, the women cried, cried for a long time, and since the man found a mushroom, from him and... 'phallus'". Sholeul could not tell me anything more about this"]; 12 ["Sholeul, as I found out later, came here from Tym, and on Tym from Sym, a tributary of the Yenisei. You can also see here that Samoyeds in the area I observe also avoid eating mushrooms, especially old people, considering them filthy, but they do not know why mushrooms are considered filthy"].

Amur - Sakhalin. Nivhi [a mushroom is a penis trait he stuck out of the ground].

The coast is the Plateau. Quinolt.

California. Yurok.

Mesoamerica Otomi.

NW Amazon. Desana.

The Southern Cone. Yagans.