L108E. Fox Children, ATU 123A. .14.27.29.30.32.-.34.
A fox has a child, usually adopted (she takes care of a lamb, foal, etc.), a wolf or bear kills him, and a fox takes revenge.
Moroccan Arabs, Serbs, Bosnians, Hungarians, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Georgians, Dargins, Uzbeks, Kazan Tatars, Kazakhs, Buryats.
North Africa. The Arabs of Morocco [the fox took to raise the lamb; makes a narrow hole in front of the entrance so that the lamb can see - this is the leg of a fox, not a wolf who has come up; but the wolf squeezed his foot into the hole, the lamb came out and the wolf ate it; then the fox leads the wolf to someone's yard, where he eats to his heart's content; the fox invites him to sing; people beat the wolf; the fox stabs the last blow in the heart]: Basset, p. 30 in Nowak 1969, No. 25:63-64.
The Balkans. Serbs [The fox makes clay cakes, anointed it with honey, offered to exchange it for a turkey; she was refused; the same with a pig, a calf; the grazing horses agreed to give the foal; the fox tells you to eat tortillas only after it hides behind the mountain; people have not caught up with the fox; she loves and cares for her foal; tells her to unlock only in response to her singing; The wolf overheard, the foal did not open to a rude voice; the next time the Wolf spoke in a thin voice, ate the foal; the fox pretended to be dead, the peasant picked it up, she stole cheese from the wagon, told the Wolf that the cheese was in the river (it's a reflection of the moon) advised him to go out the river; holding his ears, nose, mouth, rides the Wolf on horseback, saying that she is sick; in the attic she opens holes in the Wolf's body, water pours on the guests below, the Fox runs away, the Wolf is beaten; the Fox tells The wolf jumps over the haystack, it falls to the bottom]: Karadzic 1854, No. 50:264-270 (=Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:242-244, =Dmitriev, Volkonsky 1956:104-107); Bosnians [fox makes clay cakes , smears honey, offers shepherds in exchange for sheep, lamb, goby; every time shepherds refuse; grazing horses gave a mare; faces: when I hide behind the hill, break the cakes; broken, there is clay, and There is no fox; when leaving, the fox tells the stranger mare not to unlock; the wolf called in the voice of the fox and the mare opened the door, the wolf ate it; the fox invited the wolf to jump over the stake, waved its tail, the wolf believed that it jumped over; jumped and sat on a stake; fox: spin, get off; the wolf only sat deeper; fox: rightly so]: Eschker 1992, No. 50:216-218; Hungarians, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Greeks : Uther 2004 (1), No. 123A: 95
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Georgians [the shepherd gives Lisa a lamb for forcing the herded lambs to disperse; the bear pretends to be a Fox, the Lamb unlocks him, he eats it; the fox sees the wedding, suggests To sing the bear, people beat him; The fox calls to treat him, burns him with a hot iron; offers to lie in the basket, derails it]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (1), No. 20:57-60; Dargin residents [Lisa baked charcoal pie, received lamb from shepherds in return, took care of it; The Wolf came to visit while the Fox was going to buy grass, ate the lamb; the fox began to weave the basket, the Wolf asked him to teach him, the Fox tells get inside, braids the basket, rolled down the mountain, shouted the shepherd, the dogs tore the Wolf]: Kapiyeva 1991:142-143.
Iran - Central Asia. Uzbeks [the old woman baked a cake, began to argue with the old man which of them should break it, but the cake rolled, invited the herdsman to eat it, and rolled away from him, further to the dekhkanin, then to Lisa; she pretends not to hear the song, grabbed the cake that approached, ate the middle, put clay in it, brought it to the shepherd, received a lamb as a gift, brought her to her; went to mow the hay; This time the Wolf ate the lamb, put his head on the threshold, his feet four corners, went through the chimney; the fox sings his song, asks the Lamb to open it, he is silent; the fox has set up a hot coal trap pit in the house invited Wolf, he fell into a hole, burned, barely got out; Lisa came to treat him under the guise of a healer, advised him to run in the thorny thickets, the Wolf felt even worse; under the guise of another healer, Lisa advised him to run in the thorny thickets ride in ash, he is a little alive; under the guise of a third (urban, not from the mountains, not from the valley), he ordered to cut through the ice on the river, water himself with cold water until morning; the Wolf died]: Afzalov et al. 1972 (1): 29-33 (= Konovalov, Stepanov 1986:11-15).
Volga - Perm.
Tatars: Uther 2004 (1), No. 123A: 95Turkestan. Kazakhs [The Wolf and the Fox became friends; The fox returns from hunting empty-handed; the Wolf does not like the fact that he should feed three foxes; The fox tells the children not to unlock the door; the Wolf asks to open the cubs are silent; he blew up the wall, climbed inside, ate two foxes; the fox cooks meat, tells the remaining fox to invite the Wolf; The wolf comes, falls into a pit with coals; The fox pulls out the charred one Wolf, advises to heal with thorns and then plunge into a salt lake; the wolf died in agony]: Bosingen 1985:176-178.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Buryats (Ekhirit-Bulagatsky District) [Lisa has two goats, she takes care of them; The Wolf heard her song, came and ate the kids; Lisa picked up two fallen pieces of meat, put them in his eye sockets, went in the footsteps; fell into the hole where the Wolf was already sitting; ate pieces of meat, the Wolf believed that she had eaten her eyes; The wolf ate his own; the fox pretended to be dead, the man threw it away, she ran away; Wolf man finished off]: Barannikova et al. 2000, No. 2:43.