The constellation
J1872 Creaking limbs. Numskull hears limbs creaking in the wind. He is sorry for them and holds them apart. While he is caught between them his enemies take advantage of him
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- Raven steals the robes of Red Willow Men and finds them useless · J2194 entry
- Borrowed feathers. Dupe lets himself be carried aloft by bird and dropped · K1041 entry
- Deception into entering bag · K711 entry
- Hoodwinked dancers. A trickster induces ducks to dance with closed eyes and kills them · K826 entry
- Magic excrements · D1002 entry
- Magic object gives advice · D1312 entry
- Bodily members as advisers. (Cf. D990.) · D1312.1 entry
- Magic object points out road · D1313 entry
- Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) · D1313.4 entry
- Magic swallow-skin warns of danger. (Cf. D1025.4.) · D1317.3 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 24