Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

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K1G. The deer butts the enemy .67.68.

The hero turns into a deer or creates a deer to care for a relative who sent him into a trap.

Bolivia - Guaporé. Guarazu [the father sends his son to the tree to get fruit for his mother; leaves, tells his wife that his son was torn to pieces by a jaguar; the animal hausi lowers the boy to the ground, advises to lure the vultures in a piece fell, ask them for strong horns; Vultures consistently bring horns from three different types of wood; the third time, the horns do not break against the trunk; the boy puts them on, turns into a deer, kills his father horns; this is how deer appeared]: Riester 1977, No. 22:260-262.

Southern Amazon. See K1A motif. Kamayura [older brother]; kalapalo [older brother; hero makes a deer]; vaura [uncle]; trumay [uncle]; paresi [Erwaxixi is Káymare's son, converges with his younger wife; he gives his son tasks; the grandfather teaches the young man how to complete them; 1) get a vine from the tree (it must fall on the young man's head; the bat cuts it off), 2) cut off the reeds for arrows (snakes must bite the young man, kabipara cuts off), 3) bring reeds from the other side of the river (Euterpe ripesti knocks down a tree, makes a bridge; the second time the father destroys the bridge; the young man lures vultures, smudges dead fish, catches, pulls out feathers, flies across the river); turns into a deer, kills his father with his horns; takes his wives; they notice blood on his head, kill him]: Pereira 1986, No. 14:236-242; bororo [son sleeps with stepmother; father sends him to the rock to get the parrot's chicks; takes the stairs; the young man goes down with vultures; turns into a deer, kills his father with a horn; when the father's wives find out about this, he kills and them]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1983, No. 104-105:198-209.