J59D. To revive the dead by stepping over the bones. .11.42.43.

The character steps or jumps over the remains of the dead person and he comes back to life.

Maragoli, Tsimshian, Shuswap, Yakima.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Maragoli [a farmer plowed a plot of land and burned the uprooted grass; a bird flew in: whoever plowed my father's field, let it be as before; the field became overgrown again; the farmer sacrificed a sheep to his ancestors, but it did not help: each time the field became overgrown again; then he began to guard and grabbed the bird; the bird asked him not to kill it: she would give him uvudugi (something edible and sweet) instead of excrement; soon all the pots in the house were full of uvudugi; one day the adults left, telling the girl to clean up the manure; she called the other children, promising to feed them something unusual; she took the bird and began to crush it; everyone was already full; the bird flew away; the brother went in search; he helped the old woman collect brushwood; she brought it home, began to hide it from her 8 daughters; when he became a strong guy, she showed, he began to graze cattle; he drove them to his homeland; asked the river to part; when the best animals crossed, he closed the waters so that the sick and thin would drown; the bird reported this to the old woman and her people; they ran to the river: how did he cross? The guy ordered the waters to part, and when the pursuers went along the dry bottom, he closed the waters and the pursuers drowned; further on an old man came towards him: where are you driving my cattle: the guy orders "his father's wasps" to attack the old man; the bull roared, wasps flew out of him and stung the old man to death; the sister heard her brother's voice from afar, but the mother did not believe her and killed her with a stick, and then she herself saw her son; the brother ordered the animals to step over his sister's body and she came back to life]: Kavaji 2005, No. 4: 202-207.

NW Coast. Tsimshian [during a famine a noblewoman and her daughter were left alone; during the night someone came in and slept with the daughter; after this, whenever she touched the bark of a fir tree, it fell down and underneath were ever larger animals: squirrel, partridge, porcupine, beaver, mountain sheep, black bear, grizzly; a man appeared (he also often appears nearby in the form of a bird whose cry brings good luck), said that he was the one sending the game; then the animals fell two by two; they built two houses to store the meat; father orders son to be named Asdi-wâ'l, who becomes a great hunter; pursues white bear, who makes passages in a rock, A. sticks his bow into the crack and follows; follows bear up a ladder to heaven; there is a flowering plain; the bear turns out to be the Evening Star, daughter of the Sun; she warns that her father has killed many of her suitors; The father-in-law orders 1) to hunt mountain sheep; the stars think that A. froze in place, but he only left his cloak and hat on the pole; A. entered the house where the mountain sheep had gathered; they were beating out a rhythm, and the shaman was performing a shaman's ritual; the shaman and the lamb jumped over his head, and A. killed the rest, bringing a lot of fat; 2) to bring mountain water; it is in a cave, the entrance to which sometimes closes, sometimes opens; the slave was crushed, and A. got water; the Sun ordered his daughter to step over the bones of the crushed one and he came to life again; 3) to bring firewood; wife: as soon as you touch the tree, the bark will fall and crush you; under the tree there is a pile of bones of the dead; the tree fell on the slave, but A. is unharmed; the father-in-law revived the slave again and put the fallen tree up; 4) to lie down on the hot stones (the Sun wants to bake and eat his son-in-law); A.'s father gave him pieces of ice to put under his arms, A. was unharmed in the oven; since then the Sun and all his people of stars have loved A.; A. wants to return to his mother, together with his wife, who has 4 baskets of meat, berries, etc., he rolls down to the earth along the sun's rays; every day the wife orders water to be brought, dips a feather into the bucket - the water is clean; one day A. got together with another girl, the water became covered with slime, the wife returned to her father; he follows her, falls when he almost reached the sky, breaks, the Sun revives him; he lives with his wife again; they return to earth again; then the wife leaves completely, and A. takes the chief's daughter as his wife; challenges her four brothers to a bet, claiming that he is a better hunter of sea animals than they are of land animals; brings four bears, the brothers return empty-handed, take their sister; A. marries another girl, she bears him a son; A. is a better walrus hunter than his four brothers, who leave him on a rock in the middle of the sea; a mouse leads him to the walruses' underground home; he heals a wounded walrus; the walruses' master sends him home in a walrus's stomach; his wife helps him kill her brothers; he goes hunting in the mountains, turns into stone]: Boas 1912: 71-146; Tsimshian[during a famine a noblewoman and her daughter were left alone; during the night someone came in and slept with the daughter; after that, whenever she touched the bark of a fir tree, it fell down and underneath it were ever larger animals: a squirrel, a partridge, a porcupine, a beaver, a mountain sheep, a black bear, a grizzly; the man appeared (he also often appears nearby in the form of a bird whose cry brings good luck), said that he was the one sending the game; then the animals fell two by two; they built two houses to store the meat; the father orders his son to be named Asdi-wâ'l, he becomes a great hunter; pursues a polar bear, who makes passages in the rock, A. sticks his bow into the crack and follows; follows the bear up the ladder to heaven; there is a flowering plain; the bear turns out to be the Evening Star, the daughter of the Sun; she warns that her father has destroyed many of her suitors; the father-in-law orders 1) to hunt mountain sheep; the stars think that A. froze in place, but he only left his cloak and hat on the pole; A. entered the house where mountain rams had gathered; they were beating out a rhythm, and the shaman was performing a shaman's ritual; the shaman and the ram jumped over his head, and A. killed the rest, bringing a lot of fat; 2) bring mountain water; it is in a cave, the entrance to which sometimes closes, sometimes opens; the slave was crushed, and A. got water; the Sun told his daughter to step over the bones of the crushed man and he came to life again; 3) bring firewood; wife: as soon as you touch the tree, the bark will fall and crush you; under the tree there is a pile of bones of the dead; the tree fell on the slave, and A. is unharmed; the father-in-law revived the slave again and put the fallen tree back; 4) lie down on hot stones (the Sun wants to bake and eat his son-in-law); A.'s father gave him pieces of ice to put under his armpits, A. is unharmed in the oven; Since then the Sun and all his people of the stars have loved A.; A. wants to return to his mother, together with his wife, who has 4 baskets with meat, berries, etc., rolls down to the earth along the sun's rays; every day the wife orders to bring water, dips a feather into the bucket - the water is clean; one day A. got together with another girl, the water became covered with slime, the wife returned to her father; he follows her, falls when he almost reached the sky, breaks, the Sun revives him; he lives with his wife again; they return to earth again; then the wife leaves completely, and A. takes the chief's daughter as his wife; challenges her four brothers to a dispute, claiming that he is a better hunter of sea animals than they are of land animals; brings four bears, the brothers return empty-handed, take their sister; A. marries another girl, she bears him a son; A. is a better walrus hunter than his four brothers, who abandon him on a rock in the middle of the sea; a mouse leads him to the walruses' underground home; he heals a wounded walrus; the walruses' master sends him home in a walrus's stomach; his wife helps him kill her brothers; he goes hunting in the mountains, turns into stone]: Boas 1912: 71-146; McIlwraith 1948(1): 671-672.

Coast - Plateau. Shuswap [Tlē'esa is the eldest of four brothers; they decided to wander; their mother threw something at them to make them stronger, but it missed T., and he became a dog {and then acts more like a man}; Woodchuck (Arctomys monax) lives in a house between the rocks; when a guest enters, the rocks crush him; T. inserts a spear between them, enters, kills the owner, turns him into a woodchuck; the brothers came to the house where Grizzly and Coyote lived; they proposed a competition in climbing a pole, and tied the dog at the entrance, covering it all over with flint blades; Grizzly kills each of the three brothers when they try to climb; T. breaks the rope and cuts Grizzly in half himself; he does the same with four grizzlies; T. joins the limbs of the brothers, jumps over them, they come to life ; The Hare invites people into his house to eat meat; pierces those who come with his (sharp?) foot, hitting them in the chest; T. ties a stone to his chest beforehand; kills the Hare, makes him a hare; the Elk stands in the river, swallows boats; T. allows himself to be swallowed, lights a fire in the Elk's stomach; cuts off the heart when the Elk swims to the shore; tells the brothers not to touch him when they begin to skin the carcass; the "tobacco tree" (probably its leaves were once smoked) lashes with branches and kills everyone who comes near; T. chopped off the branches and tore out the tree; the Mountain Goat kills passers-by; T. killed him, ordered that from now on people should kill and eat goats; the Eagle carries away people; T. allows himself to be carried away, scatters red and white paints, the Eagle takes them for blood and brains; T. kills the Eagle, descends on the eaglet's back; then the brothers sat by the river and began to watch the girl dancing on the other bank; they turned to stone, those stones are still there]: Boas 2002, no. I.1: 61-67 (=1895: 1-4); Yakima [Fox warns Coyote that when passing Boulder, he should leave him a gift; Coyote calls Boulder names, gives him nothing, Boulder rolls after him; crushes Fox; Coyote lures him into a swamp, says that now he will be just a boulder, people will roll him down a hill; stepping over Fox five times, brings him back to life]: Hines 1992, no. 40: 112-114.