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A character kills or maims an enemy by setting fire to his clothes, mask, hat, hair, or object behind his back.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Kimbundu [the monkey invites the rabbit to babysit the lioness and eat the cubs; she wants to eat them, they promise better prey, offer to pretend to be dead; the animals gather in the house the lioness kills them; the monkey and the rabbit offer to bring brushwood to fry the meat on the fire; in the forest they promise meat to the snake, they bring the lioness, he kills her; all three carry firewood, the snake has it on the head and on tail; the monkey sets it on fire, the snake burns; all the meat goes to the rabbit and the monkey]: Nekrasova 1975:84-86.
West Africa. Krachi [during hunger, a man saw a giant lying on the ground of an unimaginable length; his hair was silky, not curly; the man asked him for food; it was Owuo ("death"); he gave very tasty meat, but ordered the food to be worked out; let the man go on the condition that he would send another instead of himself; the man sent his brother; one day he wanted meat again and came to O.; the brother was not visible, O. said that he went on business; the next time the man sent his sister to marry O., with her a maid; when he came by himself, there were no girls; when he received the meat, he realized that it was his sister's flesh; he ran to the village in horror ; people came, set fire to the giant's hair, and he died; they found a potion at the roots of the hair; when they smeared the remains of the man's brother and sister (as well as the maid) with it, they came to life; the man applied the drug to O.'s eyes; he opened; he has been blinking ever since; as soon as O.'s eyes close, someone dies]: Cardinall 1931:30-33 (paraphrase in Paulme 1967, No. 4:51-53); tangale: Jungraithmayr 2002:51-74, 257- 283 [a hungry man saw food in a tree, it fell, did not give it to his hands, jumped into the water; the man found a horn (which is being blown) there; the horn told him to ask him what it was for; the man asked, the horn answered, as for whipping, he began to beat a man; the man found another horn, he replied that it was to smash the ground, food appeared; people notice that the person and his family are no longer hungry; they tell Nanamudo; she tries both horns, burns them; but a piece remains, there is enough food for a person; he climbed a tree, taking a hot stone with her, lowered N.'s head on the roof of the house, and burned down the head of N., N. burned down , the wind scattered the ashes, it's like salt; everyone did not like the taste, one girl ate, and she was hardly taken home.]
China - Korea. The fox [t'ishüma cannibals with their feet turned back and clawed hands ate people; if t. Killed, ten appeared in its place; the hunter fried the dead wild boars, t.; he fed she had all the meat, she wanted to drink; he put a cape over her body, gave her a resin torch, sent her to the pond, telling her to hold the torch on the windward side; the cape caught fire, t. burned down; one day t came to the village, it was eaten by dogs; for them blood t. was a treat; there were more and more dogs and they ate them all t.]: Dessaint, Ngwâma 1994:179-181.
North Africa. Kabila [in late autumn, after putting the children to bed, the widow sits down to weave; Ceriel enters, begins to weave, the wool runs out, then weaves twine; the widow snatches brushwood from the hearth, scratches the end in her head; C. imitates her, but puts a burning end in her hair; burns, runs, rushes into the pond, gets stuck in the mud]: Taos-Amrush 1974:86-87.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Lepcha [the farm owner hired a young man named Atek to watch the cattle; he loved to play the flute; a woolen yeti woman came up and listened; as soon as A. stopped playing, she popped he took the flute to his lips; she took it herself, but could not play; disappeared at dawn; this went on for many days, A. does not know what to do, does not get enough sleep; brought oil to the fire, began to rub in front of the yeti, and then he took the smut and pretended to fry himself; the yeti also rubbed her oil and took the smut; her hair flashed, she ran away and never came back]: The story of Jyamphy Moong 2016.
The story of Jyamphy Moong, a Yeti (a Lepcha folktale). https://www.nezine.com/info/SmNXT2FyM05YZG1XT0pXNzA4KzVhdz09/the-story-of-jyamphi-moong,-a-yeti-(-a-lepcha-folktale-).html . File loading time 16.07.2016.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi [the hunter began to fry a goat; a forest man with a sharp bone protrusion on his chest sat down by the fire; the hunter smeared his forelock with fat, the forest man did the same; the hunter set fire to a forelock, a forest the man set fire to his hair, his hair caught fire, he ran away; the hunter covered the block with a burka, hid himself; the forest man came up, threw his chest at the burka, the hunter shot him with two bullets; sharp He cut out the ledge, brought it to the village]: Karashev 1957:129-130; Abazins [a shaggy forest man approached the fire of Mkhamata-s-North, began to repeat all movements; the hunter put a coal on his knees and began to blow; the forest man did the same, caught fire, ran away; the hunter on the trail reached his cave, finished off the forest man and killed his mother; Mhamata-s-yuga carried the eagle to the rock; he shot him, climbed into him skin and went down]: Tugov 1985, No. 92:278-279; Armenians [the miller replies to Satan that his name is I am myself; S. mimics the miller; he pours oil on his head, S. is also a miller sets it on fire; S. answers the hell that he set fire to himself]: Ganalanyan 1979, No. 786b: 252; Turks [the traveler meets a forest man overgrown with hair; he repeats all his actions: eats bread, offers to his mouth, as if lighting a cigarette; a person pretends to run hot charcoal over his body; a forest man does the same, burns]: Dor 2002, No. 25:79-80.
Iran - Central Asia. Mountain Tajiks (river valley) Hingow) [the hunter killed the nakhchir (goat), began to fry; smeared his cracked legs with melted fat; the ghoul came up, also began to grease the body; the hunter put coal to his feet to heal; the ghoul repeated, said that the hunter burned it; the hunter ran away, taking his gun and leaving the meat]: Kislyakov 1938:118.
Eastern Siberia. Far Eastern Evenks (Uchurian?) [the eagle grabbed the man, brought him to the nest, and let the eagles play: if the cross-eyed man was tickled, he would laugh; the eagles tortured the man with a tickle; then he promised them to make a toy; ordered them to bring brushwood; cutting his Doha into pieces, he made a belt, tied the eagles together, and tied the other end to him; set fire to brushwood; the eagles first liked it, and then they took off, carried the man put it down to the ground; he cut off his belt, ran to the house; when he saw the eagle chasing, he fired a burning arrow; it hit the eagle, the feathers caught fire, he fell and died; since then, eagles and other birds have been afraid person]: Myreeva 2009:164-167.
Japan. Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki [a badger ruins a peasant's field; he finally caught him, hung him by the legs in the house and did not tell his wife to let go: in the evening he would make him out of him soup; the badger offers the farmer's wife to grind barley instead of her; and then she will hang it again by the legs; the old woman untied the badger, who killed her with a pestle, made soup out of it; when the peasant returned, the badger took the form of his wife, and when he ate the soup, he became a badger again, said that the peasant ate and ran away; the rabbit, a friend of the peasant, promised to punish the badger; invited him to mow sweet (dry) grass; on the way home quietly set fire to a bunch of grass behind the badger's back; his skin was scorched; rabbit: I had nothing to do with it, I'll bring medicine; I smeared the badger's back with pepper; he writhed in pain, but still recovered; rabbit invited the badger to fish; got into a wooden boat and gave him a clay boat; the clay softened in the water, the badger drowned]: Tales of Japan 2019:133-139.
SV Asia. Chukchi [the man fell asleep in the tundra; the bear grabbed him, carried him; the man set fire to his wool with a match; the bear left the man, threw himself into the water; the bear and the man parted, taught each other a lesson]: Tyn'etegyn 1959:11-12.
Subarctic. Tagish [The owl steals, eats the children; the old woman asks to be left alone in the camp; the owl comes, the old woman invites him to warm up by the fire before eating it; pours prepared resin on him, the feathers light up, the old woman hides in a tunnel under the snow, the Owl dies; the old woman brings the Owl's cut off little finger to show that it was a giant; men burn the corpse, the ashes turn into ordinary owls]: McClelland 2007, #86:408-410
The coast is the Plateau. Sechelt (sysyatl) [two sisters come to Eagle and Owl living together, both good hunters; the Eagle marries the youngest, the Owl marries the eldest; the youngest gives birth to a boy, the eldest frog, places him into the lake; husbands disappear; wives go looking for them; the eldest gives the frog a magic rope, he pulls it, transports them across the lake; wives find husbands dying in Yeneqemekwon's house; she offers to roll down from the mountain, under the mountain an abyss; the eldest holds on to the magic rope, ending the boy, takes red and white paint in her mouth; J. thinks that the woman has broken, she pulls herself back on the rope; J. wants have hair as long as women; they say to coat their heads with resin, sprinkle with hot stones; J. burns]: Hill-Tout 1904a: 49-50; Hines 1998, No. 27A [=Sapir 1909b : 134-139], 27B [Coyote meets an old witch with a basket; his "sisters": tie the grass to a knife to make it rattle when you dance; the witch will ask how, answer to cover yourself with tar and set fire; witch burnt; Coyote: new people are coming, you'll be nobody, nothing]: 113-115, 115-116; cous: Frachtenberg 1913, No. 14 [the old lady stayed in the house with her two grandchildren; two giantesses came in and started dancing; old lady invited them to dance closer to the fire; their tar clothes melted, then caught fire; they ran out of the house; the old woman looked at her grandchildren - they were dead; people came to the house of the giantess and found they are dead; their valuables were taken, the house was burned down]: 83-85; Jacobs 1940, No. 5 [two cannibals come to catch children; they are wearing resin clothes, an old woman sets fire to them, they burn; children die because they look at cannibal]: 142-143; takelma [the spirits of the dead kidnap the living; the Coyote comes to the river; the dead girl invites him into her boat; he refuses, sets fire to her clothes; she burns, swims back, rushes to the other dead, they all burn; since then, the dead have not taken the living with them]: Sapir 1909, No. 8:97-99; upper coquil [everyone went to dig the roots of the kamas, the pregnant woman remained and a dozen and a half children; two Resin Women came; the pregnant woman let them into the house, offered to dance; the fire began to melt the resin on them, the woman set her on fire, they caught fire, ran, the dogs after them; one the dog was gone, the second one came back without an eye, all the children died; the woman told the returning people and also died]: Jacobs 2007:143-145.
California. Miwok [a giant catches people; they throw burning pine cones into his basket; he falls and burns]: Gifford 1917, No. 14:334; Chukchansi yokuts [the Cannibal's basket is covered with resin inside; The cannibal carries the children in it, devours them; the boy urinates, the Cannibal decides that it has rained, hides under a tree; the boy grabs a branch, runs away; people set fire to the basket on the Cannibal's back; the Cannibal burns, runs to her cave, people beat her to death; it turns into an echo]: Rogers, Gayton 1944, No. 19:204; salinan [Chahe woman has a basket of boiling tar on her shoulder, this is her stomach; she throws people at her; the Falcon and the Raven meet her, she throws the Raven (black since then) into the basket, the Falcon pulled him out, revived him; they set fire to that woman; she ran north, where burning resin was dripping, Mezcal grew]: Mason 1918:109; Chumash [brothers Sumivovo (Jr.) and Six'Suc (Sr.) are children of Thunder and Mist; travel; Jovojov carries a basket of resin behind his back; sings; The brothers go to his voice, J. throws them into the basket; Six'Suc blocks the mouth of the basket with a flute; fires with a fire drill; brothers jump off, run away; J. burns, turns into stone]: Blackburn 1975, No. 16:114 ; monak [cannibal skeleton catches people, puts them in a basket smeared with sticky resin; Falcon and Raven say they will jump themselves; set fire to the basket, the boater burns]: Gifford 1923, No. 8:325; kitanemook [Falcon and Raven meet a cannibal carrying a basket of hot resin behind her back; she tries to shove them in; they put onions across the basket, sit at the ends, set fire to the resin; cannibal burns]: Blackburn, Bean 1978:568.
The Big Pool. Southern Payut (Moapa) [a cannibal catches a boy in the forest, carries it in a basket; a boy sets fire to her; a cannibal burns]: Lowie 1924, No. 19:186; Western shoshones [a stone man covered with resin; it can be destroyed if set on fire]: Smith 1993:165.
The Great Southwest. Cannibal. Yavapai [a cannibal catches a boy in the forest, carries her in a basket of knives; a boy sets fire to her, a cannibal burns]: Gifford 1933a: 390-391; western ceres (Laguna) [on the way, the twins set fire cannibal hair; houses push her into the fire]: Boas 1928a: 250; mojave [the cannibal catches the hero, puts cacti in the basket, on top; on the way he carves fire, sets fire to cacti, flies away with a gadfly; cannibal burns out]: Devereux 1948:247.
Mesoamerica Maya (various groups) [a demon can only be killed by setting fire to his body hair]: Ventur 1982:xiii; chorti [old Sesimite walks into homes, eats babies; (as beautiful?) offers himself to a young man on horseback; turns his long hair into a net, catches, carries a young man; he (on the way?) runs away; when S. walks along a dry riverbed, other young men set fire to her hair]: Fought 1985:144.
Honduras - Panama. Doraske [late in the evening, the hunter was grilling the game; dozed off; when he woke up, he saw a big man, whose body was completely hairy, eating roasted meat; hunter He slipped away unnoticed, found a palm tree that burns even if it was damp and from which torches were made, went to the fire, lit the torches and threw them at that man; he was all burning and ran, shouting: Why are you burning me, I am the owner of the forest, always with you when you hunt; the man ran to look for companions, but he thought he was being chased; he bitterly repented of what he had done]: Miranda de Cabal 1974, No. 8:23-34.
Guiana. Carinha (Guyana) [the forest spirit kidnaps the hunter's wife; he is covered with hard hair and cannot be pierced by an arrow; a man sets her on fire, her spirit burns; the man shaves his wife, who has also begun to grow hair]: Gillin 1936, No. 9:199-200; kalinya: Goeje 1943, No. b27 [Tikokë, "hairy", may appear in the guise of a huge anteater; he is the grandfather of the forest, creating the entire forest; he does not devour people, but sucks them out blood through the flute he carries; in some myths, the hero sets fire to his long hair]: 51; Magaña 1988a, No. 98:184.
Western Amazon. Canelo [hair on head]: Whitten 1985:85
NW Amazon. Chikuna [straw costume]: Nimuendaju 1952:150
Eastern Amazon. Tenetehara [see motive J9; Maira leaves leaving his pregnant wife; she follows him, spends the night at the Opossum house, conceives a second son; a woman comes to the village of Jaguars, dies, her children Jaguars are killed; the spirit of the mother who ate him Maira's son (SM) encloses him in a bamboo vessel, gives it to Maira; he demands proof that the brothers are his children; 1) kill the Azang female spirit ; SM sets fire to her long hair, dries the lakes in which Azang tries to put it out, Azang burns; 2) kill the male spirit Azang; he cuts down a tree to make a bow and arrows that hit all animals; SM pierces a sharp hand of spirit into the log, leaves it to die; 3) kill Azang the fisherman; SM in the form of a surubim fish removes the bait from his hook; brother gets hooked, caught, fried, eaten; SM asks Azang to give him bones, revives his brother; asks his father to break a rock with an arrow; he can't, SM breaks, he is stronger father; both now in the Village of Gods]: Nimuendaju 1915, No. 1:286; Wagley, Galvão 1949, No. 14:139; urubu [passing by the tree, Maïra inserted his penis into the crack because he did not have a wife; tree swollen, a pregnant woman came out of it, the baby in her womb spoke, pointing the way to her father; asked her mother to pick flowers for him; one day she reached for a flower, she was bitten by a snake, she slapped on the stomach, reproached her son; he fell silent; she came to Mukura's house (i.e. the opossum); he offered to spend the night with him; it was raining at night, Mukura made a hole in the roof over the hammock by a woman, she was forced lie down in his hammock; in the morning he told me to go left from the fork, but she turned right and ended up in a jaguar village; the jaguar wives told me to leave as soon as possible, but she stayed; she was hidden under a vessel; the jaguars turned over a vessel; Maira's son turned his mother into an animal, she ran away, caught up, killed; two embryos were given to an old woman; she began to fry them, but burned her hands; the embryos turned into agouti; the old woman began to raise them; the jaguars wanted to eat them; they became boys, ran away, went to look for Maira, stayed with him; Maira's son offered to steal the forest demon's fishing hook; Maira's son bit off and took it away; Mukura's son was caught in the appearance of a piranha; the demon ate it, threw away the bones; Maira's son turned into ants, they collected bones, Mukura's son came to life; Mukura's son took the hook safely from another forest spirit; Maira praised them; brothers turned into hummingbirds, flew, set fire to the forest demon's beard, his head burned down; the brothers killed the hummingbird {real}, found a human in his stomach; when they approached the wide river, they fired arrows alone in the tail was different, it turned out to be a bridge, they crossed it to the other side, killed many bakers there; called the jaguars to pick up the meat; when they crossed the bridge with arrows, the brothers destroyed it; all the jaguars drowned, because they carried a load of meat]: Riveiro 2002:210-215.
Bolivia - Guaporé. Chiriguano [fires on the back of his head]: Nordenskiöld 1912:287.
Southern Amazon. Kayabi [the man set fire to the forest spirit's hair; it's so long that the fire only reached his head three days later; the spirit burned]: Pereira 1995, No. 82:119; bororo [ties the smut to the hair]: Wilbert, Simoneauu 1983, No. 11:37
Southern Brazil. Kaigua [brothers climb a tree, make koati; Anya tells him to throw them to him; elder Nyanderike-y throws the koati away, but A. finds it, puts it in the basket, tells the brothers to go down; N. descends, A. beats him, puts him in the same basket, carries him home; leaves the basket for a while, the younger brother revives the elder, they put a stone in N.'s place, run away; domestic A. only coati and stone are found; A. goes looking for brothers; N. throws a stick, it turns into a doe, A. chases it, kills it, thinking it's N.; puts a wand in his mouth, says, Here's the mouth that called me; etc. (Here's my eyes, what I'm they saw; the nose that smelled me); the brothers come to A.'s daughters, painting their heads red; they tell the girls that they must peel off their father's head and rub the crown with pepper to hand over A. just as beautiful; A. died; the brothers set fire to Anya's daughters' long hair, who also died]: Strelnikov 1930:307-308; apapakuwa [Nyanderikoy creates a coati, throws Anyaya from the tree ; he asks N. to go down, puts him in the basket; leaves him for a while; brother N. revives him, they put a stone in his place; Anyai's daughters find only koati and stone in the basket; A. returns; N. creates a deer, A. chases him, mistaking him for N.; brothers cover their heads with flowers; they tell A.'s daughters that their father needs to scalp and rub the crown with pepper to become just as beautiful; A. bursts, the brain turns into mosquitoes and barigues (horseflies?) ; brothers marry A.'s daughters; set fire to the grass around, women's hair lights up, heads burst, mosquitoes appear]: Nimuendaju 1914:366-399; mbia [see J9 motif; woman gets to creatures Mbae-ypi, they eat her; the baby in her womb cannot be killed, it is Pa-i, the Sun; he grows up, lives with an old woman, makes a brother out of a leaf (next Month); brothers kill Mbae-ypi, one pregnant woman has escaped, jaguars come from her; when Pa-i's son enters the river, the fish dies and can be collected; Charia asks Pa-i to lend him the boy, hits him on the head throws into the water; Pa-i fights Charia, their forces are equal (solar eclipses); Pa-i gives C. a feather crown; wearing it, C. burns, mosquitoes, horseflies, gadflies emerge from the ashes]: Cadogan 1959:70-83; Cadogan, Lopez Austin 1970:74-85; chiripa [hat]: Bartolomé 1977:37