Porcupine as controller of cold. (Cf. K896.1.)

Motif

Porcupine as controller of cold. (Cf. K896.1.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic control of the elements. · view the constellation · filed as D2144.1.1

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 302 nn. 106–7.

Within the index

Filed under Cold produced by magic.

Filed beside it

Man with power to make everything freeze. Wears cap over ear. Should he wear it straight everything would freeze

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Beaver and porcupine trick each other. Beaver carries porcupine and abandons him in the center of a lake. Porcupine causes the lake to freeze and escapes. He then carries beaver and abandons him in the top of a tree

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