Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

M67. The trickster was blown away by the wind .43.44.46.50.

By stupidity or carelessness, the character causes a wind that blows him away. See the M66 motif (The Trickster emits a stream of intestinal gases).

Shuswap, Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Grovantre, Crowe, Santi, Kiowa, Arikara, Pawnee, Winnebago, Chirikahua, Lipan.

The coast is the Plateau. Shuswap: Teit 1909a, No. 33 [Snanaz catches the Wind in his snare, hides it in his clothes; the incredulous Coyote looks under his clothes, blown away by the wind; clings first to herbs, bushes, then to trees; falls into the swamp; S. saves him], 53 [Coyote wants the wind to watch the feathers on his magpie cloak swing; the wind blows him away; he has difficulty clinging to the reeds]: 702-703, 742.

The Midwest. Winnebago.

Plains. Blacklegs [most trees can't detain Napi (Old Man); he clings to a birch tree; cuts it with a knife because it ruined his game; still on birch bark stripes are visible]: Jossselin de Jong 1914 (piegan) [gophers bury each other in hot ash and dig up; the old man joins the game; lets the pregnant female go, bury the rest and do not dig up; eats baked meat; falls asleep, telling the anus to make a sound if anyone comes; the anus obeys the order, but the Old Man does not react; the Lynx takes the meat; the old man burns his anus with smut, finds the Lynx, stretches his tail disfigures his face; asks the wind to cool his anus; blown away by the wind; clings only to a birch tree; scolds her for ruining his pleasure, cuts him with a knife; since then, stripes on birch bark]: 10-12; Maclean 1893 ( blood): 166; Wissler, Duvall 1908 [N. tells the anus to watch the meat while he sleeps; meat is stolen; N. puts burning smut in his ass to punish his anus], No. 10, 23:27, 39; Santi: Wallis 1923, No. 18 [The spider asks raspberries first, then at the root, what their names are; Whoever eats me will itch their ass; Whoever eats me will emit gases; The spider eats, suffers from itching ; thrown into the air by a stream, torn to pieces], 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 to be silent, takes the meat; the Spider punishes his ass, sits into the fire; his insides fall out; he eats them, mistaking them for moose giblets]: 84-85, 93-94; assiniboine; grovantre; crowe; kiowa; arikara; skidi pawnee; wichita.

The Great Southwest. Chiricahua; lipan.