L65D. The cannibal's younger sister. .36.37.39.40.42.-.46.50.
When the older sister becomes a cannibal, the youngest is (temporarily) saved. Cf. motives L1B, L65C.
Evens, Orochi, Udege, forest and tundra (?) Yukaghirs, Koryaks, Nuniwak, Bellacula, Quarry, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Ojibwa, Steppe Cree, (Stone Cree), Penobscot, Sarsi, Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Grovantre, Crowe, Omaha and Ponca, Iowa, Shayena, Arapahoe, Arikara , kiowa, wichita, jicarilla.
Eastern Siberia. Evens [5 sisters live, older Naruk takes care of younger Chimcheng; turns into a cannibal giant, devours people and deer; C. talks about this to his older sisters, they don't believe it for a long time; when N . appears, each of the older sisters tries to fly away on one of the household items (board, stick, etc.), they fall into N.'s mouth; C. flies away on a teal, flies to Ergagen, remains a wife, has a son; N. appears, C. sticks ticks into the ground, a solid table appears and she is at the top, N. can not reach it; E. comes up, tells her to open her mouth, shoots, N.'s head splits, N. herself comes out alive, which was before, and all people and animals swallowed; N. marries a man she had previously eaten as a monster]: Lavrille, Matic 2013:79-118.
Amur-Sakhalin. Orochi: Aurora, Lebedeva 1966, No. 56 [six sisters live in heaven, the seventh eldest in the house; sisters come to her, the youngest smears her ass with coal, camlates; the eldest laughs, others see her human teeth; they run away on skis; the older sister chases them, kills everyone but the youngest, dies, turns into a gnat; see motif J35, L72]: 204-206; Bereznitsky 1999, No. 19 [(=2002, No. 2:106; 2003, No. 23:448; 2005, No. 50:477-478); father dies; mother tells six daughters to run away before she dies, because the seventh, the eldest is a cannibal; sisters dance to make her laugh; the seventh dances naked, the eldest laughs, they see human veins on her teeth; they run away on skis; five have mounts made of rags, ropes, elkskin, wire, iron plates; they tear, the cannibal eats them; the sixth, the youngest iron chain mounts; she throws a comb, a mirror; a forest, a lake appear; the eldest gnaws through the forest, drowns in the lake; the youngest comes to a young man, gets married]: 151; Udege people: Arsenyev 1995:179 -180 [seven girls refused to marry; the eldest was going somewhere; the others decided to make her laugh; the youngest took off her pants, threw them into the fire; the eldest smiled, everyone saw her hair in mouth; decided that she was eating people; six sisters ran away, she caught up with them and ate them; gave birth to six Nengui, red wolves; this fairy tale is told only during the day and is considered the most terrible; (quail in Bereznitsky 2002, No. 3:107; in Lebedeva et al. 1998, No. 109:476-477)], 180-181 [the same; the youngest throws chips into the fire, not pantaloons; to catch up with the younger sisters, the eldest tells the straps to break on their skiing; the souls of the younger ones, and then the eldest, went to heaven, became stars (possibly the Pleiades; quail in Bereznitsky 2002, No. 4:107-108; to Lebedeva et al. 1998, No. 110:477-478)]; Podmaskin, Kireeva 2010 [evil the spirit flies into the mouth of Ege, the eldest of seven sisters; the sisters create figures that jump and grimacing; when E. laughs, the sisters see a man on her teeth; the sisters run away, E. tells the ski belts to break , catches up, swallows the sisters; the youngest escapes, she had fasteners with an iron chain; throws a sharpener (mountain), a comb (thicket), ash (fog; it takes E. a year to overcome each obstacle); the old woman allows the girl to cross the river across the bridge, hides the bridge; E. demands it, the old woman puts it, in the middle he collapsed, E. fell into the rapids; says that her hair will become mud, her teeth will become boulders, her bones with tree creases, blood by mosquitoes and midges]: 156-157.
SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs (b. Corcodon) [the three sisters were left alone; they take turns buying firewood; they threw a mouse to each other, laughed, saw human meat on their elder sister's teeth; when she left, the sisters burned her their wings, put on their own, flew, saw the eldest chew on their father's skull; the eldest threw a knife into the middle sheath, they pulled her to the ground, she ate it; the youngest married the old man's son, gave birth to a son; two the older sisters came, scratched the boy's cheeks; the mother took him, went up to the platform; the older ones began to gnaw on the platform supports; the youngest's husband jumped on a spear to the platform, told the elders to open their mouths, promised to throw sister there; one threw a spear into his mouth, the other arrows, killed them]: Johelson 1900, No. 94:202-206; Russified, probably, tundra Yukaghirs (p. Nizhnekolymsky District) [the youngest of the three sisters is hungry, the eldest advises her to eat dried fish, laughs, two sisters see meat on her teeth; find that she has dug and ate their corpses dead parents; ask geese to throw them feathers, fly away; the middle sister looks around, hearing the voice of the elder, falls into her open mouth; the youngest is saved, marries, gives birth to a son and daughter; the eldest comes, bites off children's lips, devours a girl; mother and boy hide in a box, make it iron; father kills a monster, burns the remains]: Bogoras 1918, No. 11:67-69; Koryaks [zap. A.N. Zhukova; five sisters wander alone; the eldest offers to live by the sea; the youngest notices that at night the eldest leaves the yaranga, when she returns, she smells bad; younger sisters find human remains in the eldest's bed; sisters leave, locking the eldest in the house; she flies out through the chimney; catches up, eats up the next in seniority; the youngest makes the eldest fall into the fire; in At the fire, a man with a knife kills her]: Menovshchikov 1974, No. 142:149-155.
The Arctic. Nuniwak Island [two sisters, the older one always has her hair down on her face; the youngest one day sees her sharpening a knife with her hair thrown back, mouth to ear; the youngest runs away, hides at the top, master of the top finds her, marries her, they have two sons; her mother tells them not to go to her former house; they go, her aunt feeds them, puts them to bed; at night she sees her eating his brother; she runs, she catches up with him, He puts his head at the top; the father comes, finds the son's head, the cannibal kills the father, sails in his kayak; the wife thinks her husband has come; the cannibal eats her]: Himmelheber 1951:99-101.
The Arctic. Nuniwak Island [two sisters, the older one always has her hair down on her face; the youngest one day sees her sharpening a knife with her hair thrown back, mouth to ear; the youngest runs away, hides at the top, master of the top finds her, marries her, they have two sons; her mother tells them not to go to her former house; they go, her aunt feeds them, puts them to bed; at night she sees her eating his brother; she runs, she catches up with him, He puts his head at the top; the father comes, finds the son's head, the cannibal kills the father, sails in his kayak; the wife thinks her husband has come; the cannibal eats her]: Himmelheber 1951:99-101.
(Wed. The Midwest. Western Swamp Cree (Stone Cree) [two brothers are married to two sisters; the eldest eats the youngest's two sons half-baked; makes her a slave herself; eats her and her husband, her brothers, other people; her mother manages to hide the cannibal's younger brother under the fir branches; his name is Mistakayawāsis ("big penis"); the cannibal regrets what she did, tells M. to cut off her little finger, in which her heart; M. cuts off, she dies; M. grows up quickly, comes to another camp to his grandmother; kills the cannibal wolf (goes at him with a small knife, when hit, the knife becomes huge); pees in the same place where the girl is, she gets pregnant, gives birth; men agree to determine who the father is, the boy should write on it; No-thing-useless smears himself with saliva, as if he is wet, exposed; the boy pees on M. the woman does not want him, because he is small and fat; in the steam room M. becomes handsome, the woman marries him; grandfather M. and No-thing-worthless love him, migrate, leaving M., his wife and grandmother alone, giving they have only 12 beaver tongues; M. turns them into 12 beavers; the migrated are starving; M. brings dried meat, barely able to open the bundle; M. promises to bring the Caribou, he will be the leader himself, people should not shoot at him; No-thing-worthless pierces him with an arrow, his wife takes it out of his body, M. takes her form, comes to life; No-thing-worthless decides to repeat three; M. shoots, his wife extracts an arrow, but No-thing-useless turns into a Canadian jay (grey jay)]: Brightman 1989:117-123).
NW Coast. Bellacula: Boas 1898 [a girl steps into bear droppings, scolds bears; a man comes up, tells her to relieve herself; she puts copper jewelry under her; he does not believe, demands for real, says that her excrement smells worse than any animal; marries her; he is the son of a Black Bears chief; gives her lamb, then says it was human; winter passes like one night; in spring, the husband says that his wife's brother will shoot him, tells him to make a blanket out of his skin; the brother goes in front, the sister volunteers to carry the skin, becomes a bear if desired; in the village asks for bone needles, every time she says that the old one is broken; the younger sister sees that she inserts needles into her skin's jaw instead of her teeth; a woman turns into a bear, kills her mother, tortures her sister {something sexy, Latin); takes out her heart and lungs, hides it in his palms; brother comes, younger sister tells the Bear to shoot in the palm of her hand, she falls dead; brother and sister run, put the log over deep ravine; The bear comes to life, chases, falls off a log; brother and sister come to the village; Toadstool and Loon send a boat for the Bear, tell crayfish and worms to bite her, she falls into the river, crayfish and worms eat it; brother tells her sister to take one road, he goes the other, if the roads come together, they will get married; so it happened]: 111-114; McIlwraith 1948 (1) [girl picks berries, steps in bear droppings, swears; the Bear takes her away; she turns into a monstrous Bear, kills everyone in the village except her younger sister and brother; her brother brings a partridge, the Bear demands to show how he is got it, otherwise he promises to kill her; her brother shoots, hits the target; the younger sister finds out that the Bear's palm is vulnerable; her brother throws an arrow in her palm, kills the Bear; the brother and younger sister are married, they are the ancestors of the Atapaskan quarry]: 680-682.
The coast is the Plateau. Quarry [women pick berries; one girl brings nothing, says the bears messed up everything; the next day, her basket strap breaks off; everyone goes home; two people approach her Black Bears in the guise of young men; when she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a large village; all the animals take turns dancing and saying what they will feed their wife; Muskrat, Raven, Laska, Frog, Caribou, The marten is rejected, she marries the Grizzly; in the spring he says that the youngest of her four brothers will kill him; this is what happens; the brothers ask what part of the carcass she will take home; she drags her skin and head , turns into a Grizzly on the way, kills brothers, then other people; the youngest brother and sister return from squirrel hunting; the boy tells his sister to run between the Grizzly's legs; then she takes off bear skin, promises not to harm the girl; the girl asks where the Grizzly's heart is; from shows what's in the palm of her hand; the brother kills the Grizzly by hitting the palm of his hand with an arrow; says that if they run around the mountain with different sides and jump between two trees at the same time, they can marry; he manages to catch up with his sister, jump; she gets pregnant at the touch of his foot; gives birth to a son; she is killed by an ogre; brother kills an ogre, burns both bodies; goes to the village, carrying a baby on his shoulders; he kills him by spreading his throat and pulling out his tongue; in the village takes out the tongues of sleeping people; two girls who were in ritual isolation; they push the baby into the fire; its ashes turn into mosquitoes; one girl conceives from a stone and dies, the other gives birth to four Transformer Brothers; see motive J55]: Jenness 1934, no.6:129-136; chilcotin [a girl marries a man who turns out to be a Bear; her younger brother finds her, kills a Bear; she makes her fangs first from roots, then from bone needles, turns into a Bear herself; kills everyone in the village except her younger sister; his younger brother returns from hunting, his sister tells him that the Bear keeps her life in a basket under the roof; he pierces the basket with an arrow, the Bear dies; the sister marries her brother, gives birth to a son; the bear comes to life, kills her sister, puts her skin on; the boy reports this to his father; he burns the basket with life The bears revives his wife; runs with her and her son; Loon and the Dive transport them across the river; the Bear comes to life again, chases the fugitives; transporting her, Loon and Dirok break the boat, the fish eat the Bear]: Farrand 1900, No. 8:19-23; shuswap [the girl is out of menstruation, she is kidnapped by the Grizzly; her five brothers find her; she points the younger one's arrows, he kills the Grizzly; she asks for her skin to be handed over with claws; makes fangs out of flint arrows, turns into a Grizzly, kills everyone in the village, makes his younger sister a slave; brothers come back from hunting, give his sister a partridge; Grizzly is surprised because The sister did not bring game before; the sister says she killed the partridge herself; the brothers shoot at the soles of the Grizzly's paws, dismember it, save the heart; marry their younger sister; the Grizzly comes to life, kills his sister, takes her form; brothers understand the deception, put the Grizzly's heart between hot stones; she dies]: Teit 1909a, No. 41:715-718.
The Midwest. Ojibwa [The hawk leaves his wife; she is offended, turns into a Bear, kills people; chases her husband, but he defeats her; in one village, Hawk revives dead people by shooting in the air; returning to his own, he finds only his sister alive, who is in wounds and ulcers; she learns that the Bear's heart is in the little finger on her leg; he sticks a shilla in front of the Bear's house, she steps on them, dies]: Jones 1916, No. 25:377-378; Steppe Cree [every day a woman wears her best outfit, returns in the mud; her husband watches her, kills her lover Bear; he previously told her that after his death she can become a Bear herself wearing his skin; her twin sons are half bears, maiming other children; people kill them; a woman puts on her skin, kills people; leaves her younger sister and parents in alive, torments; younger brother returns from hunting, kills rabbits for his younger sister; asks her to know the Bear's vulnerable place; this is the sole of the foot; people dig sharp pegs into the ground; Bear steps on them, dies]: Bloomfield 1930, No. 12:63-65.
Northeast. Penobscot [six brothers go on the warpath; their older sister turns into a bear, kills everyone in the village, two younger children {is this brother and sister?} from his family makes himself serve; the youngest boy enlists the help of a sorcerer; the brothers return, flee from the Bear, become the constellation Ursa Major]: Alger in Miller 1997:43.
Plains. Sarsi: Dzana-gu 1921, No. 39 [a woman warns her young son not to pretend to be a bear when playing with other children; he pretends to be a bear three times, scaring others, on the fourth he really does become a bear, kills almost everyone; men shot him, but this made his mother angry, she roared four times, became a bear herself, told his younger sister to hide behind an angry dog, killed everyone at the camp; told her sister to cook, dissatisfied, threatened to kill her; the girl went to get water, met seven brothers returning from the war, they all ran away; on the fourth day the bear began to catch up, the elder brother ordered the bear's giblets to be thrown, a rocky cliff appeared, then the scar was a dense forest, the bubble was a lake, but the bear swam across it; the brothers closed their eyes and went up to the sky, turned into seven stars of the Ursa Major; two stars next to each other near the Bear's tail - a girl and a dog]: 48-49; Simms 1904 [the husband notices that returning from the forest with brushwood, the wife is covered in mud ; watches her, sees her copulating with the Bear, kills him, lets her skin him off; she keeps it; tells her younger sister to keep the angriest dog with her; wearing the skin, she becomes the Bear, kills everyone; only the sister is protected by a dog; six siblings return from war; at the source, the younger sister tells them what happened; they learn from her that the Bear's feet are vulnerable; they dig up pegs near the house; the bear steps on them, they try to burn her, she chases them; brothers and younger sister go up into the sky, become the seven stars of the Ursa Major; the star next to them - sister's dog; Bear turns into stone]: 181-182; blacklegs: Michelson 1911b, No. 2 (piegan) [every evening the older sister goes to the forest; the mother tells the youngest to follow, she sees her sister copulates with a bear; father and men shot him; older sister asks younger sister to bring her paw, call young people to play bear; asks not to push her in the hips; girl pushes, older sister turns into a Bear, devours everyone, turns her younger sister into a maid; she meets seven brothers who have returned from the campaign; they ask them to know how to kill the Bear; she replies to her sister that she has injected with an awl in her paw; brothers give her sister a rabbit; the bear tells her to eat it herself, then wants to kill for not leaving her half; runs out, attacks the awls; the brothers burn a corpse, a piece of finger flies off, the Bear revives, chases; the older brother blows on the feather, it takes off, they follow him, become the seven stars of the Ursa Major; the sister runs to the old man, he hides her, cuts her off Bear ears and tail]: 244-246; Spence 1985 [the man has seven sons, two daughters; the eldest takes the Grizzly as a lover; the father tells him to be killed; the older brothers go camping; the sister takes a piece of Grizzly skin, she turns into a Grizzly, kills everyone except her younger sister Sinopa and younger brother Okinai; takes on a human form again; older brothers return; gives to her younger sister scatter prickly fruits in front of the elder's house; brothers and younger sister run; the elder steps on prickly fruits, turns into a Grizzly, chases; O. waves his pen, creating a thicket, a lake, a tree; everyone climbs a tree; O. shoots arrows into the sky; with each arrow, one of the brothers flies to heaven; they turn into the Big Dipper; the dim star on one side is S.; the four stars of the bucket are brothers, whom Grizzly pulled down the tree]: 182-184; Wissler, Duvall 1908, No. 7 [the girl's father and brothers kill her lover; she asks her younger sister to bring part of the bear's paw, invites her to play, tells her not to touch her kidneys; the ban is broken, she turns into a bear; the brothers give her younger sister a rabbit, who has difficulty convincing the Bear that she killed him herself; they all run, spray water behind her (lake) they throw a comb (thicket); a bird tells the Bear to shoot in the head; she is killed by an arrow; six brothers and younger sister turn into the Pleiades, the younger brother into (Polyarnaya?) Star]: 68-70; Assiniboine: Lowie 1909a, No. 11b [two sisters try to seduce his brother; his father makes him a boat, he sails away; the sisters ask him to swallow the fish, but the young man tells her not to do so; sisters play with children, tell them not to touch their anus; the ban is broken, sisters turn into cannibal bears, everyone is killed, parents are blinded with lightning; brother returns; sisters approach in black a storm cloud; the brother tells the birds to kill them, they cannot; then turns the rock into an eagle; when the sisters sit on it, the eagle grabs them and holds them, the brother burns them and grinds them into powder; returns them to their parents vision in the steam room revives those killed from their hair], 23a [girl takes a bear as a lover; people kill him; she asks for a piece of his skin, puts it on, turns into a Bear; kills everyone except parents and younger sister; her older brother returns from hunting; younger sister tells him that the Bear's right leg is vulnerable; he kills the Bear with an arrow; pushes her heart, sprinkles powder into the hearths; people revive], 23b [girl warns children playing not to touch her anus; the ban is broken, she turns into a Bear, kills everyone; younger sister becomes her maid; meets her four brothers; receives a rabbit from them, tells the Bear that she killed him herself; the younger brother kills the Bear with an arrow, hitting her vulnerable toes; pushes her bones, puts powder in the hearths, people revive ; var.: Bear chases brothers; they play ball, turn into Big Dipper]: 161-162, 179-180; grovantre [girls play; the eldest asks them to bring bison ribs; makes them for herself claws, turns into a Bear, kills everyone but her little sister; their six brothers return; ask my sister to find out where the Bear's vulnerable place is; Little finger on my left hand; give rabbit sister to throw hot fat at the Bear; they run, the Bear chases them, the youngest kills her by hitting her little finger with a tendon arrow (the only one that can kill her); burn the body, one spark flies to the side, the Bear revives from her, continues to pursue; if they wish, the brothers create a swamp, a forest, a gorge, a river, fire, cacti behind her; the sister hits the brothers with her ball, taking them to heaven; they become the Ursa Major or the Pleiades; the Bear stays on earth]: Kroeber 1907b, No. 27:105-108; Crowe [the older sister turns into a Bear, devours people; tells the youngest to get the rabbit; her six brothers give it to her; the bear chases her sister; the brothers give the younger sister a piece of the animal's stomach; she throws it behind her, it turns into holes; the older sister gets stuck in the last of them; brothers and younger sister turn into seven stars of the Ursa Major, sister is accompanied by a dog]: Lowie 1918:205-210; Omaha, ponka [the girl has a lover- Grizzly; hunters kill him; she asks her father to bring her skin; pulls it on, turns into a Grizzly; kills people except her younger sister; their four brothers come back from hunting, fleeing with their younger sister sister; create thickets, forest, awls, crevice behind them; the Grizzly falls into her, the ground behind her closes]: Dorsey 1890:292-293; iowa [Grizzly rapes a girl, she becomes his mistress; her the younger sister sees them, the father kills the Grizzly; the mistress herself turns into a Grizzly, kills people, keeps her sister captive; their four brothers return after visiting thunder; give to their younger sister rabbit; the Grizzly chases them; they hide on a rock that is becoming tall; they kill the Grizzly with arrows, burn them; they scatter ash throughout the village; the ash first turns into ants, then the village fills up again humans]: Skinner 1925, No. 9:465-468; Sheena: Curtis 1976 (19) (southern sheyens) [children play animals; one girl asks not to be called a bear; they call her; she tells her younger sister to hide in a dog kennel, turns into a Bear, kills many; sister runs; tells them to appear behind a thorny bush, thorns, a river, a steep bank; the Bear overcomes everything; seven brothers protect a girl; they are running out of arrows; together with the girl they climb to the top of a high peak; the bear tries to knock him down; they go up to heaven, turn into Pleiades]: 143-144; Grinnell 1926:220-231 in Gibbon 1964 [like Crowe and Wichita; running away from the Bear, seven brothers and younger sister turn into Ursa Major]: 237; arpahoes: Dorsey, Kroeber 1903, No. 105 [girl plays bear, becomes a Bear, kills people; people run away, leaving two children tied to a tree; they are freed by a black dog; the bear chases them; the boy gives the ball, every time they fly after the ball ; the ball tells you to throw it to the sky; brother and sister follow, turn into three stars (brother, sister, ball?)] : 238-239; Voth 1912, No. 13 [the older sister turns into a Bear, makes her youngest her slave; people are fleeing; the younger sister meets three hunters; they give her a rabbit; they kill the Bear with arrows; give Little sister Bear's leg bone; if the bone is lost, the Bear will respawn; the girl loses her bone three times; each time the Bear appears on the horizon, but the girl manages to pick up the bone; people return]: 49; arikara [the older girl reluctantly agrees to play bear; tells her younger sister to hide; turns into a Bear, kills everyone; sister secretly meets four of them brothers returning from war; reports that the Bear has vulnerable little fingers on her legs; the brothers let her scatter thorns in front of the house, they lure the Bear, shouting that enemies are coming; the bear dies, brothers burn it; a drop of blood falls on the ground, the Bear is reborn, chases her sister and brothers; the older brother throws an awl, it turns into a thorny forest; the second is a knife, he cuts through the gorges; the third the comb turns into cacti thickets; the fourth is a whetstone, turns into a high rock (the Devil's Tower in Wyoming), raising the fugitives to the sky; they turn into the Pleiades, the Bear goes west]: Parks 1996, No. 7:146-152; kiowa [every day the husband paints his wife's face red; her bear lover licks the paint; the husband watches his wife, kills the Bear; sees the wife crying, scraping her skin; the wife plays a bear, turns into a Bear, kills all the people in the village, turns her younger sister into a slave; tells her to get a rabbit, otherwise she will kill; the girl's six brothers come back, give her rabbit, they teach how to show that she got it on her own; the brothers taught her sister how to stick needles into the ground, the Bear ran into them; while she was taking it out, the brothers and sister run away, climb the rock; the sister speaks brothers that the Bear has vulnerabilities between her toes; brothers shoot there to kill the Bear; they and her sister, along with the rock, rise to the sky and become stars; the brothers' names are Sensitive Ear, Sharp Eye, Fast Runner, Sharp Mind; others unnamed]: Parsons 1929a, No. 3:9-11; wichita [a girl comes to the eldest of seven brothers at night; he smears her back with white clay; in the morning asks women to play ball, identifies her older sister; hits her with an arrow; she becomes a Grizzly bear in anger; brothers go camping, Grizzly destroys people; their younger sister comes to the brothers, they they give her dead rabbits; to kill the Grizzly, you have to shoot her four legs; the brothers do it but she is unharmed; the Grizzly chases the brothers; they throw the turtle's shell, it turns into a multitude turtles, the Grizzly eats them; they throw a red stone, the Grizzly loses time painting themselves with paint; they scrape the dust off the arrows, it turns into a thick bush; they break through the gorge with a string, the Grizzly crosses it; go up to heaven, turn into Ursa Major; Grizzly goes north]: Dorsey 1904a, No. 9:69-74
The Great Southwest. Hicarilla [children play bear; the girl gradually becomes a real bear; for the fourth time she is completely transformed, kills everyone; leaves her younger sister to serve her; carries water in human turtles, from which the Bear made buckets; the father and five other men return from hunting; together with the girl, they make a fire near the Bear Cave, throw it in the face burning deer peritoneum; rising to the sky on a cloud, turning into Pleiades; there are 7 stars in the Pleiades; if you see that there are only 6 of them, then the Bear has reappeared and threatens people]: Opler 1938, No. IC1:113-116.