H43ab. Spat upon mortal. .21.34.35.
Man is mortal because he was spat upon when he was created.
Limbu, Mongols, Ilimpi and Western Evenks.
Tibet - Northeast India. Limbu (Kirati) [at first the gods created man from precious metals, but he did not respond to their call; then they mixed yellowish earth, the droppings of several species of birds and the ashes of bamboo, which grows high on the mountains, with water and molded a figure; the man came to life and began to respond; they were indignant and cursed him; they accidentally spat on him, after which the man died; therefore people are mortal; the wind blew on the first woman and she conceived, gave birth to a son Susuwoengba Lalawoengba; he became a good hunter, he has 4 wives; his mother told him not to go north (i.e. towards Tibet) and south (towards India), because there were girls there who could harm him; S. went there, met a girl, she bore him a son; then S. went towards the southern sea, where another girl bore him a daughter; the children were named Sutchhoro Suhampheba and Tetlara Lahadongna. TL and SS began to live together and had seventeen children; the supreme god sifted them through a sieve; those who fell to the ground belonged to the mother, and those who ended up in the sieve belonged to the father's group; they remained on top and were considered deities; upon learning of the evil nature of their relationship, TL and SS decided to separate with their children, or a dog complained about them]: Tumbahang 2013: 80-81, 90-91, 97-98, 337; retelling based on other sources in Streltsova 2019.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Mongols (Inner Mongolia) [God came down to earth, made a man and a woman out of clay; their figures were covered with hair; went to heaven for sacred water to revive the figures, leaving a dog and a cat to guard; the devil gave the cat milk, the dog meat, they let him pass, he urinated on the figures ; God returned, told the Cat to lick the figures; the hair came off and God covered the Dog's skin with it, it became covered with hair; man's hair remained on his head (the devil's urine did not stain this part), in the groin and under the arms (the cat did not reach there) ; therefore the cat's mouth and the dog's hair are filthy; if people were revived by the water brought by God, they would be immortal]: Nassen-Bayer, Stuart 1992: 324-325.
Eastern Siberia. Ilimpiysky Evenks (Chirinda, 2007) [Long ago, a dog could speak like a human; God made men and women from clay, sprinkled them with special water - they came to life; one day he went to fetch water, ordered the dog to guard people; the dog told the evil spirit (khargi) everything, who spat on the people's faces ; upon learning this, God became angry with the dog, said that from now on it would eat scraps and become mute; if the evil spirit had not spat on people, they would not die]: Duvakin 2013 (the same, but in more detail Mamontova 2023, no. 7: 78-87); Ilimpiysky Evenks (Turinsk) [the hazel grouse was a giant; Khevek made people; the hazel grouse flew up, frightening Kh.; at that time he was making a man; out of fright he dropped the image to the ground; When the statue fell, the elder brother H. smeared it with snot , said, Let them be with drool, with snot, let them get sick ; H. got angry with the hazel grouse, divided its meat among the other birds; if the hazel grouse had not scared H., people would not have fallen, would not have died]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 33: 32 (= 1959: 178); Western Evenks (Podkamennaya Tunguska, Katanga River) [God (Shovoki) processed the stone and earth; put it on a board to dry, said that let the person have a strong soul, left the Dog to guard; Satan gave the Dog a caftan, for this it allowed him to the souls of people, he spat on them ; God returned, cried, and people began to die from Satan’s spit]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 31: 30-31.