L80. A drop of blood. 43.46.-.50.

A demonic creature or animal is killed, but it comes to life or may come to life if even a small part of its flesh or blood remains abandoned and unnoticed.

Shuswap, Black Legs (Piegan), Arapahoe, Arikara, Caddo, Kawaisu, Western and Northern Shoshones, Southern Payutes, (Utah?) , Havasupai, Valapai, Navajo, Tiwa (Isleta), Tewa (San Juan, San Ildefonso).

The coast is the Plateau. Shuswap [Coyote makes the youngest of two girls picking berries pregnant; marries her, although her parents are against her; a monster (goblin) eats his wife and child; Whistler {bird?} advises to shoot the monster with a bow, but lick the blood to a drop, otherwise he will come to life; the Coyote does this, comes to his father-in-law; he tells him to run, because the Coyote must have left blood; Coyote remembers that he did not lick blood from a boat; a monster turns into a louse, kills a Coyote]: Thompson, Egesdal 2008:147-148.

Plains. Blacklegs (piegan) [every evening, the older sister goes to the forest; the mother tells the youngest to see her sister copulate with a bear; father and men shot him; older sister asks the youngest to bring her paw, call the young people to play bear; asks not to push her in the hips; the girl pushes, the 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 her to know how to kill the Bear; she replies to her sister that she has injected her with an awl in her paw; the brothers give her sister a rabbit; the bear tells her to eat herself, then wants to kill him for not leaving half of her; runs out, attacks the awls; the brothers burn the corpse, a piece of finger flies off, the Bear revives, chases; the older brother blows on a feather, it takes off, they follow it, become the seven stars of the Ursa Major; the sister runs to the old man, who hides her, cuts off the Bear's ears and tail]: Michelson 1911b, No. 2:244-246; arapaho [the older sister turns into the Bear, makes the youngest her slave; people flee; the younger sister meets three hunters; they give her a rabbit; they kill the Bear with arrows; give her younger sister a bone Bear's legs; 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 come back]: Voth 1912, No. 13:49; Arikara [the older girl reluctantly agrees to play bear; tells her younger sister to hide; turns into a Bear, kills everyone; the sister secretly meets their four brothers, returning from war; reports that the Bear has vulnerable little fingers on her legs; her brothers let her scatter thorns in front of the house, they lure the Bear, shouting that enemies are coming; the bear dies, the brothers are burning her; 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 gorges; the third is a crest, turns into cacti thickets; the fourth is a whetstone, turns into a high rock (Devil's Tower in Wyoming) that raises fugitives to the sky; they turn into the Pleiades, the Bear goes west]: Park, No. 7: 146-152.

Southeast USA. Caddo: Dorsey 1905, No. 3 [There are too many people on earth, some must become animals; those lying in the coals become bears; they have ten lives; when killed, they return from blood shed on the ground; bears are more ferocious in every next life]: 14; Swanton 1942:211 [Espinosa 1927:158-160; at the beginning of the world, a woman with two daughters; something attacked them, one daughter left a virgin, another became pregnant; a horned serpent caddaja tore, swallowed a pregnant woman, another sister climbed a tree; the snake began to gnaw the trunk, the girl rushed into the pond, swam away; together with her mother on the place where the serpent ate its first sister, they found a drop of blood in the shell of the acorn; put it in a vessel, a boy the size of a finger appeared from the drop; they closed the vessel, the boy became normal; hit a snake with an arrow, he disappeared; took his grandmother and aunt to heaven; there he rules the world], 212-213 [Morfi 1932:21-23; at the beginning of the world, a woman with two daughters, one of whom is pregnant; a pregnant woman was torn and eaten horned giant caddajo; the second sister climbed a tree; the giant began to nibble on it, she jumped into the pond, reached her mother; in the shell of the acorn they found a drop of blood of the deceased; put it in a vessel; from blood a tiny boy appeared, normal the next morning; he wounded the giant with an arrow, he ran away; the young man with his grandmother and aunt took to heaven, now rules the world.]

California. Kawaiisu [four options; Coyote is a younger brother, a bad hunter, stays at home to cook; Puma (or Wolf) is an older brother; Coyote pees in the water brought, Puma takes water himself from the spring; brothers make a trap pit, the Bear falls into it, dies; the cougar tells you not to throw a single organ for no reason; the Coyote ejects the gallbladder or pancreas; she comes to life, resorts to the Bears (to soldiers), reports what happened; they go to kill Puma; the Puma sticks the flute through the wall of the house, through which he and Coyote hope to escape; the Puma does not tell the Coyote to look back; he looks around, the Puma is killed, crushed, enemies take his eyes; Coyote revives his brother from a small piece; tries to insert the eyes of different animals in him, they don't fit; he comes to an old woman, asks how she will be dance with Puma's eyes in her hands, kills her, puts her skin on, comes to her granddaughters, kills them; at the festival she dances with the Puma's eyes, runs away, returns her brother's eyes; brothers go to the edge of the world, turn into stones, cause quakes]: Zigmond 1980, No. 16:69-78.

Big Pool. The coyote kills the animal, forgets to pick up a bag of blood, bile, etc.; it gives rise to enemies that kill Coyote's brother; Coyote revives him. Western Shoshones: Steward 1943 [The Coyote kills the Bear; the Wolf tells you to pick up all the giblets; the Coyote forgets a piece of gut; the gut turns back into the Bear, brings enemies from the north; they kill Wolf; Coyote kills an old woman, puts on her skin, comes to enemies, takes the Wolf's skin, revives him]: 294-296; Smith 1993 [kills a deer; a piece of buds flies away, turns into enemies]: 132-133; northern shoshone: Lowie 1909b, No. 2b [Wolf is Coyote's older brother; brings food from their aunt Bear; Coyote sees her genitals, tries to copulate, she tears his groin; Wolf kills her, tells Coyote to bring her meat, nothing to lose from his internal organs; the Coyote loses one part; the enemies attack, the Coyote envies his brother's beautiful clothes, wants him dead; the enemies kill the Wolf, take the scalp; the Coyote meets the old woman, kills, puts on her skin; tries to have sex with girls (her daughters?) ; comes to where they dance with the Wolf's scalp, takes him away, revives his brother], 2c [enemies attack; The wolf does not tell Coyote to peek; he watches, the Wolf is immediately killed; further as in (b)]: 239-243, 243; southern Payut [kills the Bear]: Lowie 1924, No. 1 (Shivvitz) [enemies from her blood, their lightning weapon; Coyote's brother Wolf], 3 (Moapa) [bile enemies (?) ; brother is a bird]: 93, 161-163; Sapir 1930, No. 1 (kaibab) [The wolf sends a Coyote to bring edible seeds from their aunt Grizzly Bear; the bear returns, asks her two children to give her an item for masturbation; Coyote offers his services; The bear hugs him, does not let him go, rips the meat off his back; The wolf heals the Coyote, sends him to kill the Bear, warns him not to leave anything there; Coyote puts the Bear and the cubs to sleep, kills, forgets the bear bubble; thunder is heard, it's Rain that throws lightning; the Wolf sends the Coyote to hang in a tree many times (apparently a play on words); Coyote asks his the tail, which explains that the Wolf wants arrowpoles; the Wolf tells the Coyote not to look at him during battle, the Coyote looks, lightning strikes the Wolf; the Coyote meets two old women (his tail explains what it means they say); kills, puts their penis in one self, in the other; imaginary old women come to where everyone has gathered with the Wolf's property; kill children trusted to them; the Coyote takes its form, takes away property; turns into dog crap; into gopher crap; pursuers only suspect it may be a Coyote, kick a bunch; Coyote revives the Wolf; asks trees which sparkle when burning; The spruce answers last; the Coyote puts her in the fire, sparks fly, the Coyote discovers that the Wolf has a wife; in his absence he rapes her; she glues him to the aspen; the wolf rapes him; tells him to bring a jug, then brushwood; they stick to the Coyote; Wolf sets fire to brushwood, Coyote burns]: 338-345; Utah or Southern Payutes [Shin-au-Av's son makes love to Bear's wife, kills him with poison himself; contrary to his father's warning, he leaves bile on the ground; the bear comes to life and kills the young man]: Powell 1971:97; havasupai [Wolf and Coyote kill the Bear, blood spills on the ground, The bear comes to life; next time they don't let blood spill]: Smithson, Euler 1994:109-111; Valapai [Coyote kills the Bear, forgets to pick up the pancreas; returns for her, but hers do not capture; enemies are coming from the south, their weapon is lightning; Brother Wolf is killed due to Coyote's negligence]: Kroeber 1935:258-261.

The Great Southwest. Navajo [sister turns into a cannibal bear; keeps her insides, which contain her life, in a pile of leaves under a tree; brother kills her by shooting her leaves; prevents trickles blood from the body and entrails merge together]: Haile 1984, No. 15:87; Matthews 1994:103; O'Bryan 1956:47; Tiwa (Isleta) [see motive J52; Wolf kills Deer; Deer strangle Cubs with smoke, flee; big Deer kill the Wolf, cook it; one Little Reindeer drops a drop of broth; many wolves emerge from it]: Parsons 1932c, No. 16:403-404; teva [see motif J52; The she-wolf is killed and cooked; comes to life from a drop of decoction that fell to the ground; since then, there are many wolves and few deer (wolves have been killing deer since then)]: Espinosa 1936a, No. 30 (San Juan), 40 (San Ildefonso): 97, 113; Parsons 1926, No. 60 (San Juan), 40 (San Ildefonso): 97, 113; Parsons 1926, No. 60 (San Juan) Juan): 155-157.