J48. The parrot cuts the rope .61.65.67.72.

The character climbs into the sky or descends from heaven to earth on a rope. The parrot cuts the rope, the character falls.

Cofan, Lambayeque, Ancash, Junín, Cusco, Quechua and Aymara in mountainous Bolivia, chipaya, atacameño, tacana, chorote, mocovi.

Western Amazon. Kofan: Borman, Criollo 1990, No. 8 [the woman has two boys, their younger sister and a baby boy; her husband is an underground trickster; while her mother is in the garden, the children started drumming calebass and a mat cup in the house by a hole in the ground; something green appeared from there - the trickster's penis; the children did not recognize their father, mistook him for a snake, cut off the penis; said, let this be a sign that people are mortal; The severed part crawled into the forest; the mother heard her husband's moans, ran home, started drumming, no one crawled out; she beat the children, drove them away, did not let them into the house; they began to think what to become; stones - people will make hearth stands; sand - they will dig holes for the supports of the house; earth - will walk on us; trees - will cut down to build houses; rivers - will float us in boats; cedars - they will make dowels out of us; in the evening they came to the pebble tree on the river, raised their heads, saw the stars, decided to become stars; told their sister to hide the cotton rope, broke the reeds, tied the rope to reeds, they began to throw them into the sky, but did not ask; in the morning the younger brother asked the elder to give him; he gave only a crooked reed; it pierced the sky, the rope went down, became a ladder; the children climbed to heaven, they liked it; they went back down to pick up the pet parrot; the mother said she would climb with them; they agreed, but told the parrot to cut the rope when the mother climbed high; the mother climbed taking a couch, firewood, hearth stones, ash; the parrot cut off the rope, the children told their mother to become a laughing falcon (gavilan, Herpetotheres cachinnans); when they saw the children, the mother cried; falcon feathers turned white due to awakening ash; the children became the Pleiades (when they are not visible, the rivers are flooded)]: 107-123; Calífano, González 1995, No. 38 [the woman has three small children; her husband is an underground worm; she hits her tambourine, sits on the ground, from there her penis rises; her daughter does the same, tells her brothers; the youngest cuts off his penis; he screams that the children killed him; the children reject turning into stone ( they will put them in the hearth), earth (trampled), wood (cut down and burn), sand; decide to become stars; the youngest manages to throw a crooked stick into the sky; from there the stairs fall; they go up to the upper world, he is them I like it, they come back to pick up their parrot; the mother climbs after them, taking ash-stained stones for the hearth; the children tell the parrot to cut the rope; the mother falls and turns into a nightjar (? ; apparently in a laughing falcon, see Borman, Criollo 1990), still screams plaintively]: 87-89.

Central Andes. Tukume (dep. Lambayeque) [there is a holiday in the sky, Condor took the Fox there; he did not return on time, Condor flew away, the Fox began to descend the rope; shouted insults to the flying Parrots, who cut the rope; falling, the Fox screams to lay the blanket, no one laid it down]: Narvaez Vargas 2001:343; Peru coast (more precisely, the area is not specified; central?) [The fox wants to reach the moon, asks Condor to fix the rope there, climbs it; The parrot laughs, the Fox is offended, shouts that the Parrot is ridiculous and heavy that it cannot get so high; The parrot cuts the rope , The fox falls, asks other foxes to pick it up; foxes sleep in burrows, Fox breaks]: Herrera Gray 1963 in Toro Montalvo 1990a:154; Upper Marañon, Conchuco District [synopsis of four versions: A (Pomabamba), B (Chavin de Huantar), C (upper Marañon), D (western tributaries of Marañon); drought and frost destroyed the harvest; parents decide to leave their young son and daughter; understand that they are theirs They hear that children are tied in a bag, thrown into the abyss; the bag hangs on a thorny plant; the Swallow is unable to free the children, Condor brings them to the valley; they dig potatoes in the Achikai field; she feeds the boy potatoes and peppers, the girl with stones and dried frog sauce; the girl sleeps with Oronkai (Mulyu-Valka), the daughter of an old woman; the boy with A.; when the boy gets fat, A. strangles him, devours him; explains that he screamed when she looked in his head; tells his daughter to push the girl into a boiling pot tomorrow, cook the pot, telling the girl to bring water in a broken vessel; the frog turns into a woman, teaches the girl to fix the vessel, push O. herself into the cauldron, put her brother's remains in a bag, run; A. devours her daughter, she answers her from her belly; Condor hides the girl under with a wing, hits A.; Skunk hides him in a hole, lets a stream into A.; Fox, Deer also help the girl; Gorlinka promises to revive the boy, puts his remains in the basket, does not tell the girl to open it; she sees A., who approaches, opens, the boy turns into a white dog; the vicuna gives the girl a golden rope; along it, the girl and the dog climb into heaven; A. vicuna gives the rope on which the parrot sits; that cuts off the rope, A. falls down, asks her assistants to spread the blanket; her screams echo, can still be heard; her blood turns into a lake, her body turns into a mountain, her flesh into various plants: her legs and arms into cacti, blackberry nails, nettle hair, potato and ulyuku eyes, corn teeth, eye tubers and mashua fingers; (variants A and D; B names the places where A.'s flesh and blood fell); white dog in the sky turns into the Pleiades or the Morning Star; the girl becomes the Evening Star]: Mejía Xesspe 1952:237-242; Quechua (Callejon de Huilas (dep. Ancash): Jiménez Borja 1937, No. 15 [parents secretly cook corn during famine; when they realize that the children have found out about this, they put them in a bag, throw them into the river; the children escape, come to Achik ; at night, the girl hears her brother's moans; A. explains that she is cleaning his head; the girl grabs her brother, runs with him; Condor hides them under her wings, pushes A. into the ravine; The fox hides in the hole, frightens A. grinning his teeth; Skunk hides in a hole, streams into A.; The lamb throws a rope hanging around her neck to the sky, the children climb it into the sky; A. climbs after it; the parrot cuts the rope with its beak, A. falls, breaks] ; Weber, Meier 2008 [witches were happy during the earthquake - they would always like to dance; during the hail of fire they walked covered with long stones; one saw a weaver with oil on his face; said that he came to eat it; he advised me to close all the holes in the house, burn coal below, he would jump from the second floor, the witches would eat it; when everyone gathered, poured out pepper and salt, everyone suffocated, only one slept through a hole in the wall, settled in a cave; two orphans came there; at night the girl hears her brother crying; the witch replies that she was taking out his lice; in the morning she told me to bring water in the basket; she did not Maybe the witch goes by herself, tells her not to open the cauldron; the girl lifts the lid, finds her brother, puts the witch's son into the cauldron, runs away, carrying her brother's body; the witch eats meat, calls her son, he answers from her belly she chases; the old man hides the girl in a weaving stark, the witch looks for her, he hits her, the girl runs away; the ploughman hides in the field, beats the witch, tells the girl to run to where the green cross is, under him a spring with blood, a basket will descend from the sky; the girl goes to heaven; the witch also asks, a dilapidated basket on a rotten rope descends to her, the parrot cut it, the witch fell on the rock; her blood spread around the world, especially in ravines that did not exist before]: 79-90; Quechua (Ancash, prov. Wari, Quechua del Sur de Conchucos) [parents got angry with the children, put them in a bag, threw them into the abyss, the bag caught on blackberry bushes on the rock; they ate blackberries; asked for a gallinazo, a falcon, The condor took them out of the abyss; the condor carried the boy first, then the girl to where the potatoes were; the girl noticed the smoke, came to the witch for the fire; she ordered her brother to be brought and potatoes brought; cleaned them, let the girl clean the stones; lay down, taking the boy, the girl lay down with the witch's daughter; the boy cries; the witch replies that she was taking out his lice; that the beard of her vulva had pricked him; in the morning the girl hears a witch promising her daughter that they will now eat her sister; the girl herself pushed the witch's daughter into the cauldron, took her brother's bones, ran; the witch calls her daughter, "Rosa!" She answers from her belly; Galinazo, the falcon, says they didn't see, the condor said he saw the girl; God lowered that gold chain; the witch lowered the straw with the parrot; the parrot gnawed, the witch fell on the rocks her vulva's stubble became blackberry spines]: Weber, Meier 2008:91-99; Tarma (dep. Junin) [The fox wants to climb the moon; asks Condor to tie a rope there; climbs up; the Fox feels like the Parrot is laughing at him; he scolds the Parrot, she cuts off the rope; the Fox asks put blankets, they can't hear him; he falls, breaks]: Metraux 1935b:408 (Vienrich, Adolfo. Tarmapap Racha Huaranin, Fabulas Qyechuas//Azacenas Quechuas. Tarma, 1906: Imprenta "La Aurora de Tarma": 129-131); Tarma [a holiday is expected in the sky, the Fox asks Condor to take him there; in the sky, Condor says that the Fox is a musician; the Fox plays poorly the spirits laugh, solder him, leave him; he weaves a straw rope, begins to descend; the parrot calls him "compadre", the fox says he is not a compadre for such a bird, calls him names; offended The parrot cuts the rope; when falling, the Fox asks to spread the blankets; no one hears him, he breaks]: Vienrich, Adolfo. Tarmapap Racha Huaranin, Fabulas Qyechuas, in Azacenas Quechuas. Tarma, 1906: Imprenta "La Aurora de Tarma". Pp. 99-107 in Toro Montalvo 1990b: 417-418; Ayacucho: Morote Best 1988:69; Orgona (Mantaro Valley): Morote Best 1988:69; Kero (Cordillera Oriental): Morote Best 1988:58-61; Morote Best 1988:68-69; Pacaritambo (dep. Cusco) [three var., recorded by the author; Condor invites the Fox to a feast in heaven; carries it on his back; when he returns, the Fox is still eating; the fox weaves a grass rope, climbs down; quarrels with parrots, they cut off the rope, he falls on rocks; the corn, quinoa, and other cultivated plants he ate spread across the ground; his remains turn into current foxes]: Urton 1985:262; Pichiua, dep. Cusco [The fox asks Condor to take him to heaven; they eat meat there; Condor says the party is over; the fox decides to stay, eat more; but there is nothing else to eat; he asks the Star to shelter him at night, "Dove" turns to her; one day she tells him to cook canyua grain; he cooks ten, the food overflows; the Star scolds him; he makes a rope, the Star lets him return to ground; when going down, the Fox insults the Parrot for no reason, calls it "Tongue like dry potatoes"; he cuts off the rope; falling, the Fox shouts "Spread the mattress"; he is not heard, he breaks; from his stomach Thousands of foxes are scattered]: Farfan 1943:119-122; Cusco [Toad climbs Vulture; goes down a rope, insults parrots, crashes]: Morote Best 1988:64; Aymara, Quechua mountainous Bolivia: Metraux (Quechua) 1934:97-98; 1935a: 406-408 [The fox wants to go to a festival in heaven; asks the Condor to carry him on his back; drinks, falls asleep, Condor flies back; the fox goes down rope; The parrot asks how he got into the sky; they quarrel, the Fox calls the Parrot, who cuts off the rope; the fox falls, breaks], 408-409 [The fox wants to take a closer look at the moon; asks Condor tie a rope to the sky, climbs it; the parrot laughs at him; he calls it names, she cuts the rope, the Fox falls], 409 [The fox asks the Condor to take him to heaven, where the holiday is expected; in the sky he is inmoderate in food, seduces all girls; Condor flies away, the Fox goes down the rope; quarrels with the Parrot, who cuts off the rope; the fox falls, bursts, the swallowed seeds of cultivated plants spread across the ground ( the origin of agriculture); the Fox himself turns into a weed - false quinoa)]; Paredes Candia (prov. Norcichas, dep. Potosi) [birds fly to feast in the sky; the fox asks Condor to take him; he warns not to gnaw bones; there are many different cultivated plants and wild meat in the sky; the fox continues eat, when the birds have eaten, chews on bones; Condor flies away as punishment, leaves him alone; a bird gives him a rope; he goes down, calls the flying parrots bastards, dirty ass, insignificant; t cut off the rope; the fox screams to put clothes on the ground; no one comes to the rescue, he breaks; corn, quinoa, canyua fly out of his belly (the origin of cultural plants)] 1953:23-25; 1957:69-70; Arnold, Yapita Moya 1992 (Kakachacab, dep. Oruro) [Largemouth parrot! ]: 16; mountainous Bolivia (Quechua, Aymara): Morote Best 1988:72; Tomoeda 1982 (Potosi and Sucre depots): 277-278; chipaya [The fox makes a ladder, climbs to the sky to listen to mass; a bird (Ctenomis sp. or Octodon sp.) cuts off the stairs; the fox goes down the rope, it breaks, it hangs, falls; now there are many foxes, so there are few rabbits and young llamas]: Metraux 1935a: 74-75 (=1935b: 410-411); atacameño: Guggiana 1966:9 in Lehnert Santander 1988:757-758 [The fox asks Condor to take him to heaven; he warns the Fox not to gnaw his bones if thrown; the Fox gnaws first; the Condor flies away, asks the Devil tell the Fox to go down to the ground; God advises the Fox to weave the rope; a year later she is ready; asks him to take the cultivated plants to the ground, puts them in the Fox's mustaches, nostrils, and all parts of the body; going down, The fox sees the Kondorov, calls them names (Crooked, Pumpkin Peel Beaks, Just dare to cut the rope! ); The Condors cut the rope, the Fox falls, screams for a blanket to be spread out on the ground - God falls! breaks, seeds are scattered on the ground (the origin of cultivated plants)]; Tolosa 1970:32 in Lehnert Santander 1988:758 [The fox lies shabby; the Condor descends to eat it; he is alive, Condor suggests take him to heaven; Easter is there; the fox says that Condor has dirty and lousy feathers; the Condor flies away; San Isidro advises the Fox to weave a rope, gives a basket of various seeds; The parrot cuts off rope; the fox falls, (cultivated) plants spread across the ground].

Bolivia - Guaporé. Takana [Ocelot asks Eagle to take him to heaven; he warns him not to hunt partridges there; the owner of the partridges tells Ocelot to guard them; he eats one; weaves a rope, goes down; tells flying parrots that he can travel without wings; shouts to catch up that they have a hoarseness voice, a black beak; parrots cut the rope; Ocelot asks people to pick him up; they don't understand it crashes]: Hissink, Hahn 1961, No. 32:77-79.

Chaco. Chorote [The hummingbird warns that you have to escape from the cannibal in the sky; everyone shoots to make a chain of arrows, but the arrows do not reach; only the Hummingbird has an arrow pierces the sky; he does a chain of arrows; the Spider is the first to be sent, he weaves the rope; the Parrot is the last to rise; when the cannibal climbs higher, he cuts the rope; the birds stay in the sky]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1985, No. 115:225- 226; mokovi [The fox is the groom of the Creator's daughter; flies to heaven for a festival on a chakha bird (Chauna torquata); the bird returns, the bride persuades the Fox to linger, weaves a rope for him to go down ; he calls parrots Dry tongue and; they cut off the rope; the fox falls, breaks]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1988, No. 121, 122, 123:155-157, 157-158; Quechua in Sagnago del Estero (NW Argentina) [ The fox insults parrots, breaks (like a mockovi? without details.)]: Morote Best 1988:71.