L33A. A boulder pursues a thief .41.43.44.46.49.
Thetrickster picks up an object lying on or near a rock or other seemingly inanimate object he has given to that object. He persecutes or otherwise punishes the offender. See motif L33.
Eyak, Thompson, Flethead, Kurdalen, Northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake), Steppe Cree, Blackfoot, Crowe, Hidatsa, Teton, Santee, Arapahoe, Arikara, Skidi Pawnee, Western, Northern and Eastern Shoshones, Northern Payutes, Goshiyutes, Utah.
NW Coast. Eyak [The Raven found the grass blanket, put it on, threw it away; the blanket rotted, the Raven called West Wind, asked for his blanket back, got it]: Johnson 1988:1-2.
The coast is the Plateau. Thompson [The Coyote sees the steam room covered with a blanket; takes the blanket; something follows him, knocks him down, throws him into the mosquito swamp, takes the blanket; it was the Master of the Steam Room (or Wind); Var.: Coyote sent a cold to get out, freezing the quagmire and dispersing mosquitoes]: Teit 1917b, No. 21:10; flethead; curdalen.
The Midwest. Northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake); Steppe Cree.
Plains. Blacklegs; crowe; hidatsa; teton; arapaho; arikara; skidy pawnee; santi [The spider invites the Rabbit to use each other; Rabbit begins, when he finished, ran away; when the Spider went out of need, rabbits jumped out of his ass; he gave a blanket to the Rock, asked for the slaughtered bison in exchange for the slaughtered bison; it began to rain, the Spider took the blanket, returning to the bison, found only bones]: Wallis 1923, No. 25:96-97.
Big Pool. Western, Northern and Eastern Shoshones; Northern Payutes [Tabats is the main god, Shinob is his brother; the world has already been created, but all without a form or name; this is especially true for the stone mountain that has fallen off the mountain boulder; animals laugh at how he turns and falls, jokingly place beaded legs and a striped blanket in front of him, believing that he will not be able to take them; S. took them and the boulder rolled then; S. called for help from the crow and the cougar, but the boulder crushed them; the rabbit put a hard stone in the way, but repulsed only a piece of the boulder; the nightjar began to rapidly descend on the boulder again and again, and he in finally split; S. ordered that from now on the stones, even if they rolled down the slope, fall to pieces; the nightjar should be covered with bruises and bruises; S. decorated his shoulders and chest with beads, and his wings and rewound his throat with stripes cut out of that cape]: Palmer 1946:20-24; goshiyute; utah.