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