M18B. Hook mining, jails. .39.-.43.48.59.62.64.73.
The character turns into a fishing object to carry the hook he is being caught on or the jail they are trying to harpoon him with, or he turns into a hook to catch fish. See M18 motif.
Coastal Koryaks, Northern Alaska Inupiat, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokvim, Tanaina, Khan, Helmet, Tlingit, Hyda, Bellacula, Quakiutl, Chilkotin, Shuswap, Thompson, Coastal salishi (comox et al.), halkomelem, kurdalen, cous, upper coquil, kalapuya, klikitat, ojibwa, karok, yabarana, makiritare, arekuna, wapishana, makushi, kalinya, oyampi, chikuna, ufaina, karijona, spike, juruna, tenetehara, urubu, tupinamba, caigua, chiripa, mbia.
SV Asia. Coastal Koryaks.
The Arctic. Northern Alaska Inupiate.
Subarctic. Koyukon; upper kuskoquim; tanaina; tanana; khan; helmet.
NW Coast. The
Tlingits; Haida; Bellacula; Quakiutl (Neveti)Coast - Plateau. Chilcotin; shuswap; thompson; coastal salish (comox et al.); chalkomel (scealis, lower reaches of the Fraser River); curdalen; cous; kalapuya ; upper coquill; clickit.
The Midwest. Ojibwa [the character wants to tease fishermen, stealing fishing gear is not the goal].
California. Karok.
Southern Venezuela. Yabarana; makiritare.
Guiana. Arekuna; vapishana; makushi; kalinya; oyampi [the character wants to tease fishermen, stealing fishing gear is not the goal].
NW Amazon. Tikuna; ufaina; carijona.
Eastern Amazon. Spiking; juruna; tenetehara; urubu; tupinamba.
Southern Brazil. Caigua; chiripa; mbia.