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Ethnicities and habitats

L31B. The reptile creeps into the water. 45.-.47.50.64.68.73.

When

people find a reptile on land, they touch it or sit on it, stick it and crawl into the water with it. See motif L31.

Northeast. Delaware [turtle].

Plains. Usually a Turtle. Blacklegs; Crowe; Teton; Shayens; Arikara; Pawnee; Wichita [snake].

Southeast USA. A turtle. Caddo; shawnee; screams.

The Great Southwest. Lipan [turtle].

Eastern Amazon. Anaconda. Spiking; zhuruna.

Southern Amazon. Camayura [anaconda].

Southern Brazil. Ofaie [anaconda].