Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

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M92. Glued lashes. 36.39.

Something red is glued to the character's eyelashes, he thinks it's a fire.

Eastern Siberia. Evens [the little boy lives with two sisters; the old man agrees to shake him on the swing; he invites him to his sisters' yurt; they feed him meat; when he falls asleep, they glue him to his eyelashes red deer dyed hair; at home he screams that the yurt is on fire, his wife rushes to extinguish it; discovers wool on her husband's eyelashes; next time the sisters paint the old man's face with charcoal and red paint; he looks into the water, takes his reflection for a woman; kills his wife, throws his property into the water, throws himself, drowns]: Novikova 1958:73-75 (=1987:77-78).

SV Asia. Chukchi: Baboshina 1958, No. 38 [The mice painted Kuikynek's face, he looks into the river, thinks that there is a woman in front of him; throws property into the water; his wife Mitya laughs at him]: 103- 104; Bogoras 1902, No. 9 [just like Itelmen and Koryaks (without details)]: 646-647; Portugalov 2009 [mouse girls found a seal, the raven filled it, told Mitteay to cook it; they ate, fell asleep; girls -the mice ate the remaining meat, stuck needles, M. pricked; the raven wants to kill the mice, they offer to comb his hair, blindfold his eyes with red material, he thinks it's a fire; they comb the crow hair done on the face (tattoos?) , lead to the river, he sees his reflection, thinks she is beautiful, swam to her]: 10-11; kereki [Kukki takes the seal they found from the Mice; falls asleep; the mice defecate in his mouth, take the meat out of the cauldron; K. comes to them, feeds him, he falls asleep, they tangle his eyelashes; he comes back, shouts to Mitya's wife that there's a fire; M. tears off his eyelashes; next time His mice they paint; he looks into the river, takes his reflection for a woman, throws her property, rushes him himself; takes him out to sea; M. finds him on the shore, brings him home]: Menovshchikov 1974, No. 119:374- 378; Koryaks [like Chukchi; Raven]: Baboshina 1958, No. 31:76-80; coastal Koryaks [Big Raven Kikkinyaku takes the seal from the Mice; they drag the meat back; they feed him berries, he falls asleep; the first time they sew a bubble to his ass (he can't find his excrement), the second time they sew red hair on his eyelashes; he thinks his house is on fire, tells Mitya to tear one of the their sons, extinguish him with blood; she does so, then notices her eyelashes sewn on; now the Mice paint K.'s face with charcoal; he takes the owl's reflection for a woman, throws a hammer into the river, jumps himself, carried away by the current; he is cared for by an orphan girl; he sends his son Ememkut to marry her]: Jochelson 1908, No. 88:260-264; itelmen [Kuth takes a seal from the Mouse, the Mouse drag the meat back; K. comes to them, they feed him, sew red rags to his eyelashes; K. meets his son, he thinks his son is burning; the wife notices the rags, rips off; now the Mice paint his face; he takes his reflection for a woman, throws himself into the water with property, drowns]: Menovshchikov 1974, No. 202 [=Orlova]: 586-587; Orlova 1999:154-155; Steller 1999:151-154; Bogoras 1902, No. 9 [The raven takes away the seal they found on the shore from the Mice; at night, the mice eat cooked meat, feed the Crow berries and fish in the morning, put red hair to sleep, sew red hair to his eyebrows; the raven thinks it's home burns, tells Mitya to sacrifice their son; after further abuse, M. catches the mice in a bag, hangs them on a tree; the fox frees them]: 646-648.