Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

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Ethnicities and habitats

K8c3. Not through the mouth, but through the side .35.43.44.46.49.50.

One (zoomorphic) character refuses to use any part of another's body other than the one he uses to kill him.

Mansi, Northern Khanty, Upper Chehalis, Lower Chinook, (clackamas), Klamath, Modoc, Kerdalen, Upper Coquill, Menominee, Osage, Kiova-Apache, Comanche, Wichita, Northern Payut, Western Shoshones, Utah, Southern Payutes, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Lipan, Navajo, Tewa.

Western Siberia. Muncie: Lukina 1990, No. 192 (zap. Chernetsov on Konda, North. Sosve or Lozva) [Earth Brother mouse lived with his grandmother, made a nettle boat, swam; invites the deer to play hide and seek, hid in the grass, the deer swallowed it; refuses to go out through his nose, ears, nostrils, ass, cut his stomach, the deer died; the mouse called the woodpecker to rip off the deer, gave it less meat; he sails in a boat, he is called ashore several times, but he only arrives when he is called to eat caviar; the mouse fell, the stomach burst, the caviar flowed out, the children sewed up their stomach; the mouse brought meat to the grandmother, turned her into a girl, began to live happily]: 498-501; Rombandeeva 2005, No. 37 [The mouse invites the Deer to hide, immediately sees the Deer's tail; the Deer cannot find it, eats grass, swallows it, the Mouse sharpens a knife in the Deer's stomach, the Deer offers to go out through his mouth, nose, eyes, ears, the Mouse replies every time that he drooling, snotty, purulent, sulfuric, cuts the Deer's stomach, brings children and wife, who eat venison until their bellies burst]: 281; Northern Khanty: Aksyanova et al. 2005, No. 12 (b. Son) [The elk eats grass, swallows the Mouse; consistently invites it to go out through his mouth, nose, eye, ass, bladder; The mouse refuses, says it is dirty, cuts his stomach, eats elk]: 268-269; Voskoboynikov, Menovshchikov 1951 [The elk eats grass, swallowed the Mouse; she sings inside him, Tochu has a knife; he asks her to go out through his nose, nostrils, ears; she refuses every time (drooling in her mouth, nose snot, sulfur in his ears), cuts his throat, fills the storage facilities with meat]: 52-53.

The coast is the Plateau. Upper Chehalis [two var.; Little Wren calls Moose, rejects Mice and other animals; Moose asks how he wants to climb into it; rejects nose, eye, armpits; Wren flies into his ass, hurts his heart, flies out of his mouth; calls his grandmother to carry meat; see motif F28D]: Adamson 1934:33-38; lower chinook [little grandson hunts mice and chipmunks; thinks how get inside the moose (through the mouth, ears, nostrils?) ; climbs into the anus, cuts her elk's stomach, kills; grandma refuses to carry any part of her body but her ass; masturbates with her moose penis on the way home; he sent her to get water, she wrote in all the baskets, said that it was water from the river; while the meat was cooking, it made holes in all the spoons and bowls; the grandson poured broth on it, wrapped it in leather, threw it into the river; Malinovka and Blue Jay caught the parcel, found their aunt there, revived it her; two warrior boats went to fight with her grandson; he flew out of the house set on fire and escaped]: Boas 1894a, No. 8:119-122; (cf. clackamas [Wren lives with his grandmother; calls moose in the forest, rejects little ones; kills five moose by climbing inside one through the eye, inside the others through the ears, nose, mouth, anus; then cuts off the heart; Wren's grandmother refuses to carry any part of the moose's body; takes a penis; masturbates in the steam room; offers herself to Wren as a wife, copulates with him; he asks people in a boat passing by that new; Wren copulates with his grandmother; throws his grandmother into the river; two Jays call a shaman to revive her; she turns into a beautiful woman, marries Wren; smiles with her toothless mouth open; he recognizes her, throws her back into the river; Blue Jay can't revive it anymore]: Jacobs 1958, No. 25:199-207); Klamath [Porcupine asks Bison (possibly Moose) to transport him across the river to allow him to climb in his ass to cross the river; refuses to sit on his horns, on his back, hold his tail, climbs in the ass; cuts his liver, kidneys, heart; goes out, looks for a knife to cut meat; Coyote gives him a knife, but demands to compete with him in the run; the winner will get all the meat; the Coyote wins, hits Porcupine, leaves his hat as a watchman, runs after his children; Porcupine throws his hat into the fire, raises the meat on tree; Coyotes line up below asking for meat; Porcupine sheds its spine, killing Coyotes; the youngest cub escapes, and current coyotes come from it]: Barker 1963, No. 3:17-21; modoc : Curtin 1912:272-275 [The elk invites Porcupine to transport him across the river; he replies that he is afraid to ride on his back, head, ear; climbs into his mouth, then inside the Moose; on the other side he hurts his heart gets out, looks for a knife to cut meat; the Black-Brown Fox gives him his own, offers to jump over the carcass; the winner gets it; wins, kills Porcupine, leaves his hat as a watchman, runs after his children; A porcupine comes to life, tears its hat apart, lifts meat to a tree; Coyotes line up below asking for meat; Porcupine sheds its spine, killing all the Coyotes], 350-354 [five Bear Brothers killed parents of two lizard boys; they live with Aunt Chernobura Lisa; the eldest of the Lizards lets the Bears swallow himself, cuts himself with a knife from the inside, killing five brothers and their mother; other Bears eat the youngest A lizard; the elder revives it from a hair stuck on the Bear's teeth; kills these Bears in the same way as the first ones]; curdalen [a cat mockingbird (Dumetella carolinensis) speaks to his grandmother what the bow wants to make; to get the bowstring, asks the Moose to transport it across the river; agrees the oldest Moose; the Mockingbird says that sitting in wool on his feet, he will soak his moccasins; the same - higher, finally on the nose; climbs through his nose into the Moose, does something to his heart, the Elk dies; the Mockingbird comes out, forgetting the moccasins inside; sings, saying he does not have a knife; the Wolf hears it, offers to refresh the carcass, sends a Mockingbird to bring his maternal uncle; the Mockingbird says he doesn't have moccasins; the Wolf gives his own, Mockingbird deliberately spoils them; The wolf goes for it with their children; at this time, Mockingbird and his relatives carry meat to the top of the cliff, cover a pile of coal with skin; Mockingbird throws the Wolf and his four cubs wrapped in fat off the cliff hot stones, they die; he lets Orlitz carry himself to the nest, lives with the eagles while their feathers have grown, descends on two eagles, pulls out the feathers of their wings and tail, lets the Grizzly do arrow feathers; catches fish, does not share with her grandmother; she leaves him, taking off into the air; he fishes for everything he needs; fishing for his wife, child; the wife calls to her bottom; everything is made of ice; the child goes missing; his grandfather says he has already been eaten; together with Mockingbird they return to shore (the informant does not remember any further)]: Reichard 1947, No. 22:148-153; upper coquill [Wren lives with his grandmother; tells Moose that he can kill him by getting into his ear; The elk replies that he will shake him out easily; so different parts of the body are finally in the ass; the elk cannot defecate all the time, Wren climbs into it, hurts her heart, gets out of the ass back; cuts the carcass; the grandmother refuses to carry any pieces home, agrees to carry the penis; masturbates with it all day; they make from the skin of an elk a blanket; the grandmother hears her grandson out loud dreaming of lying under him and his wife; she puts a piece of wood in her place, comes disguised as a young woman, sleeps with her grandson; he finds a piece of wood on his grandmother's bed in the morning, understands the deception; asks people who pass by in boats what's new; the latter say that one here in the upper reaches slept with his grandmother; grandmother was Pheasant]: Jacobs 2007:252-255.

The Midwest. Menominee [Porcupine asks the Cow to transport him across the river; she offers to hold her by the horns, by the tail; Porcupine replies that he will fall into the water; agrees to climb into her ass; pierces her with a thorn heart; looking for a knife to cut the carcass; Menapus offers his own, freshens the cow, drives Porcupine away; while he goes after his wife and children, Porcupine takes the meat to the top of the pine tree; M. sees the Porcupine's reflection in river, dives with a stone tied to her neck; defecates, the wife takes the crap that has surfaced for Porcupine's giblets; M. unties the stone, sees the Porcupine in the tree; he refuses to throw meat to him]: Bloomfield 1928 , NO. 84:237-245.

Plains. Osage: Dorsey 1904c, No. 12 [The turtle goes to war; agrees to take the Wolf and the Deer with her, they run as fast as she does; asks the Bison to transport her across the river; he invites her to sit down between the horns - no, I'll fall; sit on my back - I'll fall too; climb into the anus; the turtle agrees, eats the Bison's guts; he dies across the river; the turtle hangs a refreshed bison on a tree above the river; Wolves they jump into the water when they see its reflection; enemies catch the Turtle; offer to cook, burn them; she promises to burn them with hot splashes, coals; pretends to be afraid of water; thrown into the river, runs away; at home wife breaks it with a stone], 13 [The turtle goes for scalps; The bison offers to transport it across the river, let him sit on his back; no, I'll fall; then into the mouth; no, you'll see it; then into the anus; I agree; ate the Bison insides, he fell on the other side; The wolf offers to jump over the carcass, wins, takes the meat for himself; goes to call friends; the Turtle asks the Bear to hang the carcass on the tree; Wolves jump into the water for reflection, drowning]: 15-16, 16-17; Kiova-Apache [The bison offers Porcupine to transport him across the river; he does not want to cling to the wool - the water will wash it away, wants the Bison to take it in his mouth; on the other The shore pierces the heart of the Bison with thorns; looks for a knife to fresh the carcass; the Coyote pretends to be chrome, offers to jump over the carcass; wins by getting all the meat; while he is gone, Porcupine transfers the meat to the tree at rivers, prepares it; Coyote sees a reflection, jumps into the water with a rock, sinks; Porcupine asks the Coyote's children to lie down with their eyes closed; throws ribs instead of meat; kills everyone but the youngest, who opens his eyes; Calls him to the tree, feeds him to the dump, tells him to sit at the end of the branch; it breaks, the Coyote falls, crashes to death]: McAllister 1949, No. 17:62-64; Comanche [The cow wants to transport someone across the river; Coyote offers himself; does not want to ride on her back, neck, head, ear; agrees in her stomach, gets there through her mouth; kills a Cow when she gets to the opposite bank; eats meat]: Canonge 1958, No. 6:19-20; wichita [The turtle asks the Bison to transport it across the river; does not want anything but to climb into his anus; on the other side he gnaws through the Bison's intestines, goes out; looks for a knife cut the carcass; Coyote gives, offers a running competition; wins meat, goes after the family; The squirrel helps the Turtle carry the meat to the tree; the Coyote dives into the river for reflection, almost drowns]: Dorsey 1904a, No. 44:271-274.

Big Pool. Northern Payutes: Kelly 1938, No. 16a [Porcupine asks Moose to transport him across the river; prefers to climb not on his back or neck, but under his tail; climbs inside; when Moose reaches the shore, kills; looks for a knife to cut the carcass; Coyote suggests that whoever jumps over the carcass gets meat; wins, kills Porcupine; leaves his hat to guard, follows his wife and children; Porcupine comes to life, throws the hat into the water; cuts the carcass (with a Coyote knife?) , carries meat to the top of the juniper; Coyote asks him to drop a piece; Porcupine asks the Coyotes to stand in a row, kills everyone by dropping a heavy portion of meat], 16b [Porcupine asks Moose to transport it across the river; replies that he is afraid to fall, sitting on his back, ear, nose; climbs into the anus; when the Elk goes ashore, kills him with thorns; looks for a knife, cut the carcass; Coyote hears, offers to jump through the carcass; wins, takes all the meat, kills Porcupine, leaves the hat to guard, goes to bring the family; The porcupine comes to life, the hat screams but the Coyote does not hear; The porcupine throws the hat away, transfers the meat to the top of the juniper; the Coyote comes, climbs the juniper, asks where to relieve himself; the porcupine points a thin branch, it breaks off, the Coyote breaks; the Coyote cubs wait for the Porcupine will throw off their meat; killed in a big chunk], 19 [?] : 407-408, 408-409, 413-4? ; Western Shoshones: Smith 1993:49-50 [Coyote and Mouse spend the winter together; Coyote: I should get rabbits, I'll cause snow; shamanite all night; The mouse goes out to see, but it's light and doesn't sink in snow, so every time he tells Coyote that there is not enough snow so far; Coyote went out and fell; wanted to kill the Mouse, but she hid and then ran away; Mountain Sheep invites the Mouse to warm up in his ear; under with the mouse; all the rams offer the Mouse different places, but the mouse only accepts the offer of the one who let it get inside; gets through the mouth, one by one kills all the rams from the inside, makes a big fire at the top of the cliff, carrying the meat there; the Coyote came; the mouse threw pieces of meat on him, which he first spoiled, but he ate everything], 155 [The mouse kills the Deer by climbing into it through his mouth]; Utah: Kroeber 1901 (Utah), No. 5 [about Lowie 1924]: 270-271; Lowie 1924 (Southern Utah), No. 17 [Porcupine asks the bison to transport him across the river; he offers to sit between his legs (no : step); on his back (drown); etc.; agrees to climb only into the anus; when he hears that the bison's hooves have stepped ashore, opens needles, killing the bison; looks for a knife to cut the carcass; Coyote {wolf, but most likely it's a coyote} he hears it and offers his knife; the meat will get a jumping carcass; the porcupine can't jump over; the Coyote gives him giblets, tells the best to give it to flies, but Porcupine takes the best ones; The coyote killed him, told his excrement to signal if he came to life; brought his daughters, but Porcupine, who came to life, had already lifted the meat to the tree; invited the coyotes to stand in a row, threw not meat on them, but heavy meat bone, killing all but one cub; he climbed a tree, Porcupine told him to relieve himself at the end of a thin branch, which fell and broke]: 30-31; Sapir 1930, No. 1 (wintah) [following the buffalo trail, Porcupine (D.) asks bison manure how long ago its owner has passed; the deadline is getting shorter; by the river asks to transport it; rejects many bison, chooses the best one; says he is afraid to ride on his back, on horns, in the nose, climbs in the ass; kills when the bison replies that it has reached the shore; other bison butt the carcass, but did not reach D.; he is looking for a knife to cut the carcass; Coyote (K.) says that the one who will cut the carcass He will jump over it; tells D. to wash the meat but not eat it; leaves his excrement as a watchman; they shout that D. eats meat, K. kills him with a stick, leaves; D. comes to life, puts meat on a pine tree, tells her grow up; sheds K. and his cubs a bison's neck, killing everyone but the youngest; he climbed in, ate, K. sent him to relieve himself at the end of the branch, he fell and crashed]: 485-489; Smith 1992:6-9 (wintah) [Porcupine asks Bison to transport him across the river; he offers to climb into his anus (no: you'll start defecating), on his back (you'll throw him off), between his hooves (I'll fall out), in his ear; also not - just inside, he climbed over his ass; when he heard that the bison went ashore, pierced his heart and lungs with thorns; there is no knife to cut the carcass, the Coyote offers his own, the meat will be given to the one who jumps over the carcass; gives Porcupine giblets and He tells the best to give it to the water beetles, but Porcupine ate it himself; the Coyote killed him, but he came to life, told the pines to grow, dragged the meat to the upper branches; the Coyote brought his wives and children; Porcupine told them to stand in a row he threw off not the meat, but the bison's neck, killed everyone; only the youngest cub was left; he climbed to Porcupine, who told him to relieve himself at the end of a thin branch, he fell and crashed], 85-89 (White River Utah) [about the same as on p. 6-9; through the penis]; southern payutes: Lowie 1924, No. 9 (shivwitz) [Porcupine calls from the other side; large animals respond, he chooses bison (literally "cow"); she suggests Porcupine refuses to sit between her horns; then: in her stomach, anus, mouth; agrees to go only to her heart; when he hears that the bison has stepped ashore, pierces her heart with needles; there is no knife to cut the carcass; The coyote offers his own, whoever jumps over the carcass will take the meat; the Coyote killed Porcupine, left the excrement to watch, went after the family, but Porcupine came to life, scattered excrement, transferred the meat to a pine tree, which grew up; told the coyotes to close his eyes, threw off a heavy rib, the youngest opened his eyes, bounced; Porcupine invited him to eat meat, told him to relieve himself at the end of a thin branch, which fell and crashed]: 119; Sapir 1930, No. 17 [Porcupine (D.) asks the buffalo to transport him across the river; the last female agrees; D. does not want to sit on her back, between her horns, in her ear, agrees in her mouth; while crossing, asks where they are; when he learns that he is on the shore, he pierces needles into Bisoniche's heart; looks for a knife to cut the carcass; Coyote (K.) says that he recently wounded a bison, whether it's his prey; whoever jumps over the carcass will get a skin; cuts carcass, tells D. to bring firewood, kills him with a stick; hangs meat on a low pine tree, leaves his excrement to watch D., goes to call his wife and children; excrement shouts that D. has come to life, K. again kills him; for the third time, D. tells the tree to rise tall; K. asks them to lose their spine; D. asks the coyotes to lie in a row, close their eyes, kills with a thrown spine; K.'s youngest son opened his eyes, bounced; D. asks him to climb a tree, feeds him, sends him relief to the end of a thin branch; K. falls, breaks]: 457-463.

The Great Southwest. Hicarilla [Porcupine asks Bison to transport him across the river; afraid to sit on his head, agrees to climb into the anus; on the other side he gnaws through vital organs; looks for a knife to cut meat; Fox: the meat will be given to the one who jumps over the carcass; the porcupine cannot; the fox runs away to invite his own to a feast; the porcupine carries the meat to the tree; tells the Foxes to lie down with their eyes closed and covered with their skins; throws not meat, but sharp ribs; The fox peeks from the edge, dodges, stays alive; The porcupine lifts him up to the tree, feeds him; he asks where to relieve himself; The porcupine sends him to the end of a thin branch; The fox falls; comes to life when his corpse begins to decay]: Russel 1898:263-264; chiricahua [Coyote asks Bisoniha ("cow") to transport him across the river; refuses to ride between the horns, on the tail, agrees in the anus; cuts the Cow from the inside, eats meat]: Opler 1942, No. 48:66; lipan [Porcupine asks the Bison to transport him across the river; does not want to go between the horns, in his mouth, agrees in the anus; eats heart and lungs, goes out, looks for a knife, Coyote hears about it, offers to jump over the carcass, Porcupine can't, Coyote picks up meat; goes after the family, while Squirrels help Porcupine transfer meat to tree; Coyotes are asked to throw it off and to them, Porcupine refuses]: Opler 1940, No. 24:142-143; Navajo [Porcupine asked the elk to transport it across the river; refused to ride on horns - it will fall; it is better to climb into anus and will come out through his mouth; when he hears that the elk's hooves are dry, he pierced his heart and got out; Coyote: the meat will be taken by whoever jumps over the carcass; Porcupine carries meat to the river and eats it, says The coyote that the meat was eaten by the "aquatic men"; the Coyote killed him, but Porcupine came to life; so three times; while the Coyote was picking up his children, the porcupine dragged the meat to the pine tree; told all the coyotes to lie on their moose skin, killed them, throwing off the elk's spine; only the smallest one saw a bone flying through a hole in his skin and bounced; Porcupine promised to feed him fat; told him to relieve himself at the end of a thin branch, the coyote fell and crashed; but then the coyotes came to life]: Haile 1984, No. 8:41-44; teva [two options; Coyoticha asks Dicobraz to catch rabbits by climbing into their holes; picks up prey, closes the exit from the hole with a stone; Coyoticha finds another way out; asks the Moose (Deer) to transport her across the river; does not want to ride on her back, on horns, climbs into the anus; pierces the Moose's heart, killing him; the Coyoticha comes and sends her to wash pieces of meat, The porcupine eats them; the Coyoticha kills her, follows the cubs; the porcupine comes to life, carries the meat to the tree; invites the Coyotiche and the cubs to lie in a row, throws not meat, but the spine; survives only the youngest cub; the Coyoticha takes it to the tree, feeds it, offers to move; the branch breaks off, the Coyote crashes to death]: Parsons 1994, No. 25:285-290.