M108B. Helper Woodpecker. .35.-.37.

The deceiver takes away someone else's property in a boat or carries it away. The bird (usually a woodpecker) deceives him, returns the property to its owners.

Tundra Nenets (European), Forest Nenets, Ilimpiysky Evenks, Western Evenks, Negidals, Nanai.

Western Siberia. Tundra Nenets : Tereshchenko 1949 {apparently, European Nenets: Tereshchenko's husband is a Nenets from the village of Telvisochnoye} [an old man and woman, Wolverines, are preparing to cross to the other bank; the old man has made a boat, is tired, and has fallen asleep; the Fox offered to ferry the property to the old woman, and sailed away with it; the Woodpecker promised to help, asked the Fox for a ride, and made a hole in the bottom; while the Fox was looking for resin, he plugged it with a twig, and sailed back to the old woman; she sewed him beautiful clothes out of suede (the color of a woodpecker), and the old man forged a strong beak]: 135-138; Forest Nenets [husband and wife, no children; decided to move to a new place; need to cross the river; the husband has made a boat, tells her to load her things into it, and he will sleep; the witch jumped out, offered to take the things to the other bank; sailed away in a boat with the things downstream; the woodpecker asked to be taken in the boat; unnoticed, he made a hole in the boat; they moored to the shore; the woodpecker sent the witch for resin, plugged the hole himself, brought the property back to the old people; for this the old woman made the woodpecker a red cap (the coloring of the woodpecker)]: Chapikhovich, Logany 2016: 194-197.

Eastern Siberia. Ilimpiysky Evenki (Chirinda) [the fox offers to help the old men ferry food and things across the river; swam away downstream; the woodpecker asks why the old man is crying; the old man: the fox lied; the woodpecker caught up with the fox, imperceptibly made a hole in the boat, ordered it to land, sent the woodpecker for resin; the woodpecker plugged the hole with a twig and returned the property to the old men]: Mamontova 2023, no. 6: 72-76; western Evenki (Oskoba, upper reaches of the Podkamennaya Tunguska, west in 1924) [grandmother Wolverine is waiting for her old man; the Fox offers to ferry all her property across the river, takes it away; upon learning of this, the Woodpecker asks the Fox to take him in the boat, makes a hole, orders her to drag the property ashore; the Fox goes off to get resin to repair the boat; The Woodpecker plugs the hole with a stick, brings the property to Wolverine; she made the Woodpecker a beautiful hat and shoes, the old man forged a strong beak]: Osharov 1936a: 36-36 (=Voskoboinikov, Menovshchikov 1951: 167-169); Western (?) Evenks (Irkutsk region) [The Fox offers to be the old people's daughter; the old man gives her a cow to graze, she bites it to death; the old man shouts to his wife, Hold the Fox! ; she can't hear well, the Fox says that the old man told her to give her a bag of lard; gets into the boat, sails away with the bag; the Woodpecker promises to catch up with the Fox; asks her to take him across the river, makes a hole in the boat; the Fox sends him for resin, he brings twigs; she goes herself, the Woodpecker resins the boat, sails away, returns the property to the old people; the old man forged his beak, the old woman sewed him a red cap; he sat on a branch, ripped open his belly, the old woman sewed him up, he remained red]: Voskoboinikov 1960a, No. 2: 41-42.

Amur - Sakhalin. Negidals [Dan-drittip swims up in an omorochka, asks the girl whether to go up the silver or earthen path; whether to smoke a silver or a simple pipe; the girl: any, any; he went up the earthen path, lit a simple pipe; having taken the girl as his wife, he loads her dowry, and throws the silver board for needlework under the bunk; he asks: where is the board; the girl returns for it, and D. swims away with all the property; the girl cries; D. met a woodpecker, who (imperceptibly) pierced his omorochka; D. brings resin; the woodpecker hides the good one, shows the bad one, sends D. for the good one; he fixed the omorochka, swam to the girl, returning her property; she thanks - a needle in her claws, red silk on the top of her head]: Tsintsius 1982, No. 27: 143-144; Nanai [an elderly woman went out to feed the dogs, she was freezing; a fox promised to watch the dogs - let the woman go into the house to warm up, but leave her her robe, hat and high boots; having put them on, she ran away; a crow offered to return the lost property, flew away and did not return; a titmouse offered to return the lost property, flies to a house on the top of a cliff; in the house the foxes eat the crow, one in a robe, hat and high boots; the titmouse shows tricks, the foxes laugh; the fox promises to make them laugh even more if they give her a robe, hat and high boots; having put them on, she flies away, brings the stolen property to the woman; she boiled the berries, fed the titmouse, painted her forehead with the juice; since then the titmouse's forehead is bright blue]: Medvedev 1992: 153-154.