J22C. Merged women. .20.44.46. (.55.56.)
There is a demonic character in the form of Siamese twins - two half-merged women.
Reef, Winnebago, Teton, Santee Islands (Kogi, Sicuani) Islands.
Micronesia-Polynesia. The Reef Islands [atua fafine - two women joined in the manner of Siamese twins at dusk, followed by single men; fair-skinned, sometimes accompanied by two fair-skinned men; one a man took coconut from their hands; they said it was ours now; in the village he lost consciousness; he was allowed to smell the fragrant leaves, he came to life]: Fox 1924:133.
The Midwest. Winnebago [the list of supernatural characters includes Four Women (one in one); cf. A Double Woman Wearing a Teton]: Dorsey 1894, No. 251:480
Plains. Teton [Double Woman - two tall women, apparently connected by a bridge; their home is on a high black rock, they laugh all the time; "some teton think it's fiction"; same motive recorded by
Santi (Rigg)]: Dorsey 1894, â„– 251:480, pl.l.(Cf. The Northern Andes. Kogi [seven wives merge into one]: Chaves 1947, No. 7:479-480; Fischer, Preuss 1989:175; Reichel-Dolmatoff 1985 (2): 67, 69)
(Wed. Llanos. Sicuani [two girls traveling in search of a groom (see J12 motif] die and reborn as one character]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1992, no. 138:471).