I77. The lame thunderstorm. .26.27.32.52.
A mighty character associated with thunderstorm and rain, chrome.
Montenegrins, Lee, Mordovians, Aztecs, Tarascas, Huastecs, Popoluca, Quiche.
The Balkans. Montenegrins [in the legend of Elijah the Prophet, the thunder god was wounded in the leg by the devil]: Kharuzina 1909:381-382 in Laushkin 1970:184; (cf. Ancient Greece [Hephaestus, thrown from Olympus, fell on Lemnos, injured both legs, and remained lame]).
China - Korea. Lee (Hainan, wu. Ledong) [at the foot of the Jianfengling Range, there is an old peasant woman in it; she has three sons, all beautiful, and each had their own talents; the eldest is beautiful and hears everything (Know-it-Shunfenger); the middle one sees everything (Sharp-eyed - Qianliyan); he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a large mole next to his eyebrows; the youngest could move mountains and dig trees (Bogatyr - Dalishi). One day, the elder heard the god of thunder in heaven promise to go down and destroy this happy family; the second saw the god of thunder descend; the third tied the god of thunder to a tree; in the evening he made his way to the house the thief to steal the ram; when he reached the tree, he felt for the horns of the god of thunder and thought that there was a ram in front of him; untied the god of thunder; the elder brother heard a rustle and a sound like flapping wings; the younger grabbed an ax and all three ran in pursuit; the god of thunder, freed himself from his fetters, ran into the forest; his middle brother saw him; the youngest saw nothing in the dark and waved his axe following his younger brother's instructions; he injured the god of thunder has a leg; he has returned to heaven, but the wound has not healed; every time it rains, water falls on the wound and hurts; unable to help himself, he starts screaming, his scream is thunder]: Zhou 2002, No. 17 : 23-24.
Volga - Perm. Mordva [Cham Paz (paz - god) had a lame son, Purgine Paz; when he stumbled over the clouds, thunder rattled; caught on the edge of the sky, fell to the ground; a girl named Syrzha worked in the field; he was everyone Once he tries to pinch, because of the rain, the men cannot finish the harvest; the father gave his daughter P. to send good weather; since then, Thunder has not hit people]: Sedova 1982:25-26 (according to Maynov V.N. Essay Mordovian legal life); cf. Harva 1952 [Purgine, Pirgine Pas; same as lit. Perkuna-s, Finn. perkule, perkele; at Moksha he married an earthly girl]: 157-163.
Mesoamerica There is only an explanation for the cause of lameness and tarasks, but other lame characters seem to have similar features to Hurakan and their lameness may have the same reason (falling from of the sky). The Aztecs [Tezcatlipoca]: Nicholson 1967:105-106; Tarascas [(by Relación); the Sun (Queranda-angápeti) has five houses; in the south he has a wife, wine; apparently he takes the name there Tarésúpeme ("old progenitor"), the God of Drinking, who got drunk with the gods of heaven, was thrown down and limped; other houses in the west, north, in the underworld, and in the middle of the sky, where he arranges holidays]: Corona Núñez 1957:23; Huasteci [Mam lived in the mountains, rained for himself, harvested crops all year round, and there was drought on the plain; they asked him, he was angry, raged; The Creator ordered him to be grabbed; this was only possible after he tucked his leg and caught on a branch; he was sent far north; from there he sends hurricanes every year]: Relatos Huastecos 1994:12-17; polka (mountainous, Soteapan) [see motif K34; Homshuk (the god of corn) comes to the world of thunder; the hurricane offers to transport X. across the ocean with a hammock; shakes, thinking that he fell and drowned; H. did not fall out; when the Hurricane and its people sit in the hammock, H. asks Aguti to gnaw on the roots of the trees to which the hammock is attached; everyone is drowning, the Hurricane himself escaped, but broke his leg when he fell from a height; recognizes strength H., promises to water it in June-July]: Foster 1945a, No. 1:199; (cf. tsotsil [a one-legged hummingbird the size of a hawk (personification of a deity?)] : Laughlin 1977, No. 93:356); Quiche [Huracan]: Preuss 1986:360; Mesoamerica overall: Lehmann-Nitsche 1925a.