F83B. Rape of a stranded woman, ATU 36. (.15.16.21.22.27.-.33.)
A strong female animal chases a weak male, but gets stuck between trees, stones, etc. The runaway mocks his stalker, usually rapes her. {In ATU, the f83a and f83b motifs are described as one, ATU 36. The degree of their plot cohesion can be determined only by having the originals of all texts}.
Portuguese [hare and fox], Spanish (Galicia, Ciudad Real) [hare and fox], French [fox or hare and bear (fox, lioness)], Tibetans [hare and lioness], Karen [hare and tigress], Albanians [hare and bear], Russians [hare and fox (she-wolf)], Ukrainians, Ossetians [fox and bear], Azerbaijanis [fox and bear], mountain Tajiks [fox and she-wolf], Yagnobs [fox and bear], Latvians [hare and she-wolf], Estonians [fox and she-wolf (hare, fox)], Finns [hare and fox], Komi [fox and she-wolf or hare and fox], Kazakhs [fox and bear], Khakas [hare and fox].
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 what he will eat him; the hare runs into the thicket, the fox behind 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; friezes [fox and bear (stuck in a split tree)]: Kooi 1984, No. 36:287.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [the lion met a hare, is about to eat; the hare says that there is an animal stronger than a lion, leads to a pond, the lion sees its reflection, jumps into the pond; the hare throws stones at him, mocks him; the lion drowned; the hare came to the lioness, says that he got into a fight with a lion and beat him, he lies a little alive in the valley; running away from the lioness, slips through a hole in the wall, the lioness gets stuck; the hare comes up behind, throws at lioness stones, mocks; the lioness is dead]: 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. The Assames [the fox ate pies intended for goddess Lakshmi, left on a brass platter with a hole in the middle; stuck her head into the hole, cannot remove the dish; therefore, she cannot to hunt; tells two cubs that their parents must be hiding from her: their father owes her money; eats the meat left to the tiger cubs; so many times; the tiger stays watching, rushes behind the fox, gets stuck in a fork in a tree; the fox to the tigress: you see what happened to your husband; the tigress becomes a fox's servant, carries meat; at the crossing, the fox almost drowns, the tigress takes her ashore; the fox: who asked me to get me out of the water, I was going to collect the debt from the river owner; the tigress drove a deer at the fox, the deer stepped on the fox, tearing his fur coat; the fox laughed so much that the deer was small that the skin burst; The cubs grew up; all the foxes began to howl; this fox stepped aside and howled too; the cubs realized it was just a fox, tore it apart]: Borooah 1955:24-30; ho [while the tiger and tiger are hunting, 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 tells the tigress that the Raja put her husband in prison, promises take care of her and her cubs; a tigress chases deer at him, he cannot kill them, pretends to be suddenly ill; next time a jackal with cubs chases deer, a tigress kills deer; sending them away for a while a tigress with cubs, 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 bears have it short]: Serkova 1989:216-218.
Central Europe. Russians, Ukrainians (Kharkiv) [{the motive is very rare, possibly literary origin}; tales of how a hare dishonored a fox or a she-wolf]: SUS 1979, No. 36, 36*: 56-57; Russians (the western place is not a decree.) [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 chases the hare, gets stuck between the two banks, her hare rapes, runs away, smeared with coal; the fox comes up, takes the hare for a monk, asks if that hare has seen; the 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.
Caucasus - Central Asia. Ossetians [the bear is stuck in a fork in a tree, the fox takes advantage of this opportunity]: Byazirov 1960, No. 8:313; Azerbaijanis [the fox invited the stork to visit, spread porridge on a tray; the stork invited the fox, put the porridge in a jug; offered to ride the fox; when the ground was not visible, he threw it down; the fox fell into the school yard, stole a notebook, came to the hole, pretended to read; tells the bear to call it mullah baba, promises to learn cubs; bear: the meat is yours, and my bones (in the sense of learning); the fox ate the cubs, replies for several months that they cannot be shown, otherwise they will not read; then throws the bear has a bag with their bones; the bear is stuck in the hole, the fox came out from the other side, went from behind the bear and "began to crumple it"; the bear asks the ploughman if he saw; he: saw; the bear promises to bring rams for their silence; but he told his wife; the bear heard, promised to kill the ploughman; the fox promised to save him if he gave her two chickens; taught her what to say; tied a broom to his tail; bear: what dust? - The king's son was prescribed bear meat, the army is looking for a bear. - Where can I hide? - Get into the bag, they will think that wheat; the fox and the plowman beat the bear with sticks; the fox has come for the chickens; the plowman's stomach grumbles: a few years ago he ate a hunting dog puppy, now wants to go out; the fox ran away]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:505-512.
Iran - Central Asia. Mountain Tajiks: Semenov 1900 (1) (Karategin) [The fox approaches the Wolf's home, asks Volchenko if his mother is at home; he replies no; the Fox asks him to tell me that he will surrender to love with the Wolf; The Wolf returns, the child says that a Fox is waiting for her; 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, Bear asks where his mother is, he says he 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 is her raped; taking the Bear, the Bear left]: 22-23; Yagnobes [The fox asks two cubs to tell their mother that he will copulate with her; the bear chased him, the Fox slipped through mill wheel room, the Bear is stuck, he raped her; the bear hears the ploughman laughing about what happened to her son; promises to eat it; the ploughman is afraid to go out into the field; the fox tells go, dust up, I must say that this royal man is looking for a six-year-old bear; the bear agrees to hide in a bag, the ploughman and the Fox beat her to death]: Andreev, Peschereva 1957, No. 18:105-106.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [The hare asks you to tell the Wolf's children that he wants to beat her {maybe in the original - get along with her}; 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 the ash; the Wolf asks the Ferret if he saw the Hare; he asks if he has seen the Hare; he asks if not the one who beat her between trees; The she-wolf is ashamed and runs away]: Alksnite 1958:84-85; Estonians (northern and western Estonia) [when a she-wolf (hare, fox) gets stuck between two trees, a fox rapes her (hits her, eats her) )]: Kippar 1986, No. 36:56-57; Finns [the hare asks the foxes where their mother is; says he wants to sleep with her; the fox chases him, he slips through the fork in the tree, the fox gets stuck, the hare copulates with her; smeared with ash, meets a fox, she asks if he has seen a hare; he replies what he saw: said he copulated with a fox; fox: everyone already knows about my shame; the hare laughs, lip burst]: Rakhimova 2000:172-173.
Volga - Perm. Komi: Korovina 2012, No. 36 [the fox (she-wolf) is stuck in the fence hole (between trees); the fox (hare) takes advantage of this and dishonors her]: 73; Plesovsky 1972 [fox boasts expensive skin, hare promises to make it cheaper; the fox and the hare are playing, running, the fox is stuck between the trees, the hare beat her; she escaped, peeling off her skin, rushed after the hare, he disappeared into her hole; told the foxes that he beat them mother, told him to show another way out; smeared himself in the mud, swims on a raft; the fox takes him for a beaver, asks if he saw a hare; hare: isn't it who unfastened the fox; fox: it was a penny, and the conversation is over seven mountains; next time the hare wears a Russian suit, the fox did not recognize him again, asks what news; hare: no news, the hare has just unfastened the fox; the third time the hare wears another hat; replies that in Moscow they say that the hare unfastened the fox and that the fox coat has fallen in price]: 3-6.
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 his tail, kills him], 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.
(Wed. Western Siberia. Eastern Khanty (b. Agan) [The chipmunk hears that someone is shamanizing in his house; calling Hare, Fox, Bear; shamanite Frog, Bear throws her outside; Fox offers to arrange a sacrifice to Toruma; Bear sings and dances, The fox calls him names at that time; says it is the Hare, then that the Chipmunk, then admits that she is; the Bear kills the Hare, grabs the Chipmunk with his paw, he dodged, but there are stripes left on his skin; Bear I climbed down the hole for Lisa, got stuck; Lisa went out, heated up the walk, killed him, ate for a long time (=Lukina 1990, No. 97:252-253)]: Kulemzin, Lukina 1978, No. 74:51-52).
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 against 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, No. 567:493-494.