M82. Tail bells: tied voluntarily, J2155. .34.43.44.
The character sees that something is tied to the other's tail. He also wants such a tail for himself, and as a result he suffers damage.
Khakasa [fox and wolf], shuswap [fox and coyote], thompson [fox and coyote], okanagon [fox and coyote], menominee [fishing marten and Myanyabus], chippewa [fox and Venebojo], ojibwa [raccoon and fishing marten], steppe ojibwa (like menimini), steppe crees [fishing marten and Vesukejak].
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas [The fox threatens the yellow-breasted bird to knock down a tree, forcing it to give it its four chicks every year; The scoters tell the bird to tell Lisa that she has neither a knife nor an ax; Fox catches two Turpans; they promise to take her wherever she wants; they throw her into the sea, she climbs onto a rock; leaning against a rock, asks Maral to take care of her, he crashes against a rock; Wolves take away her meat; she lowers her tail into the water, runs, rattling ice to her tail; Wolves lower their tails, they freeze; one runs away with his tail off; the fox lures him to people, kills him; deceives people, Quail]: Katanov 1907, No. 380:392-395 (=1963:127-130).
The coast is the Plateau. Shuswap [The glacier freezes everyone, animal people die; the Coyote comes to Glacier's house, also freezes; his friend Fox tied a dentium to the tail of the shell; where he goes, there is a fire; all the ice has melted; the Coyote has come to life; asks for a fox tail; The fox warns not to look back; the Coyote violates the ban, sees his guts dragging behind him; the Fox heals him]: Boas 1895, No. I.2.1-2:5 (=2002:67-68); Thompson [The fox tied a rattle to his tail, the Coyote wants it too; the fox warns him not to run more often; he runs, the rattle gets entangled in the bushes, the Coyote's intestines drag after him; the fox revives him]: Teit 1917b, No. 17:8; Okanagon [The fox runs on the ice with a bell tied to its tail; the Coyote asks for it; the fox warns to run only on the river, the Coyote climbs into the bushes, the bell clings, pulls it out The coyote is giblets; the fox revives him, takes the bell, the Coyote leaves alone]: Hill-Tout 1911:152-153.
The Midwest. When Trickster sees his guts on the ground, they turn into two types of vines; both serve as food for hungry times. Menominee [Mänyabus sees Fisher running on the ice with pebbles tied to his tail; asks him to be tied; the otter cuts his ass, pulls out his intestines, making them a "tail"]: Bloomfield 1928, No. 82 [Menapus's intestines turn into an edible vine]: 231-233; Hoffman 1896 [pieces of skin stick to the rock, turn into something edible (lichen?)] : 164; Skinner, Satterlee 1915, No. 10:270-271; chippewa [Venebojo sees the Fox with a bell; asks him to sound nice on the run; the fox cuts his ass, ties him to his intestines pebbles; V. runs and rings as many bells; sees and cuts off his guts]: Barnouw 197:22-23; Ojibwa [The fisherman marten wonders how the Raccoon makes strange sounds when walking on ice; that says he ties a piece of ice to her gut; the fishing marten does so, eventually losing her guts; pulls out the Raccoon's intestines and inserts it in]: Jones 1916, No. 31:379; steppe ojibwa [like menominee, no details.]: Skinner MS at Skinner, Satterlee 1915:272; Steppe Cree [Fishing marten jumps on river ice from side to side; Visukejak wants him to help him do the same; Otter cuts his ass, ties a stone to his intestines; V. barely gets to the shore; goes further]: Skinner 1916, No. 1 (4): 348.