Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
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Ethnicities and habitats

L33C. A boulder presses the trickster. 44.-.46.65.74.

The

trickster and the boulder agree to race down the slope. The boulder is rolling faster and crushing the trickster. See motif L33.

The Midwest. Northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake).

Northeast. Nascapi; montagnier; mikmaq, passamaquoddy; penobscot.

Plains. Arikara [Coyote sees a stone on the mountain, asks his name; Runs fast; Coyote offers to race; The stone reluctantly agrees, asks to bring it to the top; At first, the Coyote is in front, but the Stone is rolling faster, sticking to his back, refusing to get off; the Coyote carries him, the Stone gets heavier; the Coyote says Bull-Bats (apparently some birds, not bats) that Stone called them names; allegedly he, Coyote, promised to tell them about it, and then Stone jumped on his back to prevent him from doing so; Bull-Bats began diving on the Stone, producing specific sound, the Stone split; Coyote called Bull-Bats, says they ruined his hair with fragments of stone; Bull-Bats told him to go his own way]: Dorsey 1904d, No. 57:143-144.

The Central Andes. Kant; Cusco.

Patagonia - Chile. Tehuelche.