Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

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M29a1. Raven(s) – main trickster. .39.40.-.43.

In episodes involving deception, ridiculous, obscene or antisocial behavior, the raven(s) is the main trickster (at least three different episodes). See motifs indicated in square brackets.

Chukchi, Deer(?) and Coastal Koryak, Kerik, Itelmen, Asian Eskimo, Central Yup'ik, Nunivak Island, Chugach, Bering Strait and Northern Alaskan Inupiat, Netsilik, Iglulik, Polar, Labrador Eskimo, Upper Kuskokwim, Koujon, Kuchin, Han, Tanana, Tanaina, Atna, Upper Tanana, Southern Tutchone, Tagish, Inner Tlingit, Kaska, Taltan, Chippewayan, Eyak, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Bellacula, Heiltsuk, Kwakiutl, Haida, Chilcotin, Comox.

NE Asia. Chukchi [Crow, F58, F63, F81, M53D, M60B, M92, M94a1]; Menovshtikov 1974, No. 111 [mother fox found half a Navagi; a raven offered to take a look, carried away a navagu, laid a stone in a kotomku; offered to split nerpu – the same, two stones; mother-fox told the children to entertain the crow, to put a needle in the bone marrow; raven ate, died]: 346-347; Deer (?) Koryaks [Crow, F81, M20, M92]; Coastal Koryaks [Crow, B38, F65B, F81, M31, M92, M94a1]; keriki [Crow, F81, M30, M94a1]; ительмены [Crow, F65B, F81, M92].

Arctic. Asian Eskimos [Crow, F5A, M38, M94a1]; Nunivak Island [Crow, K8A1, M53E, M64]; Central Yupik [Voron, F5A, M46, M53, M53E, M64, M123C]; Chugach [Crow, B38, K8A1, M53, M53A, M53E, M64]; Bering Strait Inupiat [Crow, K8A1, M30, M53, M53A, M53E, M77, M94a1, M123D]; Inupiat of northern Alaska [Crow, B38, M30, M46, M77, M94a1, M123, M123C]; netsilic [Crow, B38, M30, M123, M123C]; igloolik [Crow, B38, M30, M123, M123C]; Labrador Eskimos [Crow, B38, K8A1, M123]; Polar Eskimos [Crow, B38, M30, M123, M123C].

Subarctic. Verkhnie kuskokwim [Voron, L57, M61, M64]; koyukon [Crow, F64, M12, M32, M33, M46, M53, M64, M123D]; kuchin [Crow, B38, L57, M18C, M30, M46, M123, M123D]; inn [Voron, B38, M123]; tanana [Crow, L57, M30, M32, M46, M53D, M64, M123, M123C]; tanaiina [Crow, F64, L57, M30, M42, M46, M53E, M123, M123C, M123D]; atna [Crow, B38, M46, M87, M123, M123C]; upper tanana [Crow, B38(?), L57, M18C, M30, M46, M53E, M123, M123C]; southern Tutchoni [Crow, M53D, M53F]; tagish [Crow, M38, M46, M53D, M77]; domestic Tlingites [Voron, M42, M46, M93]; taltan [Crow, F15, F81, L57, M18C, M33, M46, M61, M64, M77, M83, M87]; helmet [Crow, F18D, M46, M122, M123]; Chippewayan [Crow, B38, M46, M123D].

NW Coast. Eyak [Crow, B38, L57, M46, M120]; Tlingit [Voron, F63, F65B, L57, M18C, M30, M38, M46, M53D, M61, M77, M83, M87, M120A, M123, M123C]; come on [Crow, B38, F58, F63, K35, L57, M18C, M30, M38, M46, M53E, M61, M64, M87, M123, M123C]; Tsimshian [Crow, F63, L57, M18C, M38, M46, M53D, M64, M77, M87]; bellacula [Crow, B38, F15, F60, F64, M12, M38, M46, M53D, M83, M87]; heilzuk [Crow, M46, M53D]; Kwakiutl [Crow, B38, F15, F60, M38, M53D, M77]; nutka [Crow, F64, L57, M19, M38, M46, M53D, M77, M87].

Coast - Plateau. Chilcotin [Crow, F15, F64, K75, M46, M38]; comox [Crow, B38, M38, M53A].