Western Woods Cree



Tradition title rus: 
Западные лесные кри
Areal ID: 
12.4.3.7
Tradition analysis result motif count all: 
23.00
Tradition analysis result motif count cosmo: 
9.00
Motifs: 

Motif

b38e


Name_eng: 
Tail base of the loon
Description: 

Person kicks loon or other water bird. Since then this bird has flat tail base and it walks on dry land with difficulty




Motif

f30


Name_eng: 
Snake paramour
Description: 

A woman or a girl takes a snake, an eel (i.e. Pacific snake-eel), a lizard, or a worm for husband or paramour. People kill or badly injure him, the woman and/or her progeny or the woman herself is transformed into snake. Cf. motif k76b: the snake-husband becomes and remains a handsome man




Motif

f86


Name_eng: 
Conditional signal
Description: 

Person summons with a certain signal a non-human being (usually his or her sexual partner or his or her protégé). Another person spies, uses the same signal or pronounces the same words and kills the being who comes to him (or uses this being sexually himself)




Motif

h53


Name_eng: 
Wolf is the master of the dead
Description: 

Wolf takes part in creation and/or is a brother of the creator who wins demons of the lower world. Wolf is the first person who died and/or becomes the master of the dead




Motif

i1


Name_eng: 
The thunderbirds
Description: 

Creatures that produce rain and/or thunderstorms are birds or anthropomorphic beings with wings; or (rare) some or all birds are connected with thunder, lightning or rain though Thunder is not a bird




Motif

i3


Name_eng: 
Weapon of Thunder
Description: 

The lightning (and thunder) is (produced with) an object (axe, sword, mirror, belt, stones, skin, etc.) in hands of anthropomorphic being




Motif

j46


Name_eng: 
Enemy drowns
Description: 

Antagonist perishes falling into the water or trying to cross a water body




Motif

k125


Name_eng: 
House utensil betrays its master
Description: 

An enemy asks house utensils or personal objects where their master hid himself or herself or what direction he or she ran away. One of the objects, not treated by the master in a proper way, betrays him or her




Motif

l5c


Name_eng: 
Rolling head is a dangerous monster
Description: 

Rolling head is a dangerous mobster (pursues celestial bodies, people etc.)




Motif

l72


Name_eng: 
The obstacle flight
Description: 

Running away from a dangerous being, person throws small objects behind him or her which turn into mighty obstacles on the way of the pursuer




Motif

l86


Name_eng: 
Demonic mother pursues her children
Description: 

A woman turns into demon and pursues her children




Motif

m41


Name_eng: 
The eye-juggler
Description: 

Person plays throwing his eyes or (Alaska Athabascans) his tooth up or away. Eyes or tooth first come back to eye sockets or mouth but eventually are lost




Motif

m42


Name_eng: 
Eyes: taken out of orbits and lost
Description: 

Person loses his eyes because of his playfulness or negligence. He makes new eyes of some substance or/and takes eyes of another person




Motif

m42b


Name_eng: 
Eyes of gum
Description: 

Person loses his eyes, makes new ones of gum and is able to see again (though usually not well)




Motif

m53


Name_eng: 
Hoodwinked dancers
Description: 

Person invites birds or animals (usually geese and ducks) to dance or stand around him and concentrate their attention on some activity (usually to dance with their eyes shut), kills them, usually one by one. Or (rare) he dances himself with his eyes shut and then kills water fowl who gather around him




Motif

m53b


Name_eng: 
Bag with songs
Description: 

Trickster pretends to have songs in his bag




Motif

m97


Name_eng: 
The blind is directed by trees
Description: 

Person is lost or becomes blind. He walks asking different trees their names and makes decisions according to their answers reaching ultimately his destination




Motif

m162b


Name_eng: 
Sour sap into the bear’s eyes
Description: 

Person makes believe to rub sour berries into his eyes. Another (always a bear) suggests to rub the same sap into his eyes and is blinded. The person kills him




Motif

b96


Name_eng: 
The antagonist turns into sturgent
Description: 

The heroe's enemy turns into a big fish (usually a sturgent) or (rare) a water mammal that are fished or hunted by people




Motif

m29b2


Name_eng: 
The bear is a failure/enemy
Description: 

Because of its stupidity or unsocial behavior, the bear suffers a reverse, is injured or dies




Motif

k102a2


Name_eng: 
Conflict between mother and son
Description: 

Mother tries to kill her son (children) because he interferes with her love affair




Motif

m97a1


Name_eng: 
The blind person asks trees their names to get the new eyes
Description: 

The blind person walks asking different trees their names till he finds one that is needed to make (receive) the new eyes




Motif

b37


Name_eng: 
Creatures are made appear as they are now
Description: 

Person decorates different birds (rare: fish), share fat between anomals. Since then, the corresponding species acquire present characteristics





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