L102. Running away from an animal husband. (.26.) .39.40.46.49.50.
Agirl or woman (for various reasons, jokingly or seriously) calls an animal or animal remains a husband, or steps on bones and turns to them. The animal (comes to life and) takes it away. Her human husband, parents, or brother come after her, they flee; usually an animal husband stalks them but stops chasing them or dies.
(Chinese), Chukchi, Asian Eskimos, St. Lawrence, Northern Alaska Inupiate, Mackenzie Eskimos, Copper, Caribou, Polar or Baffin Land, Labrador, West Greenland Eskimos, Caribou, Blackfooted, Northern Shoshones, Tiwa (Taos).
(Wed. China - Korea. The Chinese [the nobleman has gone far; at home, his daughter tells the stallion that if he brought her father, she would marry him; the horse brings her father; when he finds out what is going on, he kills the horse; horse the skin wrapped around the girl, left, climbed a tree with her, became a cocoon (the origin of silkworms)]: Gan Bao 2004, No. XIV.350:182-185.
SV Asia. Chukchi [boys and girls play husbands and wives; the youngest girl grabs a whale skull, he drags her into the sea; turns into Keith, takes her as his wife; her brother learns to sail in a boat so fast how a bird flies; sails with his companions for his sister; Keith floods the house with water, people escape wearing bird skins; Keith lets a heavy bloody stone roll, people escape with skins ermines; take a woman away; Keith catches up with them; a woman throws her garments one by one, strips naked; people on the shore kill Keith; a woman gives birth to a Kitten; he grows up, leads to a village many whales; someone is killing him]: Bogoras 1928, No. 50:436-439.
The Arctic. Asian Eskimos (Sirenics) [girls and boys play wives and husbands, one does not have a husband, she took an old whale skull; her skull dragged her into the water; her eight brothers follow her birds between the crushing rocks; only the bars at the stern of the kayak are damaged; in the whale's home, the old man offers to compete; after turning off the lights, he throws a whale shovel, but the sister hid the brothers in the pit in advance; the sister creates seagulls from pieces of one of the brothers's kitchen made from tea skins; while the seagulls attack the old man, the brothers take her sister away; the whale chases their boat; the woman consistently takes off his garments, throws a whale; every time he plays with them, falls behind, stops chasing; a woman gives birth to a kitten; he regularly brings whales to people; people from another village kill him]: Menovshchikov 1985, No. 99:238-241; St. Lavrenia [boys and girls played, each took a pair, one girl was left without a pair, sat on her skull in her face, said he would be her pair; her skull took her away; her older brother Ayvanga became everyone ask questions; the old man explained that it was necessary to make a boat faster than a duck; A. and his four brothers made boats out of different wood and broke them when they could not overtake the ducks; finally found a suitable tree and swam; there are cliffs ahead, many dead birds and seals in front of them; the boat slipped through, only cut off the very stern of the kayak; on the shore there was a man, they promised to give him a knife, he said that the leader had brought a new wife; A. killed him so that he would not report them; through a hole in the dugout, the brothers see the audience, their sister was cooking; met with his sister; the chief asks what the wife is concerned about; she answers that her food was too monotonous, the chief promised to bring other meat; A. went to the old woman, killed her, put on her skin, and the other brothers came to the chief and he offered to fight; the local young men followed the old woman, they carried it, because she usually cannot walk, they wonder why it is so heavy; the leader easily defeats and kills each of the younger brothers; when he is going to kill the youngest, A. takes off the old woman's skin, kills the leader, everyone is happy; A. revives both the brothers and the leader; the competition continues the next day; A. is lowered into the hole, she is covered with burning firewood; in the pit A. hid under the shoulder blade of a whale; to him they lowered the rope, he went out; the leader was subjected to the same test, burned down; the brothers go to the shore, taking his sister and another girl; towards an old man and an old woman, holding human figures and a wand; like they only hit the figure with a stick, one of the brothers falls dead; A. kills the old people themselves, revives the brothers; a whale chases the boat into the sea; the brothers consistently throw the girl's garments, the whale lingers every time; when a girl stays naked, they throw her whale herself]: Slwooko 197:54-60; Northern Alaska Inupiate [parents don't tell Olluk to touch the bone on the shore; other kids throw at bone stones, nothing happens; when O. comes up, the bone turns into a monster, takes it away; at home it is made a man, O. must cook; father comes to pick her up, cuts off the rope for which she tied, they sail away in a mind; the man turns into a whale, chases; O. throws parts of his clothes one by one, the whale wasts time swallowing them; O. and his father jump ashore, the whale swallows the mind dies]: Burkher 1989:38-42; the Eskimos of McKenzie's mouth [the boys were playing hide and seek, one hid behind walrus bones, the bones became a walrus, carried him to sea; his brothers sailed to the walrus's house, saw a boy pick crustaceans from walrus hair; the boy tied a rope tied to him by a Walrus to a pole, taught the pole to take responsibility for himself, sailed away with his brothers in a boat; a walrus in the guise of a walrus chases them , they throw pieces of their clothes to him, he attacks them; when the walrus comes ashore for the boys, they kill him with harpoons, cook him, eat him; Walrus's meat did not eat his meat]: Jenness 1924, No. 29:59-60 (translated in Menovshchikov 1985, No. 154:366-367); Ostermann 1942:117-119 [children play "husbands, wives and children"; a girl takes a whale bone, Keith takes it to sea; in his house she must clean his head; his lice are crustaceans, she does not eat them as she should, but throws them away; calls her eight brothers; asks Keith to let her go out of need; Keith offers her relief in his hand, then agrees to tie his wife for the rope, she bandages her to a pole, tells her to be responsible for it; Keith chases the fugitives; the girl throws different parts of her clothes one at a time, Keith loses time caressing them every time; on the shore of the Whale killed with spears]; copper [A human whale lives with a woman on an island; she is visited by people from the mainland, they see that she is collecting parasites from Whale's head; a woman secretly unties her tied to her rope, swims away with people; her husband in the form of a whale chases after her; men throw a woman's garments into the water, the whale tears them up, wasting time; when the whale crawls ashore, he is harpooned, boiled, eaten; a woman did not eat her husband's meat]: Jenness 1924, No. 56:74-75 (translated into Menovshchikov 1985, No. 168:390-391); caribou [girls play wives and husbands; one calls a whale's skull husband; he drags her into the water, turns into a whale, makes her wife; her brother takes her back; the whale chases them, she throws him parts of her clothes, the whale stays near them, the fugitives reach home; another girl calls her husband a falcon; he takes her to a rock; she weaves a rope from her tendons, descends from a cliff, runs away]: Rasmussen 1930b: 94-96; polar (the storyteller's mother is from Baffin Land) [three girls they play marriage, one wants a seagull as her husband, the other a whale bone, a third grave; the Seagull takes the first to her nest, Keith takes the second to an island in the sea; they come for the kidnapped, she bandages Keith's rope tied to her to a stone, sails away with people; in the boat, Keith's wife consistently throws him parts of her clothes, strips naked; when Keith jumps ashore, he again turns into whale bone; The seagull brings belugas to his wife's goiter; the wife makes a rope out of their tendons, descends from a cliff, runs to her father; he invites the Seagull to raise his wings, kills with an arrow; from the femur the joint makes a dog kennel]: Holtved 1951, No. 39:174-179; 1951b, No. 39:67-69; (translated into Menovshchikov 1985, No. 205:415-416); Labrador Eskimos: Hawkes 1916 [girl sees a whale bone on the shore , says she would marry her; Keith came to life and took her away; one day she saw her father and brothers in a mind; asked me to take her with her; Keith rushed to catch up; she threw her mittens overboard, Keith tore them, lost them time; same - shoes, clothes; The stalker whale was in shallow water, he was killed, he turned into bone again]: 155-156; Smith 1994, No. 2 [one girl took a stone by her husband and became a stone herself; the other took a whale jaw bone, which turned into a whale, carried it away; on the island, the whale became a man and married the girl; tied her on a long leash so that she could leave the house; her parents followed her arrived, she tied a rope to the stake and sailed away with them; when her husband realized the deception, he became a whale and swam in pursuit; the girl threw her shoes to him, then took turns all the garments; each time a whale" fights them", wasting time; the boat managed to reach the shore; the whale jumped ashore and became the bones of the whale's head again; another girl took her husband the bone of an eagle's wing; she became an eagle, who took her to rock; the girl made a rope out of the bones (that's right: from the tendons) of the animals and birds that the eagle brought her, went down, ran home; the eagle flew after him; one of the men killed him with an arrow, the eagle again became a wing bone]: 210-212); West Greenland [two sisters reject suitors; one of their brothers suggests that one of their brothers marry an eagle and the other a whale; the eagle takes the girl to the edge of the cliff; brings walruses and seals to her and her brothers; she weaves a rope from her tendons; she goes down, her brothers bring her home; the eagle arrives, only an orphan boy managed to hit him with an arrow, others finish him off; the whale takes him away second sister; does not let him out of the house, offers relief in his arm or arm; brothers train; when their boat overtakes the loon, they come for his sister; she ties the rope for which the whale tied her to a stone, leaves with her brothers; the whale catches up; she consistently throws her garments, the whale grabs them, loses time; when she throws off her pants, the boat reaches the shore, the whale is thrown away then turns into whalebones]: Ostermann 1939:124-127; the Eskimos of Labrador, West Greenland (two versions - one from Labrador, the other from Greenland) [two girls play on the shore, one with eagles, the other with whale bones; the first says she would marry the Eagle, the other what a Whale; the first one is carried away by the Eagle; she makes a rope out of the tendons of the birds they bring, descends the rock, comes running to people; an Eagle arrives, asks him to raise his wings, kills him with arrows; Keith takes the second girl, tells him to collect lice (parasitic crustaceans) from him; the girl's brothers make a fast-moving boat they come for her sister; Keith chases them; the girl consistently throws her garments to Keith; the boat manages to reach the shore; when it reaches the shore, Keith turns into a whale bone]: Rink 1975, No. 8:126-128.
Plains. Blacklegs: Wissler, Duvall 1908, No. 26 [women go for brushwood, one promises a buffalo chief to marry him if he leads his herd to where hunters wait for buffalo; hearing the tramp bison, women hurry home, but the rope that has promised himself to bind the brushwood is constantly untied; a handsome man comes up to her, says that he sacrificed his people for her; the former husband a woman makes arrows, follows her; by the river she meets his wife, who lets him drink from a buffalo horn; the bison husband feels that a stranger drank from his horn, the woman explains that she gave water to the young bison; when the bison falls asleep, spouses run away; bison chase; arrows do no harm to the buffalo chief; the woman takes off, throws off her dress, the buffalo lose time trampling on it; the spouses climb a tree; the wife reports that only a white flint tip is dangerous for the bison; the bison runs past; one old one itches against the trunk; contrary to her husband's warning, the woman spits on him; the bison comes back; from the fourth shot, when the tree is already falling, a person kills the buffalo leader; the rest are killed or run away; a woman cries for the bison, her husband kills her; founds the Tails in Front society (they hang their bison tails so that they seen from the front)], 27 [the buffalo chief promises the wife of the hunter chief not to take her herd from under the arrows if she becomes his wife; she agrees; Bluebird talks about the incident to her human husband; reports that a buffalo chief can only be killed with a blunt yellow arrow at a red spot on his head; then rip open his belly, a bird will fly out of there, kill it, then the bison will die; an ant, a partridge give man take their form; he flies to the buffalo to scout; at this time, the bison tells his wife to embroider his moccasins with porcupine needles, otherwise he will kill him; worms do it for a woman; the bison gives a horn for water; he reports that the woman met someone; she denies, the birds confirm her words; the spouses fly away in the guise of ants, then partridges; flee in their true form; the woman consistently takes off, throws bison one, the second moccasins, then legs, stockings (garters), dress, belt, shirt; every time the bison stops, wasting time; the couple climb a tree, the bison run past; the last one is lame stops, the woman spits on him, the bison returns; the man kills them, the chief is the last; the wife cries; the husband cuts off his wife's breasts and genitals, puts the bison's genitals in her throat]: 109-112, 112-116.
Big Pool. The Northern Shoshones [a young woman went to fetch water, found a bison skeleton, began to play with it; the bison came to life and carried her away; her husband found her, both ran home; the bison and the whole herd ran in pursuit, the fugitives climbed the poplar above the river; the bisons ran by; the woman in eius tergum minxit; the bison noticed the fugitives, began to cut down a tree; her husband's arrows did not harm them, but the lark prompted shoot a fire drill; the husband killed the buffalo chief by hitting him in the heart; others ran away]: Lowie 1909b, No. 32:293.
The Great Southwest. Tiwa (Taos): Parsons 1940a, No. 22 [To go further into the water, the Apaches laid a bison skull at the edge of the lake; the chief's wife regrets the beautiful bison that is now being treated this way; skull turns into a bison, says he is the Chief of the Bison, tells the woman to sit between his horns, takes her away; the chief comes to the Old Spider Woman, she gives him a witchcraft, sends him to Old Gopher, that says that the bison tied the moose's teeth to the woman's dress so that they ring if she moves; the chief puts the buffalo to sleep, the old Gopher digs a hole to the woman, she collects her clothes in a ball so as not to ring; the chief and his wife resort to three poplars; the first two say they are old and decrepit, the third invites them to climb; the woman urinated, the bison's calf smells her; the bison butt the tree, the chief kills them with arrows, their leader is unharmed; the crow tells him to shoot in the anus, the buffalo chief is killed; when the Apache chief cuts him, the woman cries; says that smoke, but the chief does not believe, kills her], 23 [ contrary to her younger sister's warning, the Apache woman says that the bison's skull was handsome, she would marry it; the Bison takes her away; the Opossum gives her husband magic remedies, warns that the Bisons are sleeping with open eyes; the husband finds his wife in the herd, takes him away, they climb a tree; she urinates, a calf notices her; when the husband kills the Chief of the Bison with an arrow, the woman cries; he kills her too; bakes her head; tells son and daughter go to eat meat; The head hisses; the children are hungry, they eat meat; the head chases them; the tribe migrates; the dog (in fact, a witch doctor) hides fire for them, gets them food; the old woman- The possumicha reports that their father married Coyoticha; gives them good luck, an awl, a brush, a mirror; the children come to the old woman; her leg is swollen to press down the sleeping girl; the boy asks them to spare them; the crow reports that the old woman needs to bring rotten water, wet firewood; the brother pretends that her sister needs to pee, runs away, carrying her on the back; throws an awl, the old woman takes him for a boy, grabs it, her arms and legs stick (resin doll motif); she can hardly free herself; an abandoned brush turns into a thicket, a mirror into ice; an old woman falls on the ice, breaks to death; children come to people, they are starving; children refuse to stay with them], 25 [during the migration, an old Apache woman found a baby thrown away, called Na'sagi; the chief promises a daughter to whoever knocks down an eagle with an arrow; whoever kills fox; N. did it, although he was small, fat and dirty, got a girl; hid all the bison, deer and other animals in an underground shelter; opened it, the animals came out, people were happy; N. stepped on the bison's skull, regretted that it was a strong bison, and now only bones; the bison came to life, took it away; a small animal that was digging the ground promised N. to dig an underground passage under the bison; dug under ear; N. entered the buffalo house, where they were dancing, took his wife back; asks the tree if it will help, it sends it to another; the fourth, smallest, promises to help, N. and his wife climb it; wife N. urinated, the calf smelled it, the bison returned, but N. killed their leader with an arrow, they ran away]: 61-64, 64-70, 76-77.