h53

Motif

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

Name_rus:

Волк – повелитель мертвых

Description_rus:

Волк принимает участие в творении земли или является братом творца и/победителя демонов нижнего мира. Он погибает и/или считается первым умершим и/или становится хозяином страны мертвых

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

08 Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects

Motif analysis result:

2. Only those motifs that are found in America (including the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans)

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

ATU ID:

Stith Thompson ID:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
12.4.2.3	Northern Ojibwa (=Severn Ojibwa, Sandy Lake Cree, Northern Saulteaux)
12.4.2.4	Western Ojibwa (Chippewa)
12.4.2.5	Eastern Ojibwa (Missisauga, Timagami and other groups in eastern Ontario)
12.4.2.6	Ottawa
12.4.2.8	Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo
12.4.2.9	Potawatomi
12.4.3.2	Montagnais
12.4.3.7	Western Woods Cree
12.4.4.1	Plains Cree
12.6.5.1	Yokuts
13.1.1.2	Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina)
13.1.4.6	Omaha, Ponca
13.2.1.1	Pawnee