Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

K19C. Mistress in her purse .25.36.55.67.70.72.

A person brings home a small creature with whom he makes love at night. A person's mother, sister, or wife finds a creature in their bed or purse.

Paywan [vagina without body], western evenki [frog], even [crow], sikuani [sun daughter], surui [frog], kayapo [star], apinaye [star], cracho [star], ramkokamecra [ star], sherente [star], chamacoko [star], chorote [star], (nivakle [star]), maca [star].

Taiwan - Philippines. Paywan [one of the two cousins has a daughter, Muakai, but she is not a girl, but only a vagina; the other has a Sapulungan son, he came to marry M.; but the parents hid M. and said she was dead; S. grew up, went hunting to get a gift for a new matchmaking; M.'s parents hid it in a deck, took the deck to the cave and hung clothes nearby; S. went into the cave, was about to unfold the package, but M. asked not to do this - she was ashamed; S. brought the package home, hid it in his bag; became ill and did not get up for 15 days; his mother cleaned his bed, found his vagina, guessed the essence of the disease, threw her on a pile of garbage; upon learning about this, S. went to the pile of garbage and found M. there, who had turned into a real girl; brought her mother; she gave gifts to her and her parents, kissed her; S. and M. baby, they're happy]: Whitehorn, Earle 2003, No. 73:329-330.

Eastern Siberia. Western Evenks (Ilimpic, Ekonda) [a man has a wife and children; someone calls him in the swamp; this is a frog, promises to love him very much; at home he refuses the food that his wife offers, goes to bed not with her, but in his bed; the frog loved him all night; in the morning he folded his bed, hid the frog in a bundle and went hunting; like this every day; the wife shook the bed, the frog fell out, her wife with a twig beat half to death; the frog complained; the husband tied his wife to the anthill; the children said that the mother was standing by the tree and smiling; it was her ants who ate her lips; the wife died, the frog left the man, he stayed with children]: Mamontova 2019, No. 1:76-80; Evens [when going hunting, the son tells his mother not to touch his bed; she corrects her, a crow flies out of there, she hits her with a scraper with a dressing handle skins; so three times; after the third time, the son leaves, comes to the village of ravens; the mother of a crow, whose wing is broken, reproaches the hunter, her father does not tell - you will frighten her son-in-law; their daughter turns into a beautiful girl; When sending son-in-law and daughter back, crow parents give them deer; the hunter's mother is happy]: Robbeck 2005:227-228.

Southern Venezuela. Makusáni hunted in the forest, chased the frog, it galloped away, he got lost; the forest chicken (gallineta) looked like a pretty girl, invited her to her house, did not tell touch her; M. tried to get along with her, she became a chicken, flew away; M. came to the river; Otter (perro de agua) took him home, promised to take him home if he did not look forward or back; M. looked through his fingers, the Otter left him in the water; M. climbed the tree to sleep; Nuna (Month) saw his reflection, realized that he was not in the water, but in the tree when M. spat; brought him to heaven, married him two daughters; sends for firewood, the wife admits that his father will eat him; he throws sand in her back, she thinks wasps, rushes to run, M. runs the other way, comes to Shi (Sun); N. looks for M., W . says that this was not the case here, drives N. away with heat; M. marries one of Sh.'s two daughters; S. gives a wind gun, tells him not to look through it; M. looks, sees his house, mother; the wife also wanted look, both were on the ground in M.'s house; M. hides his wife under the basket; when he left, her mother found her, began to beat her; M. reconciled them; all three returned to heaven at S.'s house, live there now]: Civrieux 1959: 119-120 (=1980:119-120 {pagination is correct!}).

Bolivia - Guaporé. Surui [a hunter with his young son goes to the forest to hunt for a battleship; a jaguar kills him, takes his form, brings his wife his head disguised as a battleship; the son warns his mother that On the road, the father spoke in the voices of nocturnal animals; a woman and her son run, asking a tree frog for help; he lifts them up a tree in a basket; a jaguar asks how to climb; Legs forward; a jaguar she climbs forward, the frog kills him with a spear, takes the woman as his wife; she brings the frog to her mother's house, hides her husband in a bamboo flute during the day; the mother opens the lid, the frog returns to the forest]: Mindlin 1995, No. 8:28-31.

Eastern Brazil. Kayapo: Wilbert 1978, No. 76 [Metraux 1960:17-18; thunder Bepkororoti married Dozhd, they had a daughter Na-Kra ("rain" means "child"); her mother quarreled with her, beat her, and she went down to the land, the young man Ngodyure hid it in calebass, took it home; took it out at night to sleep with it; his mother-in-law opened the calebass, shaved her daughter-in-law's head, painted it with genipa and uruku; NC gave birth to a boy, who is forever hungry; people ate rotten wood and fruit; NK climbed a palm tree into the sky, brought sweet potatoes and bananas from the sky; her father told her son-in-law that NK would stay with him if he did not beat her; husband and wife planted cultivated plants], 77 [Banner 1957:40-41; there was no fruit, no fire, people ate rotten wood, lizards; Rain's daughter came down from the sky, the young man saw her, she said her parents hurt her; the young man hid wife in a closed basket; her mother found, shaved the top of her head, painted her genipa and uruku, she was named Nhokpôkti; she ordered to clear the plot, brought bananas, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams from the sky; when her son grew up, returned to heaven forever], 78 [Lukesh 1978:221-223; during the migration, the young man found Rain's daughter, NGObog-ti ("great light"); hid it in calebas, the mother found the girl, shaved, painted it like a kayapo woman ; brought various cultivated plants and manioc cakes from the sky (the husband bent the tree to send his wife to heaven, it straightened up, she took off); then went down; the girl's father Bebgoroti, mother and sisters, brought everything else]: 217-219, 219-220, 221-223; Wilbert, Simoneau 1984a, No. 53 (shikrin) [the young man looks at Venus, wants her as his wife, the star goes down to him, he hides her in the calebass; his sister opens it, her mother paints it; her husband throws her into the sky with a stick, she brings bananas, pumpkins, yams, yams, sweet potatoes, cassava, people received cultivated plants], 54 (pau d'arco) [Nimuendaju, MS; two brothers sleep on the street, one wants a star as his wife, she is next to him, he hides her in a calebass; the boy's mother finds her, the Star stays with him; invites her husband to visit the sky, he is afraid; bends down a tree, throwing her wife into the sky; she brings yams, sweet potatoes, cassava from there; once she quarreled with her husband, returned to heaven, the plants remained; a caterpillar climbed to the young man's brother, and also became a girl stayed with him; his mother tried to crush her, but she came to life, her mother recognized her as her daughter-in-law]: 181-182, 183-184; Apinaye: Wilbert 1978, No. 74 [the young man's wife died; he cried looking at the sky; the star disappeared and I was next to him in the plaza; after the fifth night, the young man agreed to marry her; he hides his wife in a calebass, his sister finds it, he announces his new marriage; people ate rotten wood, leaves, game and coconuts; The star ordered to prepare the site, brought yams, bananas, sweet potatoes, corn, rice, beans, peanuts, etc. from the sky, taught me how to cook it all, as well as weave mats and baskets; finding her husband with an earthly girl , has returned to heaven; if this hadn't happened, the Star would have brought other valuables from heaven], 75 [the young man's wife is dead; he looks at the sky, dreams of a star coming down to him; a frog jumps towards him, he she throws her off, falls asleep; when she wakes up, a girl is next to her, she was a star and a frog; the next night she brought yams and yams, people ate rotten wood at that time; he hides it in a calebass; he finds her his younger brother, she is ashamed; after that, the young man lives openly with her; she goes with her husband's mother, jumps on her shoulder three times in the form of a possum; explains that he wants to point to the tree on which everyone grows corn varieties so that people would no longer feed on rotten wood; men cut down wood when they left, cut down the thicket; boys were sent for better axes, they killed and ate the opossum along the way, turned into old people; the shaman poured water on them and restored their youth; people cut down a tree, the Star showed how to grow corn; after her husband's death, she returned to heaven]: 212-214, 215-216; crash: Wilbert 1978, No. 70 [Schultz 1950:75-79; humans had fire and meat but no cassava, and ate rotten wood with meat; female star Katxeré decided to go down to a lonely young man, give people food; turned into a frog, the young man threw it away, she appeared as a girl, told her to hide it in a calebass in the morning; in calebass she was a frog, opened it as a girl; the young man's sister opened it, after which he did not hide his wife; she showed a tree by the water, on which all varieties of corn, cobs fell into the water; people were afraid to eat, K. taught; others saw a piece of cake from the boy, cut down the tree; K. showed the wild edible fruits; while her husband was hunting, another man raped K.; she made a drink from bark, brought it to the plaza, everyone drank and died; K. returned to heaven, the cultivated plants remained], 71 [Schultz 1950 : 80-83; boys aged 15-16 spend the night in the plaza; only one without a wife; he was with a Star Girl; in the morning she became young, he hid her in a calebass; his five-year-old sister opened it, then the young man stopped hide his wife; people ate rotten wood and termite nests; they planted corn but did not know it was edible; the star collected the cobs, made tortillas; brought cassava, watermelons, rice, sweet potatoes, yams, peanuts from the sky, planted everything; gave birth to a son; taught me how to harvest and cook], 72 [Schultz 1950:85-86; one young man is single, sleeping in the plaza; wiped off a frog, she became a girl, was a star descending from the sky; in the morning he hides his wife in a calebass; her little sister opened her, the young man declared that he was married; his wife told her to take her to swim in the river; there she saw a tree with corn growing; told him to cut him down, collect his cobs, sow; at night she brought yams, bananas, cassava and peanuts from the sky; taught her how to plant; while her husband was away, five young men raped her; she spat in their mouths, they died; returned to heaven to her parents]: 194-200, 201-205 , 206-208; frame camera [there were no edible plants, rotten wood was eating meat; the ugly young man Túkti looked at the star, a frog jumped at him, he brushed it off, it came back, turned into a girl; during the day he began to hide his wife in calabass, his younger brother opened it, his lovers stopped hiding; his wife asked her to be brought to the water, showed corn by the river, people did not know what to eat it, she baked cakes; decided to clear the plot, the boy was sent for an ax, he saw the old man baking an opossum, tried it, became an old man himself; the star would have told other secrets, but T. insisted on copulation; she went to the square and sang, then went to heaven with her husband]: Wilbert 1978, No. 73:209-211; sherente [Nimuendaju 1944:184; the young man admires the Wasi-Topré star (Jupiter), that comes down to him in the form of a girl; in the morning the young man hides her in a calebass; his comrades open her, the girl disappears; at night she comes to the young man again, leads her to the mountain, they climb a palm tree, from there to the sky; There is a man everywhere in the sky; the young man goes back in fear, his wife shouts to him that he will return soon; he talks about what he saw, dies, his soul returns to heaven, it can be seen in the form of a star next to Jupiter]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1984a, No. 55:185-186

Chaco. Chamacoco: Escobar 2006 [the young man admires Iolé Morning Star every night; he sleeps in the morning, his friends go hunting; he wakes up in the sky in the cold arms of I.; they live together, he asks her to go down to the ground with him; I. turns into a bunch of light in the young man's maraka (shaman's pumpkin-throat shaman rattle); he hides it in his purse; one day, when he goes hunting, trusts the secret to his sister, Orders to guard the handbag; wild boars attacked the village, women climbed trees, the boar trampled on his purse, I. returned to heaven, destroyed the village with a flood; the young man continued to look at the sky in the morning]: 242; Wilbert, Simoneau 1987a, No. 25 [Cordeu MS; an ugly black boy dreams of marrying Iózly, the brightest star (Venus); she goes down to him, he hides her in a calebas; living with a star, a man and his family acquire fair skin; I. warns not to take calebas into the forest; the husband takes it, women find it, open it, burn it with fire, the star explodes and flies to heaven, women die; one day I. goes down to a tree, spits her husband's attention, reproaches him for inattention, flies away forever], 26 [Cordeu 1980; the young man sleeps in the plaza, dreams of the Morning Star Iózle; she goes down to him, he hides it in a termite nest; women burn it to open it; a star explodes, women die, she revives them and flies to heaven; husband turns into an iguana], 27 [Cordeu 1974:111-112; a young man wants marry the Morning Star Iózle; she goes down to him, in the afternoon he hides her in a calebass; two girls open a calebass, burn I.'s nails; she explodes, kills them, then revives them, returns to sky; I. - wife of the month Cacúlco], 28 [Frič MS; a man looks at Venus Johle, wants to be married, she goes down to him; he hides her in calebas; women open her, she explodes, women die, I. soars to the sky; revives her husband's sister, but not other women; the husband turns into a tuyuyu stork, the dog snatched his feathers out of his tail], 29 [Frič in Metraux 1943:118; Venus (yo'hle) fell in love with an ugly young man, made him handsome; a young man wore a star in a calebass sealed with wax; two girls who wanted to make love to a handsome young man decided to find out what he was hiding; melted the wax burning smut and opened the calebass; the half-burnt Star flew out and returned to heaven; the young man was looking for her; she returned to the ground, sat on a tree; when the young man passed by, spit on him; the young man reached out to her hands, but she flew back to heaven; he turned into a tuyutuyu stork, followed by a dog and tore off his tail], 30 [Belaieff 1944:43; the young man does not participate in entertainment, watching the star rise Wora; she comes down to him in the guise of a woman, tells him to hide her in calebas every morning after Venus rises; a few years later, a group of guys broke into the young man's hut, they grabbed and opened the calebass, she exploded, they all died; the star's son also died, the young man himself lost one eye, and the star returned to heaven]: 84-88, 89-91, 92-93, 94-96, 97, 98; chorote [stars come out of the body instead of urinating beads or crystals; mother-in-law disdains to let her urinate, another woman gives her; the husband hides the star in the calebass; when his sister throws the calebass on the ground, everyone dies, the star revives people; revives dried up crops; returns to heaven, husband looks for her, goes to vultures, they devour him, the star revives him]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1985, No. 136 [before meeting the star, the young man loses his arrow, the star gives it to him], 137 [the young man visits his mother when he comes down from the sky], 138 [after losing the arrow, the young man steps on the thorn, the star takes it out; the man descends from the sky on a vulture, falls into the water, drowns], 139 -140 [short versions, just the beginning of the story]: 254-267; (cf. nivacle [girls ignore the ugly boy; looking at the stars, he dreams of two of them, big and small, becoming his wives; the name of both together is Micksachéy; along with other men, the young man runs home, each in his own way; thorns pierce his feet, he stops; M. goes down, he brings them to his mother's house in a small bag; they spend with him two nights; the young man's mother, and then others see them {he does not hide them in his bag for a day}; M. promise to take him to heaven; in order not to fall, you don't have to look at the ground; there are many fruits and cultivated plants; one of the stars asks for a washing vessel to urinate in it; the boy's mother refuses to give it; his aunt gives it; the vessel is filled with necklaces; in the sky, M. offers him to eat as many watermelons as he wants ; corn grows here; M. hides it under a poncho; some celestial suspects that someone is with M.; they smeared the poncho with crap, then he left; two days later, the hawk invites the young man to take it to the ground is back - his mother cries for him; then the vulture offers the same; the young man sits on his back and they fly; when he comes to the house, the vulture tells the young man to jump, but he does not dare every time; then the vulture threw him into the river and the young man disappeared into the water]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1987b, No. 13:51-54); poppy: Wilbert, Simoneau 1991a, No. 84 [the wife does not love an ugly husband; he looks at the sky, wants to be married a little star; when hunting, a deer hurts, he turns into a woman, she says that there is the Star he wanted; hides in the form of a firefly in her husband's bag; opens up to his relatives after her husband's younger sister tried to look into her bag (the Star hurt her eyes with something, then cured her); when the season for collecting algarrobo pods (Prosopis nigra) is over, leads her husband to collect them, wets them his eyes with his urine, then he sees pods on the trees; the Star leads him to collect other women's algarrobo beans, also wets their eyes; raises her husband to heaven to his Frost father; when he confesses, that her husband sleeps with her, father-in-law scratches her son-in-law's body with bones to cause ritual scars, he dies of blood loss; father-in-law tells his daughter to step on his grave, gives the comb to comb the corpse, the son-in-law is reborn handsome; father-in-law warns that on earth the former wife will pull the man towards her, but the spouses still return to earth; the former wife's sister sees that the man has become handsome; the star and the former the man's wife pulls him in different directions, tears him in half; the Star revives him by stepping on him; the next night, the same thing, the torn one cannot be revived again; the star returns to heaven, telling her husband's relatives stock up on firewood; Frost kills the rest of the village with cold; the Sun visits Frost, he gives him fish; he visits the Sun himself, he gives him an Algarrobe bean], 85 [the wife leaves the ugly husband; he looks at the sky at night, wants Foteki Morning Star to be his wife; when hunting, a deer hurts, a deer turns into a woman, she says F. is; becomes a saint, tells the man to hide him in his bag; his mother hears at night that a woman is with her son; his younger sister tries to look into the bag, a needle falls out, stabs it in the eye; F. heals her eye, remains human; smears her husband, mother-in-law's eyes with urine, they now see fruits on the tree that they had not seen before; takes her husband to heaven to visit their father-in-law; it's cold there; Father F. is also a star; for a long time F. replies to him that her husband did not copulate with her; finally, confesses; he calls his son-in-law, pierces him with sharp bones, his son-in-law dies of blood loss; after a while, the father-in-law tells his daughter to step on the grave, the husband gets up; the wife combs the half-decayed corpse, he comes to life, becomes handsome; father-in-law visits the Sun man; son-in-law misses the earth; father-in-law tells his daughter that she will be able to revive her husband again in the same way as she has already done; spouses return to earth; the old wife sees that he has become handsome; comes for him with her sisters; F. and his former wife pull him in different directions, tear him in half; F. revives him; the next the night is the same, F. cannot revive her husband again; returning to heaven, she tells her husband's family to stock up on firewood, for her father will send cold as punishment; father-in-law kills the rest of the village with cold]: 179-186, 187- 191.