F83A. The insult is transmitted through children, ATU 36.
.15.-.17.21.22.27.-.31.33.34.
One character asks another's children to convey an insult to their mother or father - usually announcing his intention to make love to their mother. {ATU data is included in the correlation table but not in the text}.
Spaniards (Galicia, Cadiz) [hare and fox], Portuguese [hare and fox], French [probably fox and bear or lioness], Flemish, Dutch, Friezes [fox and bear], Oman, Tibetans [ hare and lioness], Karen [hare and tigress], Albanians [hare and bear], Bulgarians [hare and bear], Hungarians, Bosnians, Russians [hare and fox], Ukrainians, Ossetians, Georgians, Turks, Tajiks [fox and bear], mountain Tajiks [fox and she-wolf], Yagnobs [fox and bear], Latvians [hare and wolf], Finns [hare and fox], Lithuanians, Livons, Estonians, Kazakhs [fox and bear], Khakas [hare and fox], Tuvans [hare and bear].
Southern Europe. The Portuguese [the fox is trapped, the hare rapes it]: Cardigos 2006, No. 36:26; the Spaniards (Galicia, Ciudad Real) [the fox comes to the bunnies, asks them to tell their father that will eat it; the hare runs into the thicket, the fox after him, gets stuck between the trunks, the hare rapes it]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 36:66-67.
Western Europe. The French [documented since the 12th century; The Fox (Hare) tells the children of the Bear (Fox, Lioness) that he would like to have love with their mother; she finds out about this, waits for the Fox (Hare) to kill him; running away, he slips between trees, and the stalker gets stuck; the offender fulfills his promise; returns, changing his appearance; she asks if he has seen the Fox (the Hare); he asks in response whether Who raped her? The bear (Lisa, Lioness) thinks everyone knows about her shame]: Uther 2004 (1), No. 36:35-36; Flemish, Dutch: Uther 2004 (1), No. 36:26; friezes [fox and bear (gets stuck) in split wood)]: Kooi 1984, No. 36:287.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [The lion catches the Hare; he says that another ferocious beast lives in a pond; the lion sees his reflection there, jumps, dies; the hare tells the Lioness that he has beaten her husband badly; she rushes for him, gets stuck in a hole in the wall; The hare comes up from behind, throws stones at her, leaves; The lioness dies of exhaustion]: O'Connor 1906, No. 9:51-55.
Burma - Indochina. Karena [The hare comes to the Tigress's daughter, tells her mother that he is going to whip her with a stick; the Tigress chases the Hare and asks how he got into the bamboo thickets; he replies that backwards; The tigress gets stuck, the Hare beat her {maybe raped in the original}; next time the Hare replies that he is another hare, offers to listen to her grandfather's violin, the Tigress pinched her tail between two vines; the Hare invites the Tigress to go down to the well to listen to the frogs; tickles the Tigress, she waves her paws, throws the Hare away, he covers the well with stones; tells the white buffalo that the black wants it kill, black - what white wants to kill; buffaloes kill each other; The hare dances on corpses, runs into a horn, dies]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 182:492-494.
(Wed. South Asia. Ho [while the tiger and the tiger are hunting, the jackal comes to the cubs, calls himself a Raja official, takes meat; so many times; the tiger sees him, chases him, gets stuck between two rocks; the jackal speaks The tigress who put her husband in prison promises to take care of her and the cubs; the tigress chases deer at him, he cannot kill them, pretends to be suddenly ill; next time a jackal with cubs deer are chased, a tigress kills deer; after sending a tigress with cubs for a while, the jackal eats the best pieces; so many times]: Bompas 1909:456-457).
The Balkans. Albanians [The hare calls the cubs big-headed, promises to bite; they tell their mother; she hides; chases the Hare; gets stuck between two trees; the hare bites off her tail since then he is short for bears]: Serkova 1989:216-218; Bulgarians [coming to the cubs in the absence of a bear, the hare asks her to tell her that their mother will dishonor; the bear is chasing him, getting stuck between trees, the hare climbs it]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 36:47.
Central Europe. Russians (the place of recording is not specified) [the hare comes to the fox's house, she sends the children to say that she is not at home; the hare regrets: he was going to have sex with her; the fox rushes in pursuit of her a hare, stuck between two birch trees, a hare rapes her, runs away, smeared with coal; a fox comes up, takes the hare for a monk, asks if that hare has seen; an imaginary monk: the one who raped you yesterday? the fox leaves in shame; "Oh, he's a scoundrel! I've already managed to relax in all the monasteries!"] : Afanasiev 1992, No. 1:10-11.
Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks (Muminabad) [every time a fox comes to the den in the absence of a bear, asks if the cubs are where their mother is; the bear chased her, the fox disappeared into the mill trench, the bear got stuck, the fox put a stick in her ass; the bear asked the man to release her, began to bring rams, but promised to kill her if he told him about it; the man tells his wife, the bear hears; comes to field; the peasant's stomach rumbled, he said that hunters were coming, offered to hide the bear in a bag, beat him to death]: Levin et al. 1981, No. 25:133-134; mountain Tajiks: Semenov 1900 (1) ( Karategin) [The fox comes to the Wolf's home, asks Volchenko if his mother is at home; he replies no; the Fox asks to tell me that he will indulge in love with the Wolf; the Wolf returns, the child says that her A Fox is waiting; he invites the Wolf to take a walk, the Wolf eats him]: 23-24; 1900 (Darvaz, up Pyanju) [The fox comes to the Bear's home, asks the Bear where his mother is, he supposedly is going to rape her; next time the Bear is waiting for the Fox, rushes after him, he runs through the mill, the Bear gets stuck in the doorway, the Fox raped her; after taking the Bear, the Bear left]: 22-23; Yagnobs [the fox asks two cubs to tell their mother that he will copulate with her; the bear chased him, the fox slipped through the mill wheel room, the bear is stuck, he is hers raped; the bear hears the plowman laughing about what happened to her son; the bear promises to eat it; the ploughman is afraid to go out into the field; the fox tells him to go, he will raise dust, I must say that it is royal a man is looking for a six-year-old bear; bear: put me in the furrow; plowman: bulls will crush; under the hay, the bulls will find; in the bag; the bear climbs into the bag, the ploughman and the fox beat her to death]: Andreev, Peschereva 1957, No. 18:105-106.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [The hare asks to tell the Wolf's children that he wants to beat her {maybe the original is to get along with her}; so twice; the third time the Wolf hides behind the stove, chases the Hare, that runs between two fused trees, the Wolf gets stuck, the Hare pounding her; ran away, lying in ash; the Wolf asks the Ferret if he sees the Hare; he asks if he sees the Hare; he asks if he's not the one who beat her between trees; The she-wolf is ashamed and runs away]: Alksnite 1958:84-85; Finns [the hare asks the foxes where their mother is; says he wants to sleep with her; the fox chases him, he skips through the fork wood, the fox gets stuck, the hare copulates with it; smeared with ash, meets a fox, which asks if he has seen a hare; he replies what he saw: said he copulated with a fox; fox: about my shame already everyone knows; the hare laughs, his lip has burst]: Rakhimova 2000:172-173.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Kaskabasov et al. 1979, No. 39 [The fox met two cubs, says he wants to have love with their mother; the bear is furious chasing the Fox, who slips through a crack in a tree, The bear gets stuck, the fox comes up to her from behind, makes love to her, runs away; the bear asks the shepherd what he saw; the shepherd replies that nothing, only one fox had love with the bear; The bear gave the shepherd gold for his silence, he brought gold, told his wife, the Bear heard; the fox tells the shepherd to bring a bag, awl and ketmen; raises dust, tells the Bear to explain to the Bear that the princess she is sick, the royal people go for bear bile; the Bear asks to hide her in a bag, the Fox kills her with an awl and catman; as a reward, the Fox demands to give him one of the two (apparently testicles) shepherds; he mutters in his stomach, he says he swallowed the dogs and now they want to get out and attack the Fox; the fox runs away, the shepherd grabs her tail, kills her], 48 [The fox tells the cubs he wants to have love with their mother; next time the Bear rushes after him, gets stuck in a hole in a stone; the Fox raped her, the Bear had a hard time getting out; asks the shepherd if he saw anything; he replies that nothing special, only one fox raped one bear; the bear gives the shepherd gold for silence, and if he says, she will kill; the fox overheard, promises to save the shepherd from the Bear, demands the reward is the opportunity to use any part of his body; the fox set fire to the reeds, the shepherd told the Bear that it was the khan's servants who were sent to get the bear liver as a medicine for the khan's wife; suggests hiding A bear in a bag; he hits her there, kills her; the shepherd undressed, his stomach began to rumble; he said that as a child he swallowed two little kumai (a winged dog), they grew up and felt close to a fox; The fox ran away], 49 [The bear chased the Fox, who went into the house, she got stuck in the door, the Fox went out, raped her; the bear asks the shepherd what he saw; What could I see? A fox raped a bear, that's all; the bear threatens to kill the shepherd if he tells; the shepherd spoke in the village, the children began to sing about it; the bear came for the shepherd, he asked say goodbye to relatives for three days; the fox offered to raise dust, as if the Khan's son was following a bear's heart for his wife to eat; the shepherd invites the Bear to hide her in a bag, kills her; the fox demands help the shepherd's kidney; his stomach is rumbling, he says he swallowed the hound puppy; the fox runs away]: 80-81, 109-111, 113-114.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas [the hare comes to the foxes, says he would like to have sex with their mother; when the fox found out, the fox chased the hare, it slipped under the deck, the fox is stuck, the hare met with her; the fox went to wash, and the hare smeared on the burnt deck, swam along the river; replied to the fox that there was no news, but the hare and the fox copulated; when she found out that her shame was known, the chanterelle hanged herself]: Katanov 1907, â„– 567:493-494; Tuvans [a hare comes to the cubs; their mother vilifies their mother in every possible way, tells them to tell them that a hare came and scolded her; the children tell her; the bear is following in the footsteps of the hare, the hunter shot her; when she dies, the bear says that there is no stronger person; and the hare sings happily in the spring - how much blood he has and how much meat he has]: Samdan 1994, No. 26:393-397.