B104A. Meat turns into a toad, ATU 980D.

.16.27.28.31. (.38.)

The son was going to eat meat (chicken). At this time, the father came and, in order not to share with him, the son hid the meat. When the father left and the son took out what was hidden, the meat turned into a toad (snake) and jumped on his face.

Friesians, Flemish, Alsatians, Germans, French, Hungarians, Greeks, Luzhitans, Latvians, (Japanese).

Western Europe. The Alsatians [the man and his wife were going to eat fried chicken; at that time his father appeared, his son hid the chicken; when the father left, he wanted to take it, but instead of the chicken, there was a toad; she jumped on his face and stayed; she could not be torn off, the man had to carry it and feed it for the rest of his life so that the rut would not eat him]: Lefftz 2006, No. 27:265; Germans [husband and wife were going to eat fried chicken; the husband noticed that his old father was coming up, hid the chicken; when the father left and the chicken was taken out, a toad appeared instead; she jumped on her son's face and stayed there; hers I had to feed, otherwise I would eat my face; without rest, a person wandered around the world]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 145:459 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:366); Dähnhardt 1912 [(same text in Istria, 1453)]: 263; French ["The Ungrateful Son"; story known]: Tenèze, Bru 2000, No. 980D: 199; Friezes, Flemish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 980D: 611.

The Balkans. Hungarians, Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 980D: 611

Central Europe. Luzhitans: Uther 2004 (1), No. 980D: 611

Baltoscandia. Latvians [son hides a roasted rooster from his father; a rooster turns into a toad that jumps on his son's face and stays there forever]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 980D: 337.

(Wed. Japan. Japanese (from north Ryukyu to Kanto, not in Tohoku) [mother-in-law, not wanting to share pies with her daughter-in-law before leaving, covered the bowl with a lid and wished that if her daughter-in-law opened it, pies became frogs; she heard, ate pies and put frogs instead; when she opened the bowl, her mother-in-law screamed: This is it, not her!] : Ikeda 1971, No. 834C: 192).