Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

L5D. The head is thirsty .62.64.65.70.

A rolling head suffers from thirst. See motif L5.

NW Amazon. Tariana; tucano?

Eastern Brazil. Urubu [urubu man and woman (anthropomorphic) had two heads each; the man hit, smashed one head; the woman told him so; the man was angry, broke one head to his wife; she did not could eat (both heads had to eat at the same time); was thirsty; squeezed the juice out of the hot pepper, drank it; when the juice reached the second head, she felt a burning sensation, a terrible thirst; a head hanging on broken neck, separated from her body, began to fly in search of water; lost her body, called him, could not return (because, apparently, the woman died); the tapir covered the female, her head clung to the tapir; ate all his food; he starved to death; vultures flew, his head stuck to the urubu-ray; he rose to the sky, now he is double-headed; he eats a lot, because his second, female head, must be satisfied first]: Ribeiro 2002:598-600.

The Central Andes. Ferreñafe; Quechua (Cajamarca); Aymara.

Eastern Brazil. Kayapo; apinaye.