Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

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N33A. Trampled into the ground (.43.50.)

The character's opponents trample him into the ground.

Kurdalen, lipan.

The coast is the Plateau. Kurdalen: Reichard 1947, No. 9a [Lynx secretly looked at the chief's daughter, thought she would become pregnant; Raven, Coyote, says this is their grandson, but the baby is still crying; the name is Lynx, in his arms the child calms down; he gives the baby to his mother; the rest trample the Lynx, drive it into the ground; the Chief tells him to leave his daughter alone; the Rabbit and the Magpie secretly leave her food, a blanket; Lynx comes to life, the wife says he is already good; Lynx gets a lot of meat, the chief's men are starving; Coyote, the Raven come, try to steal fat, the Lynx's wife beats them; gives meat to the Magpie, the Rabbit; they bring food to the children, everyone hears them chewing; the Raven brings a piece of fat; everyone goes with gifts to the Lynx's wife; the Lynx says the Blue Jay's blue cape is missing; it is brought in; everyone gets meat, the Coyote gets bones; the Lynx leads everyone to hunt, the Coyote also caught two deer], 9b [the daughter of the Eagle Chief gave birth to a Lynx; the Coyote says that the child is from his son; the chief invites everyone to hold the baby in their arms, whoever stops crying is the father; The lynx reluctantly comes last, the baby stops crying, he gives it to his mother; the Eagle tells everyone to jump on the Lynx, driving it into the ground; the Raven and the Coyote jump first, the Grizzly - the heaviest; the eagle tells him to migrate, leaving her daughter alone; the lynx is reborn, the wife rushes to him before his face is smooth, so the lynx is ugly; the lynx gets a lot of meat, and people The eagles are starving; the Rabbit and the Magpie gently stepped on the Lynx, so they got a deer; at home, their children eat meat, make noise; Eagle's messengers think they are eating moss; the raven stole fat, choked, and other fat shared; Raven and Coyote come to Lynx, his wife beats them; everyone pays a ransom; Lynx's wife says she won't make peace until the Blue Jay necklace is gone; he gives the necklace, the Eagle's people come back, get meat, but Coyote and Raven are just bones and heads]: 109-113, 113-115.

The Great Southwest. Lipan [ferocious beasts play against harmless animals; you have to guess which moccasin the bone is under; the bet is life; Rabbit, Antelope play on the side of the evil; if they won, it would be eternal night; the good win the day thanks to the Possum, who climbed under the moccasins and changed the bone; for this, the evil beat it into the ground; from some losers, the winners take fat; Bear in hurriedly put his moccasins on the wrong leg, so the clubfoot; the birds beat the Big Owl, he hides his heart in his leg, the Lizard hits him there with an arrow; his body turns into flints, the usual one flies out of him an owl, asking for a little darkness, lives in caves]: Opler 194087-93.