M53. Game dances around the hunter, K826.

(.11.12.) .34.40.-.46.48.-.50.

The character invites others to gather around him, focusing on an activity (usually dancing with their eyes closed or lowered), and then kills the crowd (usually one at a time).

(Kikuyu [Leopard and monkeys], Songhai [Hare and guinea fowls]), Mongols (Inner Mongolia) [Cat and Mice], Bering Strait Inupiat [Raven and Seals], Chugach [Raven and Killer Whales], Koyukon [ Raven and (people?)] , Kuchin [Vaasagicak and waterfowl], beaver [Vachajik and waterfowl], helmet [Súguyā and ducks], chipewayan [Visakecak and waterfowl], eyak [Raven and seals], bellacula [Soyka and waterfowl] waterfowl], quarry [Estees and waterfowl], clackamas [Coyote and pheasants], clicitate [Wild Cat and waterfowl, Coyote - bad repetition], sanpual [Coyote and owls; doesn't kill one at a time , but burns the house], Winnebago [Wakjunkaga and species], menominee [Myanyabush (Menapus) and waterfowl], western Ojibwa chippewa [Manabozo, Nenebojo, Venebozo and waterfowl], northern Ojibwa [Visakaijak and waterfowl], Eastern Ojibwa [waterfowl], Eastern marsh crees [Wisakecak and waterfowl], Western marsh crees [Visakichak, Visahke and waterfowl] birds], Western Forest Cree [Visakiychak and waterfowl], Algonquins [Viscajac and waterfowl], fox [Visakia and waterfowl], potauatomi [Nenebuk, Visakya and waterfowl], steppe Ojibwa [Nanybozhu and waterfowl], steppe crees [Visakaichak, Visakechak, etc. and waterfowl], nascapi [hunter, Wolverine and waterfowl], montagnier [Mesh and (waterfowl?) birds], viandot [Raccoon and waterfowl], mikmaq [human, Wolverine and waterfowl], passamaquoddy [Wolverine and waterfowl], malesitis [Wolverine and waterfowl], blacklegs [Napi (" Old Man") and waterfowl], assiniboine [Sitkonsky, Iktumi and waterfowl], grovantre [Nishant and ducks, partridges, rabbits], teton [Iktomi and waterfowl], crowe [Coyote and animals], yankton [ Iktomi and waterfowl], santi [uktomi and waterfowl], omaha and ponka [Sisemakan, Iktinica, Rabbit and turkeys], osage [Grasshopper and turkeys], kansa [someone and inlyushki], iowa [Ishiinki and turkeys] waterfowl], oto [Ishinke and waterfowl], sheyens [Wihuk and waterfowl, gophers], arpahoes [Nihansan and waterfowl], Pawnee [Coyote and turkeys], Comanches [Coyote and gophers], Kiowa [Sendeh and gophers], kiova-apache [Coyote and (turkeys, gophers?)] , tonkawa [Coyote and turkeys], vintu [Coyote and waterfowl], chumash [Coyote and waterfowl], kawaiisu [Rat and Deer], Utah [Rat and Badger and Deer; Wolf and Gophers], Southern Payutes [Rat and Mountain Birds] sheep or deer)], hicarilla [Coyote and gophers], chiricaya [Coyote and gophers].

(Wed. Bantu-speaking Africa. Kikuyu [Wakahare squirrel raised cassava, offered everyone, one woman agreed to take it, giving him a kid in return; V. locked him in a bean barn, he was so fat that he could not go out; V. asks various animals, like they whistle to lure a kid; rejects everyone, accepts the Leopard; but he just pulled out the kid and tore it up; sent V. to his father for fire, but he almost killed him; The leopard agreed to go by himself, at which time V. dragged the meat to the tree; the leopard leaves his sons to guard the watering hole so that V. cannot approach; he disguises himself with leaves, etc., comes; the leopard guards himself enough V., demands to bring him monkeys as a ransom; V. dances under a tree with monkeys, says that he has just completed the circumcision ritual, do the monkeys also want to participate; to the leader ceremonies must come at such a time, with his face covered so as not to look at him; the leopard takes turns killing suitable monkeys; the old monkey following suspected something was amiss, looked, and raised the alarm; the monkeys caught V., who promised them all the pumpkins from the garden; told the owner that he was expected at a party with meat and beer; while the owner was away, the monkeys ate all the pumpkins; the owner was looking for V. in vain for him kill]: Gagnolo 1952, #16:133-135).

(Wed. West Africa. Songhai [during hunger, the Hare takes a stick, bag, drum, pot, knife; comes to guinea fowl; they ask why the hare needs a stick, pot, etc., he always answers what to dance (qu'il la fait danser); guinea fowls come up, he pours water on them, hits them with a stick, killed seven, put them in a bag, hid the feathers, brought the meat home to cook; child Hyen came to take fire, saw the meat, told his parents , they took everything; the Hyena put a stone behind her cheek as if a tooth hurts; the hare put his hand, she clenched it with her teeth, forcing her to tell her where he got the meat; answers the guinea fowl that the stick is to beat them, etc.; guinea fowl scattered]: Prost 1956:177-179).

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Mongols (Inner Mongolia) [the cat began to wear rosary, muttered prayers, the mice were no longer afraid of him; the cat began to explain prayers to the mice in the evenings, but made it a condition to sit quietly, closing eyes; the mouse opened, saw a mouse in the cat's teeth, raised the alarm, the mice ran away]: Lin Lin, Ustin 1959:165-166.

The Arctic. Bering Strait Inupiat (Norton Bay Unalick) [The Raven marries a Goose; flies south with the Geese in autumn; when they see that he is tired, the Raven lies that he has an arrowhead stuck in his heart; Geese do not believe, the Raven falls into the water, has difficulty getting to the shore; asks Keith to open its mouth, flies inside; inside, the beauty warns not to touch her lamp; the beauty is the soul, the lamp is the heart of a whale; The raven touches the lamp, the whale dies; the raven swims inside the carcass to the shore; forgets the fire drill inside the whale; when people fresh the whale and find the drill, the Raven says it's a bad sign; people run away, The raven takes all the meat for himself; looks for a vessel for fat, meets Mink, they build porridge; the Raven sends Mink to invite marine life to the festival; Seals come; the Raven says he must improve them sight, touching their eyes with its rod; glues their eyelids with resin; forgets about the seal in the doorway; the seal raises the alarm when another seal cries trying to open their eyes; the raven kills guests with a stick one at a time, only a seal in the doorway is saved]: Nelson 1899:462-467; the stranger [The raven marries Cod's daughter; the girl wants crane eggs, the Raven pulls them out, marries, takes his wife away in a boat; Killer whales ask him to close his eyes, kidnap his wife; the bird tells the Raven who is the kidnapper, for which he receives larvae; releases him under water; the Raven consistently comes to the Old Cod Woman, Halibut, Red Snapper, Perch; each replies that the kidnappers have just passed by; Perch warns that Killer Whales have a Crane as a watchman, gives a spear to bribe him; the Raven has given a spear to the Crane since then long beak; Killer whales are sleeping, the Raven puffs like they accidentally croak, grab it, put it under a stone, make a fire on top; the Raven has bark with him, he chews it, spits out red juice, killer whales think it's blood, they take him out, throw him into the latrine; his wife comes there; the Raven tells her to go back and wait; gets out, washes; pretends to be the leader, takes Squirrels, Martens, Lasok, Norok; the leader of the Killer Whales asks why his people are so fast; the Raven replies that he cut out a piece of each of their liver, lungs and heart; invites killer whales to lie in a row, smears each eye with resin; the leader has one eye barely seeing ; The raven rips open the Killer Whales one by one, the chief notices this, runs away through the chimney; the Raven and his wife load the boat with the property of Killer Whales, sail away]: Birket-Smith 1953:167-170.

Subarctic. Koyukon [The raven invites his nephew Norka to put it in the tail of the salmon; the bear will swallow it, the Mink will cut it from the inside; this is how they kill many bears; the Raven must hedge A mink with a spear, but says that the spear is stuck between trees; one day he suggests that the Bear swallow it, flies away at the last moment, Minka barely has time to hit the Bear with a spear; the Raven suggests fill blood vessels with bear fat through a kind of hose from the intestines; puts the end of the hose in his mouth; then in winter he says that women must have perforated blood vessels; in winter he calls for potlach, chooses only fat ; invites everyone to close their eyes, lubricates them with glue; the orphan anointed only one eye at the entrance, which raises the alarm; the blind begin to kill each other, the Raven wanted it]: Attla 1983:43-63; kuchin : McGary 1984:460-468 [Vasaagihdzak sees birds throw their eyes up, they fall back into the eye sockets; he repeats the trick; the second time he throws him too far, the birds take his eyes away; someone pokes V. in the eye, he grabs Fox, wants to tear him, he promises to be a guide; ties a rope to him, runs away; V. bumps into trees, asks their names; when the tree replies that it is Fir, he makes new eyes out of fir resin; the resin is light, so Europeans have bright eyes; Ducks and Geese are dancing; V. fills the bag with moss, says it's dancing; one dance with his eyes closed; V . strangles birds one at a time, the White-fronted Goose opens his eyes, raises the alarm; V. steps on two species of Greaves, since then they have a flat tail; V. leaves the prey to prepare; V. invites the Fox to run race, whoever reaches the meat will take it for himself; the fox pretends to be chrome, V. invites him to run straight, and he will run along the long road himself; the fox comes first, hides the meat, sticks his leg bones in the ground; the Fox comes again - supposedly just arrived; V. gnaws bones; then finds the Fox who has eaten sleeping; hits him with a stick, covers him with grass, sets him on fire; then sees the Fox unharmed in the distance], 480-489 [ Vasaagihdzak replies to waterfowl that he has dancing in his bag; everyone is dancing all night; in the morning V. offers a dance with his eyes closed, curls the birds' necks; the White-fronted Goose raised the alarm; when Two types of toadstool ran out, V. stepped on their tail, so their legs turned upside down; V. bakes game; goes to the lake; The fox pretends to be sick, apparently reluctantly agrees to race to the baked ducks, comes first, eats meat, sticks bones into the ground, as if the meat has burned; V. finds a sleeping Fox, covers it with grass, sets it on fire, he runs away; the birds throw their eyes, V. to them joins, Blue Jay takes his eyes away; The fox pokes V. in his eye sockets with a stick, V. grabs him; the fox asks him to spare him, leads her by the rope; bandages her to a tree, runs away; V. stumbles upon trees, asks who they are; Willow, Poplar; when the tree replies that it is Fir, he makes new eyes out of resin; the fox does not know that V. has regained his sight, comes up, V. kills him], 497-502 [Vasaagihdzak says Ducks that he has dancing in his bag; the last dance with his eyes closed; The White-fronted Goose raises the alarm; V. steps on Loon and Greaves of two types, so they have such a tail; V. bakes game; Fox pretends to be sick, suggests that he run around the lake in a short way, and V. a long way; eats ducks, sticks his leg bones back into the ground; V. finds a sleeping Fox, sets fire, he escapes; V. sees how birds throw up their eyes, repeat the trick, the birds take his eyes away; he stumbles upon trees, rejects willow, birch, makes new eyes out of fir resin; it is light, so Europeans are light-eyed]; the helmet [Súguyā makes a blind out of brush), invites the Ducks to dance with their eyes closed; tears off their heads; The toadstool spies, raises the alarm, S. steps on her tail, with horned toadstool doesn't walk well on land ever since]: Moore 1999:414-417; beaver [Vachajik tells the birds he carries songs in the bag; asks them to dance with his eyes closed; curls the birds' necks]: Goddard 1916:256; Chipewayan [rain floods the ground; Visákecak makes a boat asking the Duck to dive; she brings silt on her paws several times, V. creates land; sees larvae in a deer skull, asks allow him to join the meal, sticks his head, gets stuck, swims along the river like a deer; people rush to him, he jumps ashore, breaks his skull; leads the Bear to the berry tree, he eats, gets fat, falls asleep , V. kills him; cooks meat, asks juniper trees to move apart, otherwise his stomach hurts; gets stuck, birds eat meat; twists juniper, since then its trunk is crooked; V. decides that his his eyes are rather weak, takes them out, goes blind; goes asking trees for their names; rejects poplar, etc., when he finds a pine tree, makes new eyes out of resin; creates landscape features, animal habits; his ass burned, he throws scabs at the birch tree; asks geese to dance with his eyes closed, kills one at a time; one opens his eyes, the birds run, V. steps on water-hen and the loon, since then they have not been able to walk on drier; V. laughs at the bear's excrement, he rushes at him; V. asks the caress to get into the bear's ass, gnaw the heart; then washes the caress, the tip of the tail remains black; V. eats something black that causes gas erupts; sits on a hot stone, throws burnt scabs on a birch tree; asks geese to give him feathers, flies with him; they take their feathers, he falls, people defecate on it; he runs away naked, turns into stone, goes into the ground; only his hair is visible on the cliff's surface]: Lowie 1912:195-200.

NW Coast. Eyak [small animals and birds from the Raven's company jump easily along the shore; the Raven tells the Seals that this is because he has removed their guts; to remove their intestines, you must first cover their eyes with resin; The seals agree, but the latter did not have enough tar; he ran away seeing others being killed; The Raven and his crew ate the dead]: Johnson 1988:19; bellacula [Jay tells waterfowl that he has a bag of amulets, invites birds to dance; they fall asleep, he kills them; the old toadstool opens her eyes, raises the alarm; Jay bakes meat, falls asleep, telling his anus to guard; the anus wakes up Soyka, he sees no one, hits his anus; thieves replace meat with stones; Jay punishes the anus by holding it over a fire]: McIlwraith 1948 (2): 432-433.

The coast is the Plateau. Quarry [Estees fills the blanket with moss, answers waterfowl for carrying songs; asks them to dance with his eyes closed; Fish-Duck opens his eyes, raises the alarm; survivors run away; E. kicks fish-duck, who now has a flat tail; E. bakes meat, falls asleep; other Ducks eat all the meat themselves; E. finds only bones]: Jenness 1934, No. 39:210-211; clacamas [Coyote tells Fazaniha that he is her brother; asks her children to dance (with their eyes closed?) , quietly curls their necks; some escape, they are the ancestors of today's pheasants; see motif M120]: Jacobs 1958, No. 9:80-81; clickitat [Wild Cat goes dancing, singing: Little ones back, big - go ahead; my eyes are closed and I hold a stick; when ducks and geese surround him, he opens his eyes, hits the big ones; his younger brother Coyote decides to repeat the trick; he is surrounded by geese, raised in sky, thrown down; it falls into the mud]: Jacobs 1934, No. 30:78; sanpual [Rabbit (K.) tells her granddaughter Chipmunk (B.) to pick berries, says that Owl (S.) is not dangerous during the day; S. pretends to be K. asks B. to go down from the bush; she does not believe, tells her to hide under the basket, S. peeks, manages to scratch B. with her claws, the trail still remains; K. hides B. in the basket, under the pillow, the Lark in shell; S. threatens to eat K., she has to give B., she asks for the bones back; S. wants to be white like K., she replies that she fried herself on hot stones; S. goes for resin, K. revives B. from bones, they burn S.; at night, the owl's eye bursts, hooting is heard, K. says that S. will be an owl; S.'s three sisters tear up her grave, eat meat, recognize her sister; the youngest did not eat; the Coyote fools them, runs; asks his feces what to do; he says he will be home with the dancers, let the Owls dance with their eyes closed; the Coyote sets fire to the house; the youngest S. does not enter the house, shouts to the elders; Coyote asks her permission kiss, bite off his tongue, runs, hides in a hole; feces turn into a noisy camp, S. goes to look for Coyote there, he runs away]: Ray 1933, No. 18:165-167.

The Midwest. Winnebago [Wakjunkaga tells the ducks that he has songs in his bag; agrees to sing if they dance with their eyes closed; whoever opens his eyes will turn red; kills ducks; Malaya- The Red-Eyed Duck opens his eyes; the survivors run away; he roasts the dead, goes to bed, leaves his anus to guard; foxes steal meat; he puts burning smut in his anus as punishment; finds trail and eats pieces of fat; it's his giblets; he ties his anus (the origin of wrinkles on the human sphincter)]: Radin 1956, No. 12-14:14-18; menominee [Myanyabush (Menapus) tells birds to dance with their eyes closed, kills birds; one Duck opens their eyes; he makes them red; bakes birds, goes to bed, tells the anus to guard the meat; the Winnebago Indian carries meat; M. burns his ass as punishment]: Bloomfield 1928, No. 79-80 [Menapus tells waterfowl that he has new songs, tells them to dance with his eyes closed; whoever opens will blush; Wood-duck peeks, raises the alarm, the birds run away, M. kicks Hell-Diver; bakes two geese, tells the anus to guard the meat, goes to bed himself; the Winnebago Indians take away meat; M. punishes his the anus, burning it, rubs against the rock, the burnt pieces of skin turn into edible lichen], 81 [as in (79-80); M. says he carries songs in the bag]: 219-223, 223-231; Hoffman 1896 [Myanyabush says to the birds that brought the songs]: 162-164 [sits into the fire], 204-205; Densmore 1932 [Manabus meets Volkov, they take him into their company; he spies on them gnawing bones and bones right away flies into his eye; M. tells waterfowl that he is carrying songs; tells them to dance in the hut with his eyes closed, kills one at a time, throws Wolves; Wood-duck opens her eyes, screams, since then her eyes red; Hell-diver jumps out last, M. steps on him, now he's without a tail]: 148-149; Skinner, Satterlee 1915, No. 8 [Myanyabush dives, ties the legs of waterfowl; they lift him up into the air, he falls; calls the birds to participate in the ceremony; his tambourine hits on its own, his hands are free; Winnebago gives his anus a red bandage for silence; Myanyabush puts a burning smut in his anus]: 267-270; Ojibwa: Blackwood 1929, No. 6 [Manabozo scares away the partridge chicks, who told him that they are "crow scarecrows"; their mother takes off in front of M., who suddenly falls into the water; fills the bag with grass, tells waterfowl that there is a song in the bag, you have to dance with your eyes closed; Hell Dive opens, sees that M. is strangling the birds one at a time; M. manages to kick him with his foot, the dent remains; M . cooks birds, falls asleep, burns his ass in a dream; slides off a cliff with scabs off, blood has colored willows, now they are red]: 337-338; Coleman et al. 1971 (Minnesota, Font du Lac, 1958): 76-77 [Nanabozho fills the bag with leaves, tells ducks and geese that he is carrying songs, invites his teepee to dance with his eyes closed, whoever opens it will turn red; curls the necks of the birds; the red-necked grebe (hell-diver) opens her eyes at the door, N. chases her, kicks her, since then she has not been able to walk, her legs are turned back; N. began to bake the prey, fell asleep; the Indians passing by stole everything, put their legs back into the ground; N. them pulled out - no meat], 78-79 [as in p. 76-77; man tickles N. with a feather, N.'s body does not warn him; when he finds out that the meat has been eaten, N. punishes his body by sitting in the fire; wiped his bloody ass on willows, those with red ever since; the bark of this willow is smoked mixed with tobacco]; Hoffman 1896 [like menominee, without details]: 205; Josseling de Jong 1913, No. 13 [as in Radin; Nenabojo; Red-necked Toadstool opens his eyes ; some people steal meat, give feathers to the anus for its silence]: 23-25; Radin 1914, No. 1 [Nenebozho tells waterfowl he has songs in his bag, asks the birds to dance with their eyes closed; Goose opens, M. kicks him with his foot; bakes dead birds; falls asleep, leaving his anus as a watchman; Winnebago steals meat, giving the anus a piece of flint for silence; N. punishes the anus by sitting over a fire; wipes burnt ass against bushes; this shrub has been a cure ever since], 9 [see B3A motif; as in (1), less details]: 7-8, 21-22; Radin, Reagan 1928, No. 14 (Minnesota) [Manabozo says waterfowl, in his bag of songs, asks birds to dance with their eyes closed; Dipper opens, M. kicks her with his foot; bakes dead birds; falls asleep, leaving his anus as a watchman; enemies steal meat and anus M. wakes up, enemies have time to hide; M; asks his anus not to disturb him in vain; meat is stolen; M. punishes the anus by sitting above the fire; slides down the rock; pieces of his burnt flesh turn into moss]: 97- 101; Eastern Ojibwa (southern Ontario) [Nanabush saw ducks swimming; to kill everyone at once, he decided to bend the barrel of his gun; shot, the ducks flew away; then N. and his mother invited the ducks to dance, he himself began sing; told them to close his eyes while dancing; as the dancers passed by him, N. twisted their necks; however, the toadstool (diver) opened his eyes; the birds rushed to the exit; N. managed to kick the toadstool, so Greaves have flat legs outstretched back]: Laidlaw 1915, No. 1-2:3-4; chippewa [Venebojo cuts off an armful of grass, tells geese and ducks that he is carrying songs; invites them to dance in the house with his eyes closed ; dipper and loon open their eyes, they turn red; surviving birds peck at V. ; he bakes prey, tells his anus to guard it, falls asleep; the people of the South Wind put red paint in his anus so that he can no longer warn the owner, eat meat, sail away in boats; V. burns his anus over the fire; walking, something red is pouring out of his ass, pieces of meat are falling; tobacco and edible lichens grow out of it]: Barnouw 1977:27-30; Eastern Marsh Cree: Bird 2007 (Winisk River) [ Wisakaychak puts moss in a bag, tells waterfowl that he carries songs; builds a teepee, tells them to dance with their necks stretched out to each other and closes their eyes; throws a rope over everyone; Loon opens his eyes and escapes; V. manages to kick her, since then the loons have a flat tail; V. bakes geese and ducks in the sand, goes to bed, tells his ass to guard; people approach carefully, the ass does not give a signal, the meat is stolen; thieves stuck their bones where they were; V. punishes his ass by sitting on a hot stone; then at every step V.'s ass honks loudly; the game is frightened, V. is starving]: Bird 2007:184-190; Ellis 1995, No. 8 ( west coast hall. James) [{3 stories are mixed}; this is about Weesakechahk and birds; Chahkabesh {must be Weesakechahk} gathered birds about to fly away, offered to dance with their eyes closed; began to strangle them one at a time; Loon opened his eyes, raised the alarm; V. kicked him, since then the loons have a flat tail; Loon gradually died; V., which means Shingibish {Weesakechahk, then Shingibish}, that was the name of this Otter, i.e. Duck, he has two wives ; Loon was handsome, covered in beads, and took his wives away; when he slept with his mouth open, S. put a hot incisor down his throat, Loon died, S. took his wives; therefore, the loons had a dark throat], 18 (ibid.) [ Weesakechahk filled the bag with moss, told waterfowl he was carrying songs; building a teepee, telling him to dance while he sings; asks for a dance with his eyes closed; chokes one at a time; Loon opens his eyes, raises the alarm, V. kicks her, now the tail of the loon is flat; bakes birds in the hot sand, falls asleep; at this time people stole the birds, put his legs back in the sand; V. thinks that the game has burned down, then realizes that stolen], 55 [Weesahkwechahk carries a bag of moss, tells the floating birds that there is a song in the bag; invites them to dance with his eyes closed and necks stretched out together, throws a noose over everyone at once; Loon peeked and managed to escape; V. kicked him, now the loons have a flat tail; V. bakes birds, goes to bed, told his ass to warn him if someone shows up; he wakes V. twice, but he does not see anyone; he says more in vain do not disturb him; when he wakes up, the meat is eaten, only the bones stick out of the sand; V. punishes his ass by sitting on a hot stone; when he goes, pieces of burnt flesh fall off; now it is resin on trees and lichens (?) on willows and poplars]: 41-43, 121-127, 309-313; Skinner 1911 (Albany) [Wicágatcak fills the bag with moss, tells waterfowl what the singing teepee is carrying, tells them to dance with his eyes closed; strangles birds arcana; Loon opens his eyes; he kicks her (the origin of the shape of a loon tail); bakes meat, goes to bed, tells his ass to guard; someone comes up, his ass beeps, the thief immediately hides; so twice; for the third time, V. does not react; seeing that the meat has been stolen, he sits on a hot stone; since then, people's buttocks have been dismembered; V. He blows the winds continuously, pieces of his gut fall out; he thinks it's dried meat, he eats it; the squirrel laughs; he throws a piece of intestine into the birch tree (the origin of the growths on the birch tree); hits the birch tree with a stick ( Stripes on birch bark)]: 84-86; Western Forest Cree: Honigmann 1953, No. 6 [Visakiychak's older brothers go to look for people; he's bored, he follows them; meets a woman with two daughters; says that Disease will come; we must make holes in the tipi walls, press their backs against them; copulates; leaves; tells waterfowl that he carries dancing in the bag Close your eyes; birds dance with their eyes closed, he strangles them; the little one opens her eyes, V. tramples the runaway, now they are flat; bakes meat; the fox offers to compete in the run, wins, takes the meat; V. finds the sleeping Fox, lights the grass around]: 326- 328; Vandersteene 1969 [Wesakitchak sees ducks and swans goose walking fat on the lake by autumn; fills the bag with moss, replies that he is carrying it to the Wikkokewin festival in honor of his ancestors, that everyone can come; builds a teepee with a narrow entrance; sings and hits a tambourine, tells the birds to dance around the fire nine times with their eyes closed; whoever opens, his ancestors will punish him; kills birds one at a time; the goose opens his eyes raises the alarm, the remaining birds have difficulty getting out of the teepee; V. bakes, eats prey; much remains uneaten; meets the Fox, who pretends to be chrome; V. invites him to a feast, ties him to his leg is a stone to get to the place with the Fox; he walks a short path, runs, hides the baked game, leaving only the ends of his legs in the ash; V. finds him sleeping, sets fire to the leaves around; since then since fox hair seems to be scorched at certain times of the year]: 50-53; Cree on lake. Winnipeg {the band is incomprehensible} [Wesa-Katch-ack (Neni-boo-Su at the Steppe Cree) invites you to a bird festival, asks you to dance with your eyes closed; kills one at a time; Loon opens his eyes, raises the alarm; V. kicks hers, since then, the loon has been dragging her hind legs]: Hamilton 1894:202; Northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake): Ray, Stevens 1971:38 [Visakaijak tells Utkam he carries songs in his bag; they must dance closing his eyes; Loon opens, V. steps on her tail; Loon and Water Hens have broken legs; droppings leave dark marks on the birch trunk], 44 [V. asks Geese to dance with his eyes closed; one opens, V. only one thing is enough; bakes, falls asleep; his anus wakes him up, he tells him not to disturb him; two people in a boat steal meat, sail away; V. punishes his anus by sitting on hot stones; finds and eats pieces of meat; Chikadi says he ate his burnt flesh]; Western swamps: Brightman 1989 (stone crees): 29-30 [Wīsahkīcāhk fills the bag with moss, responds with waterfowl birds (geese, ducks, loons) that carry songs; everyone gathers in the dance house built by V., V. tells them to dance with their eyes closed, curls the necks of the birds, starting with the most plump; Loon stood at the exit, opened her eyes, raised the alarm, V. kicked her in the ass, since then the loons had flat legs; V. ate, climbed between two birch trees, told him to squeeze so that he could empty his intestines; when he ordered to let go, they refused; V. called Thunder, who split the birch trees with lightning; V. returned to where he left the meat; someone ate the meat, only the bones were sticking out of the ground; V. whipped the birch trees with a willow branch, since then their bark in stripes and sherbins], 51-52 [the beginning is the same; after eating, V. leaves, leaving what has not been eaten in the ground; the fox finds and eats meat, puts the gnawed bones into the ground; hungry V. returns, finds nothing]; Cresswell 1923 (northern Manitoba) [Wisahke (Jay) filled the bag with moss, replies to the geese that he is carrying songs, offers to dance with his eyes closed, chokes one at a time; Loon, who was among the geese, spies raises the alarm; V. kicks her in the ass, since then he's flat at the loons]: 405-406; Clay 1978 (northern Manitoba) [Wesukechak says he collects moss in a bag, tells waterfowl that he carries a dance song; builds a teepee, offers to dance with his eyes closed, strangles birds one at a time; Loon did not close his eyes, raised the alarm, the birds rushed out of the teepee, V. stepped on Loon, breaking her spine; bakes birds in in the sand, falls asleep, telling his ass to be on the lookout; the ass sees the boat, gives a signal, V. gets up, does not notice anything; next time he does not react, the Indians take the meat; V. punishes his ass by sitting on the hot stones; wanders through willow thickets, since then willow branches are red with blood]: 48-54; Algonquins [Whiskejac calls ducks and geese to dance in his house with his eyes closed; Toadstool opens his eyes, V. kicks her, her tail takes on its current appearance; V. tells the anus to guard the meat while he sleeps; the Indians steal meat; V. sits down in the fire to punish the anus; pours mud on the Partridge's chicks; she scares him by flying in front of his eyes; he falls off a cliff; pieces of his burnt meat turn into edible lichens]: Speck 1915d, No. 3-4:8-15; fox [Visakia tells Utkam that carries songs; tells him to dance with his eyes closed; whoever opens will turn red; The dive opens, saves himself, his eyes are now red; V. bakes meat, goes to bed, tells the anus to guard; Foxes take away meat; anus Wakes up, he doesn't hear; puts burning smut in his anus]: Jones 1907, No. 10:279-289; potauatomi: Johnson 1929 [Nenebuc asked his grandmother to make him a bag, went to the lake where the Ducks were swimming, put the bag over his head, rolled down the mountain three times; the Ducks asked them to let them play; N. stuffed the Ducks into the bag, brought them home, told his grandmother to close the holes of the teepee; opening the bag, invited the Ducks to dance with with his eyes closed; killed them one at a time; Hell-Diver opened his eyes, the Ducks flew away, knocking down the teepee]: 210-211; Skinner 1924:339 [Visakia tells geese, ducks, cranes to dance with their eyes closed; kills them; one duck opened, raised the alarm, since then her eyes have been red; V. bakes meat; two trees creak, V. climbs on them, his hand gets stuck; two winnebagoes eat meat; you will be called Winnebago, smelly thieves], 339-340 [starting as on p.339; V. asks his anus to guard the meat while he sleeps; Winnebago eats meat; V. burns his anus, rubs to blood; blood turns willow red]; steppe ojibwa [Nanibozhu invites geese to dance with their eyes closed; calls the fat ones closer; whoever opens his eyes will turn red; one opens, the survivors run away; N. bakes meat, tells the anus to guard, falls asleep; someone steals meat; N. burns his anus as punishment; goes, burnt meat remains hanging on the bushes; N. eats it; birds laugh: N. eats his meat]: Skinner 1919, No. 1:280-281; Steppe Cree: Ahenakew 1929 [like Eastern Cree; Vesakaicak paints birds (the origin of species coloring) before dancing; water hen opens his eyes, V. steps on her tail, making it flat; bakes birds, lies between two birch trees, tells them to close not to let him eat food too quickly; birch trees hold him; birds and animals eat meat while V. sleeps; The vulture wants to peck out his eyes; V. frees himself, whips birch trees with willow twigs (stripes on a birch tree), rips off the vulture's feathers, making it bald]: 331-332; Bloomfield 1930, No. 6 [Visakechak tells geese and ducks what he has in his bag Dancing Close your eyes; builds a dance house; The red-necked toadstool opens her eyes, raises the alarm; V. kicks her, since then she has a crooked tail; V. offers Fox race; the fox pretends to have a pain in his leg; while V. is running, the Fox returns, eats baked poultry meat; V. sets fire to the grass around him, the Fox jumps over the fire, runs away]: 37-40; Curtis 1976 (18) [Visákecsch asks the Swans to make him one of them; they give him feathers, tell him not to make noise near settlements; V. gives a voice, people beat swans, V. takes on his true appearance, feasts with everyone; going to the lake, makes a bundle of grass and leaves; Ducks ask what he carries; (apparently answers songs); V. tells them to dance with their eyes closed, kills one at a time; Fox calls feast; he pretends to be lame; V. He offers to race; the Fox overtakes him, eats everything; V. makes a fire around the sleeping Fox; he jumped out, burned, now red]: 132-133; Dusenberry 1962, No. 5 [Visakachak comes to the Geese and Ducks, carrying a big bag behind his back; says he got Blind Dance; builds a dance house, curls the necks of the fattest dancers; Mud-hens open their eyes, raise the alarm; V. breaks their legs, since then they have been crooked; baking meat; The fox pretends to be lame; V. offers to race around the lake, ties stones to his legs; The fox breaks forward, eats all the meat; V. comes to kill him; The fox pretends to be sleeping, then jumps up, jumps out of a fire divorced by V., runs away]: 240-242; Skinner 1916, No. 1 (5) [Visukezhak tells Utkam and Geese that he brought a "close eye" dance; who will open his eyes, they will turn red; the Water Hen opens her eyes, sees that V. is killing others; V. steps on her tail, which takes on its current shape; this bird's eyes are red]: 349.

Northeast. Naskapi: Millman 1993 [the hunter invites the Geese to dance with their eyes closed; kills one at a time; the main Goose opens his eyes, the survivors run away]: 89; Turner 1894 (unenot) [(=1979: 163-164); Wolverine invites waterfowl to dance with her eyes closed; sings, curling their necks; Loon opens her eyes, raises the alarm, Wolverine calls her red-eyed; Jay tells people that Wolverine has a lot of food; they eat cooked birds while Wolverine sleeps]: 327-328; Montagnier [Mesh finds antlers, brings them to the river; people think there's a deer there, they come in a boat; M. asks to send him a woman; they send a widow, he copulates with her; everyone understands that it is M., swims to the widow to help; M. runs away; asks the Crane, then Orlan, what's new; Nothing, only M. copulated with the widow; M. asks the partridge chicks what will happen to those who eat them; Nothing, but adult partridges will scare him; M. eats the chicks, walks, the partridges take off, he shies away; asks mushrooms what will happen to whoever eats them; Will release gases uncontrollably; M. eats mushrooms, even puts them in his ass; M. scares away all the game with his sounds; then punishes his the anus, sitting on a hot stone, the eruption of gases stops; M. shouts to the flying birds that mothers who lost them in childhood are looking for them, we will be happy to dance with our eyes closed; kills them one at a time finally, Orlan opens his eyes, raises the alarm; M. invites the Bear to look for lingonberries, leads further; the Bear asks how he sees so far; M. suggests improving his eyesight by pouring it into his eyes lingonberry juice; The bear closed his eyes, M. killed him with a stone; fell asleep by the river, telling his anus to guard the meat; the people on the boat asked the anus to remain silent, took the meat away; see the M49 motif, a hero in someone else's skin]: Savard 1979, No. 7:26 -28; viandot [The raccoon invites the Geese to dance around him, tells them to close their eyes every time he stops hitting the tambourine; chokes one at a time; one goose watches, the rest fly away; the raccoon bakes meat falls asleep, telling creaking trees to wake him up if necessary; the fox steals meat; the raccoon is angry at the trees because they creak and for not waking him up; puts his hand between the branches, it gets stuck; he gets out with difficulty]: Walker 1996, No. 2-3:16-36; mikmaq, passamaquoddy [Wolverine tells his younger brother to call waterfowl; they must close their eyes or they will go blind; Wolverine strangles the birds one at a time; the boy feels sorry for them, he whispers the truth to the little chick; the survivors run away]: Leland 1968:186-188; mikmaq [man asks Geese and Ducks to dance with their eyes closed kills one at a time; Black Duck opens his eyes, the rest run away; he falls into the Spider's tents, she laughs, lets him go]: Wallis, Wallis 1955, No. 112:435-437; malesite [Wolverine has assistant boy; he advises Wolverine to call waterfowl to a meeting; when listening to the speech, they must close their eyes, whoever opens, goes blind; Wolverine strangles birds one at a time; the boy tells Dive to open one eye; surviving birds fly away; the boy gives Nutria a vessel of fat melted from the birds to cool it; Wolverine does the same, but is rude, Nutria takes away fat]: Jack 1895:199.

Plains. The surviving birds run away. Blacklegs: Fraser 1990 [Napi (Old Man) tells the Utkam that enemies killed all his relatives, wants to help him take revenge; offers to sing a song of revenge with his eyes closed; kills ducks one at a time; The eagle in the sky sees this, warns the rest, they run away; N. bakes meat, goes to bed; Eagles eat everything]: 15-17; Josselin de Jong 1914 [The old man tells geese and ducks that the Goose Chief is killed in battle; invites everyone to smoke a pipe of peace before going on a campaign for revenge; kills the crowd one by one until they look at him; feasts]: 72-73; Linderman 1995 [Napa ("The Old Man)" builds a hut calls waterfowl to dance, paints everyone according to their wishes; then invites them to dance with their eyes closed, strangles one at a time; cautious Loon does not enter the hut, raises the alarm; N. kicks Gagara with her foot, says that from now on she will not be able to walk normally on land; birds that open their eyes will turn red]: 7-9; Michelson 1911b, No. 5 (piegan) [The old man tells the Geese that their leader is dead; They say that they have never heard of this; the old man convinces them that all Geese know about their leader, they have to smoke a pipe with their eyes closed; kills Geese with a stick; some peek, fly away; the old man screams after them, you have to be fools to believe that Geese have a leader]: 248; assiniboine [Trickster asks the birds to dance with his eyes closed]: Lowie 1909a, No. 15 [Sitkonsky asks to dance geese], 16 [I ⁿ ktum ⁿ and pretends to cry for his murdered brother, calls the fattest Ducks to dance; whoever opens his eyes will turn red; the turtle must stand in in the center, he will tell you when to open it; The duck from the fourth row opened, screamed; the survivors turned red their eyes, killed Turtle I. also; sits on the Rock, she grabs it; he promises her meat, but everything is useless; coyotes and wolves carry meat; I. asks birds for help; they break the Rock with flapping their wings; the turtle grabs I. by the lip when he drinks; he roasts it, it promises to miss people anymore]: 111, 112-115; grovantre [Nishant asks ducks, partridges, rabbits to dance with their eyes closed; kills until one partridge opens its eyes; bakes meat; tells the anus to guard, goes to bed; Wolves and Coyotes eat meat; N. punishes his anus by sticking burning smut into it]: Kroeber 1907b, No. 14:71; crowe [The wolf ties a stone to his tail, runs on the ice, the stone makes holes in the ice, protrudes from them bison fat; Old Coyote exchanges stone for spear metal, gets fat; takes spear metal back; Wolf warns not to use stone anymore; Coyote does not listen, sticks to ice; asks everyone animals to dance around, then he will be free; sends Beaver for a tambourine stick; frees himself; tells him to dance with his eyes closed, kills many animals with a wand; the rest run away]: Simms 1903, No. 10: 277-288; teton: Walker 1983 (oglala) [Iktomi tells the ducks he has songs in his bag; agrees to sing if they dance with their eyes closed; kills ducks; one opens his eyes; I. tells trees do not creak; sandwiched between two trunks; Wolf carries roasted duck meat]: 166-170; Wissler 1907, No. 2 (oglala) [as in Walker; a duck that opens its eyes has been red ever since; Coyote carries meat]: 122-124; yankton [Iktomi tells the dancing Ducks that he brought songs; dance inside the house, the dancers should close their eyes, whoever opens their eyes will turn red; one of the Ducks opens the eyes left in the living fly away, now their eyes are red; I. bakes ducks: he hears the crackling of a tree: he climbs a tree, his leg is pinched; by the time he was free, the Wolves had eaten all the meat]: Zitkala-Ša 1985:5-15; santi: Riggs 1893 [Ungtomi tells ducks, geese, swans that he carries songs in the bag; tells them to dance with his eyes closed and chokes one at a time; one Duck opens his eyes, now they are red; W. bakes meat, falls asleep, leaves the anus as a watchman; Mink steals meat; W. makes a fire, burns his anus as punishment]: 113-114; Wallis 1923, No. 24 [The spider tells all waterfowl to dance with their eyes closed; whoever opens, his eyes will turn red; kills birds one at a time; The swan screams in pain, the Dive opens his eyes; The spider leaves the meat to cook, tells his ass to guard, falls asleep; the man tells the Spider's ass keep quiet, takes away meat; The spider punishes its ass, sits into the fire; its entrails fall out; it eats them thinking it's moose giblets]: 93-94; Omaha, Ponca: Dorsey 1890:65-66 [ Sisemakan tells the Turkeys that he has songs in his bag; tells him to dance with his eyes closed; whoever opens it will turn red; puts the turkeys in a bag, brings it to his blind grandmother; she opens the bag, all the turkeys, except for one, they fly away; now they have red eyes], 67-69 [as in pp.65-66; the Iktinica trickster; the turkey opens its eyes, the surviving turkeys run away; I. bakes meat; the tree branch gnashes in the wind; I. climbs to punish him, his hands are sandwiched between branches; wolves eat meat; the tree frees I.; he catches and bakes chetepaha, goes to bed, tells his anus to guard; man takes meat, he smears oil on I.'s lips; he believes that he ate everything himself], 579-580 [as in pp.65-66; trickster Rabbit; without a song motif in a bag; Rabbit throws turkey giblets at her grandmother, her genitals are stained with blood ( the origin of menstruation); while the grandmother retires to a separate hut, the Rabbit pretends to feast with the Pawnee Indians; in fact, eats all the meat alone]; Osage [The grasshopper calls the Turkeys to dance, closing his eyes; one opens, the rest are saved; K. bakes turkey meat; tells his grandmother that he will call the leaders, tell her to hide behind the tipi; pretends to talk to the leaders; he eats all the meat alone]: Dorsey 1904c, No. 2:9-10; cansa [a man is seen on the moon with a bag carrying turkeys (due to the history of birds dancing with their eyes closed)]: Dorsey 1892:301; iowa [Ishinki asks waterfowl dance with her eyes closed; whoever opens will turn red; strangles birds; Mud-hen opens, her eyes remain red; I. bakes bird carcasses; two trees creak, I. wants to hit them, his the hand gets stuck between the trunks; Wolves eat meat; when I. is released, he finds only bird bones sticking out of the ash]: Skinner 1925, No. 24:484-485; from [Ichthínke shouts Ducks not to run from him, but to come to dance with his eyes closed, to his song, chokes one at a time, one duck opens his eyes, raises the alarm; when I. cooks meat, the creaking of trees annoys him, he puts his hand in the fork, hers clamps; Coyote and his brothers take away all the meat]: Curtis 1976 (19): 174-175; Sheyens [Weehuk asks the birds to dance with their eyes closed; whoever opens, their eyes will turn red; one duck opens survivors run away]: Kroeber 1900, No. 9a [ducks, geese, cranes, etc. birds, as well as gophers; Wihuk bakes meat, puts his hand between three creaking willows; his hand gets stuck; Coyote eats meat; B. chases him, he defecates in his face, V. dies], 9b [ducks dance]: 165-166; arpaho [Nihansan tells the Ducks to dance with their eyes closed; whoever opens will die; sings and hits a tambourine; the last Duck opens his eyes, saves himself; Wolves steal meat; N. says the thief will go blind; meets a blind Bear; lures him into a pile of brushwood, burns him; asks Volkov to help drag the carcass; they steal meat again]: Dorsey, Kroeber 1903, No. 26:59- 60; throw off the pawnee: Dorsey 1904, No. 65 [The Coyote buries his bison horn with his base in the ground, calls turkeys to dance around such a miracle; kills them while they are passionate about dancing; the rest run away]: 265; 1906 , No. 134 [Turkeys are dancing, Coyote offers to teach them a good song; sings loudly, Turkeys stretch their necks, Coyote bites them two; sends his wife and children out of the tipi at home, pretends to have many guests; one of the children looks in, sees that the father eats everything himself; the Coyote runs away, the children are left with only bones]: 457-458; Comanche: Canonge 1958, No. 1 [Coyote calls the Gophers to dance with his eyes closed; kills with a club; one opens, the rest run away; Coyote roasts meat]: 3-4; Saint Clair 1909b, No. 11 [The Coyote tells Skunk to pretend to be dead; calls the Gophers to close his eyes and dance around; whoever opens dies; finally, one opens his eyes; the Coyote invites Skunk to race; while he is running, the Skunk takes all the meat]: 273-275; Kiowa: Parsons 1929a, No. 10 [Sendeh tells the Gophers to dance, closing his eyes while he hits a tambourine; the last cub opens his eyes, runs away; S. bakes meat, climbs a tree, asks him to wrap around him; Coyote tells the tree to stay that way, eats meat]: 27-29; Marriott, Rachlin 1972 [Saynday tells the Gophers that they know a special song; they dance hand in hand and close their eyes; S. kills them one by one with a stick; the last female runs away; S. manages to hit her tail, so the gophers have a short tail]: 75-78; Kiova-Apache [Coyote dances, calls the fat ones closer, kills one at a time; says that they died of happiness; the child raises the alarm; The coyote bakes the dead; asks the tree to wrap around it; the tree clamps it; while someone steals meat]: McAllister 1949:29; tonkawa [The Coyote tells the Turkeys to dance with their eyes closed; kills them with a stick; one opens his eyes]: Hoijer 1972, No. 10:39-40.

California. Vinto [Coyote tells the Ducks to stand around him, close their eyes; whoever opens, they will turn red; kills Ducks; one opens her eyes, the survivors fly away]: Demetracopoulou, Dubois 1932, No. 68:494; chumash [Coyote has sixteen sons; he eats all supplies alone, falls ill from overeating; sends sons one by one to announce his imminent death; the youngest announces him as" Loving"; Coyote is satisfied; geese come to mourn him; Coyote says that this requires lowering their heads; hits them with a club; only half are saved; Coyote eats all the meat alone again; his Frog wife closes water sources; Coyote goes up the gorge to look for water; Frog suddenly lets water out; Coyote draws a zigzag trying to escape (so Mission Creek winds), but is carried away by water into the sea; turns into laxux fish]: Blackburn 1975, #31:204-207; kawaiisu [two options; The Rat (or several Rats) invites the Deer to dance with their eyes closed, kills one at a time; one opens their eyes, raises the alarm; when the Rat tries to repeat the same trick, the Deer kill himself (or all Rats)]: Zigmond 1980, No. 52:173-174.

Big Pool. Utah [surviving animals run away]: Lowie 1924 (Southern Utah), No. 8-8a [Rat (or Badger) kills deer], 21 [Wolf kills gophers; Wild Cat then steals them from him]: 17-19, 37-38; Smith 1992 (White River Utah) [The rat kills many animals]: 62-63; Southern Piutes: Lowie 1924, No. 23 (Moapa) [The rat kills mountain sheep; they kill the Rat, it comes to life]: 194-195; Sapir 1930, No. 12 [ The Rat invites Deer and Mountain Sheep to dance, asks them to close their eyes, kills two with a knife; so several times; one Ram opened his eyes, the Rat threw himself under the stone, the Ram broke the stone with horns]: 427-431.

The Great Southwest. Hicarilla: Goddard 1911, No. 34 [The Coyote kills gophers; the survivors try to escape, but few succeed because they danced inside the fenced area; the Puma takes the meat to the tree]: 230; Russel 1898 [The fox passes off the bison's hair as the hair of the person he killed, invites the Gophers to celebrate the victory; kills the dancers one by one; bakes meat, goes to bed; the cougar steals gophers, leaves one; looking for meat, the Fox also throws away the remaining carcass; dives into the water for the reflection, then sees it thrown on a branch; makes a fire around the sleeping Puma, shortens his limbs, takes it out, bakes a straight line gut, lets him eat; Puma does the same to the sleeping Fox, lengthens his dicks]: 264; chiricahua [Coyote finds old clothes thrown by passing warriors; tells the Gophers he destroyed them enemies; tells us to dance on this occasion, the fattest must stick together; waves a branch as if showing how he killed enemies; then hits gophers with it, kills everyone; bakes meat, falls asleep, Puma steals meat, leaving Coyote with only two of the skinniest carcasses]: Hoijer 1928, No. 17:22-24.