M70A. A pierced old woman. .44.-.46.59.67.68.70.72.
A character on whom an old woman defecates or whose face blows the winds pierces her from below with a sharp object. See M70 motif.
Marsh Cree (Albany), Steppe Cree, Montagne, Nascapi, Arikara, Dominica Caribbean, Trio, Oyana, Guarazu, Nambiquara, Kayabi, Rickbacza, Bororo, Suya, Chamacoco.
The Midwest. Swamp Cree (Albany) [birds fly south; Wicágatcak wants to fly with them; they warn them not to look down; he looks, falls, becomes human again, but cannot stand up ; people relieve him; when an old woman sits down, he pierces her with a stick, puts her on a stick like meat on a skewer]: Skinner 1911:88; Steppe Cree [Visukejak (= Non-apuk) asks Swans to turn him into one of them; flies, contrary to warning, looks down, is shot, falls, loses consciousness, becomes human; the leader tells him to defecate; he asks the old woman free one hand; grabs a stick, stabs her in the ass, frees herself, runs away; the old woman's corpse placed on a stick remains lying]: Skinner 1916, No. 1 (3): 348.
Northeast. Nascapi, Montagnier [Wolverine dresses in feathers, flies with the Goosks; they warn not to look down when people scream on the ground; she looks, falls; two old women come to fix Wolverine needs it; he says whoever does this should have a skewer with him; they bring skewers, he stabs them into their anuses, killing both]: Desbarats 1969:86-87.
Plains. Arikara [The Coyote asks the Mice to let him watch them dance in the buffalo skull; puts his head in there, the Mice run away, the Coyote can't take his head out; people are frightened when they see him; he promises spare them if he is given the chief's daughter; spends the night with a girl; in the morning one boy notices that it is a Coyote; people broke his skull, tied the Coyote to pegs on the ground, began to relieve him; alone the old woman crouched down and asked Coyote how to do it; he told her to pull out the pegs first, then sit down with her skirt lifted; plunged the peg into her ass, left her sitting on a peg, ran away, defecating; Since then, coyotes have easily relieved themselves and run away from people]: Dorsey 1904d, No. 49:137-138.
Guiana. Dominica Caribbean; trio; oyana.
Bolivia - Guaporé. Guarazu.
Southern Amazon. Nambikwara; kayabi; Rickbacza; bororo.
Eastern Brazil. Suya.
Chaco. Chamacoco.