Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees

Motif

Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2731.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 38 receipt

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian Thompson Tales 304 n. 1091.

Within the index

Filed under Plant characteristics from transformation.

Filed beside it

Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) Why agar-tree has magic properties. A transformed magician

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Transformation to be put in food-bag Transformation to seduce Magic treasure animal killed. (Goose that laid the golden egg) Magic garment (robe, tunic) Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Killed game revives and flies away Disintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himself Person eats self up Trickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them waving Person frightened into falling down a cliff Deceptive scratching contest Thief frightens owner from goods

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