L45. The fooled watchman. .11.-.13.16.21.26.-.28.45.47.
(.55.56.) .59.63. (.64.) .66.68. (.71.72.)
A strong character drives the weak one into a trap and leaves someone to guard the loot. The watchman does not do his job (usually fooled by the weak), the weak runs away. {African borrowings in America are hard to distinguish from possible local cases}
Laadi, zombo, mpongwe, rwanda, ganda, (luba), suba, chagga, kikuyu, sumbwa, ziba, kwaya, aka, kono , senufo, banen, mofu-gudur, zagara, moru, fur, nzakara, anuak, murle, bari, lango, (Germans), Bhutan, Romanians, Hungarians, Luzhitans, Lisu, Biloxi, (natchez, screams, guajiro, sikuani), taulipan, kalinha, katawishi, munduruku (tenetehara), shipibo, rikbakza, (botokudo, kaduveo, chamakoko, mokovi, toba).
Bantu-speaking Africa. Laadi: Aksenova et al. 2005, No. L.11 [The leopard comes to the Hare, who feeds him corn, replies that these were his wife's teeth; at home, the Leopard knocked out his wife's teeth, cooked them, they are inedible; the Hare hides from the Leopard in a tree; says he will throw off his bag of fruit, then jump off himself; jumps, hides in a hole; the leopard leaves a Toad at the entrance; the hare invites him to look at sweet things, throws it in pepper eyes, Toad runs away to wash his eyes; Hare runs away; Leopard digs a hole, Toad hides in the river]: 109-111; Stangley 1893 (north of the lower reaches of the Congo, no specific subgroup specified) [jackal and dog are servants a leopard; she warns them not to gnaw their bones; the dog violates the ban, the bone flew off and killed the cub; the jackal ran away; the dog brought the same cub to the leopard twice; then a leopard saw the dead; the dog ran away, climbed into the hole; the leopard left the monkey to guard the way out; the dog threw sand into her eyes, ran away; the monkey threw nuts into the hole; the leopard made a fire, nuts they burst, the monkey explains that these are parts of the dog's body; the leopard does not smell burnt meat, finds nuts, wants to kill a monkey, she climbed a tree; the dog began to live in the village]: 151-177; zombo [the older sister died, married in the underworld; the youngest Maria rejects the grooms; the dead man goes to earth, borrows various garments along the way, M. readily goes with him, on the way, he distributes everything he borrowed, leads his wife to a hole in the ground; tells his fellow villagers in an underground village that he brought the girl to feed and eat; sister M. takes her back to the ground, explaining to the watchman that M. is still alive; the dead burn down the house where M. was locked up before, find nothing, fried and ate the one who brought the girl; M. returns to his parents]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:282-285; mpongwe [ The leopard marries the king's daughter, he is happy, waiting for the groom and his companions; the Rat suggests that everyone should change their names when they come to the place; others disagree, and the Rat tells him to be called Ajenda ("guests") now; On a visit, it turns out that only Ajanda ("guests") is invited and fed; offended, everyone leaves without waiting for the final ceremony; the Rat, not the Leopard, gets a wife; on the way back he hides her maids and property, swallowing them; the leopard chased him, the Rat escaped into the hole, the Leopard grabbed his tail; the Rat said it was the root; the Leopard let him go; the Rat ridiculed him; the Leopard put The frog is a watchman, went to bring fire to smoke the Rat; the rat throws pepper in her eyes, runs away, the Frog rushes into the water; the leopard wants to swallow it, tries to drink the pond, falls exhausted, asks the Crab to make a hole in his stomach, the water flows out; the Leopard calls the Crab to his home, eats the Crab's claws; he tells him to let it into the water: the claws will grow; in the end, the Leopard eats the Crab]: Nassau 1912, No. 6:42-48; (cf. bast [the jackal tells the dwarf antelope that there is something valuable in the tree hollow; the antelope climbs into the hollow, the jackal closes the exit with a stone, puts brushwood around to fry the antelope; asks if the antelope is in the hollow, she replies that it is not there, offers to look; the jackal opens the hollow, the antelope throws dirt into his eye, runs away]: Klipple 1992:56); Rwanda [The cow drinks water, intended for Leo, he kills her; The calf, hearing the mother's cry, kills the lion cubs, runs away; the hare hides it in a hole; the crow gives the Calf, the Leo tells her to guard the hole; the Hare promises the Crow sweet berries, throws dust in his eyes, the Calf runs away; the Leo comes, the Hare runs away through another exit, falls out in the mud, pretends to be someone else; the lion asks him where the Hare has run; the hunter chases the Hare, the Calf ]: Hurel in Werner 1924:393-394; ganda [The leopard pretends to be dead, jumps up, the Hare manages to hide in a hole; the Leopard leaves the Raven as a watchman; the hare deceives her, runs away; the Raven throws berries into the hole, the Leopard believes it's the Hare's eyes; makes a fire; when the berries burst, the Raven says it's the Hare's eyes and stomach burst]: Wright 1960:103; suba [The hare steals from sesame fields, a man makes a wooden girl, smears resin, the Hare sticks; the man puts the Hare to cook, leaves the sick child to guard, the hare gets out of the cauldron, cooks the baby, puts on his clothes, shouts to his parents that they ate, runs away; hides in a hole, a man grabs his tail, the Hare says it is the root; people follow the hoe, the hare throws sand into the watchman's eyes, runs away; comes when people they dig a hole, break their hoe; hide in a termite, run away; break their hoe again; people stop pursuing]: Ohotina 1962:256-259; chagga [an elephant chases a man who hides in a termite mound ; five days later, the elephant leaves the crow on guard, lets it eat the man; the man promises to teach the crow to sing, throws crushed tobacco into his eye, runs away]: Arewa 1961, № 2057:109 (=Klipple 1992:55); kikuyu [The leopard picked up mushrooms, wrapped it, carried it home; Hyena asks where so much meat comes from; The leopard leads to show; the hare offers Hyena to rest, promises to bring meat; Hyena waits, With his mouth open and his eyes closed, the Hare rolls a stone down the mountain, the Hyena dies; the same trick with the Leopard fails, he opens his eyes and dodges; pretends to be dead, the Hare comes up, but the Leopard tries it grab it, the Hare rushes into the hole, the Leopard grabs his tail; the hare says he holds the root, the Leopard lets him go; stays on guard; the crow offers to watch him; the hare offers to watch him; the hare offers her open your eyes wide to watch him closely; catches the ground, runs away; the leopard tells the Raven that the Hare must die]: Gagnolo 1853, No. 21:20-21 (=Hunting 1962:210-213); sumbwa [hare steals sesame from the field, the owner made a doll, coated it with resin, the hare began to touch, stuck; asks to cook it alive; the man left the child at the cauldron, went to the field; the hare got out, put the child to cook, dressed in his clothes; asked him to make him puree beans; the others ate meat; the hare said who he was and what they ate, ran away, hid in a hole; the man grabbed his tail, the hare said it was a root, offered to take the tail, actually let him hold the root; people went for the hoe, the hare threw sand into the eyes of the remaining guard, got out quietly, came unrecognized, offered to help dig, broke hoe; hid in a termite mound, went out unnoticed, broke his hoe again; people gave up trying to catch it]: Ohotina 1962:256-259 (brief in Arewa 196:109-110); ziba [rabbit kills buddy the leopard; he drives it into the hole, follows the hoe, leaves the crane to guard; the rabbit throws dirt into the crane's eyes, runs away]: Arewa 1961, No. 2057:109 (=Klipple 1992:55); kwaya [during a drought a man promises a daughter to someone who, with a foot, will get water; an elephant stomps but only picks up dust; the same are other animals; the rabbit gets water, takes his wife; the elephant chases him, the rabbit and his wife hide in anthill; the elephant leaves the crow to guard, follows the shovel; the rabbit pretends to eat something; promises to white with the crow if it opens its eyes wide; throws sand at them, runs away; the elephant I dug up an anthill, found nothing]: Arewa 196:111-112 (=Klipple 1992:55-56); aka [after going hunting lop-eared pigs, the turtle asked the panther to lend her spear; she refused; the turtle she asked her fingers, her little finger gave a spear, she killed a pig, and all 10 spears of the panther flew past the target; when they began to fry the meat, the panther took everything for itself; at night, the turtle ate most of it meat, poured dry leaves into the fire, woke up the panther: the roof of the canopy fell and caught fire, the meat burned down; the turtle led the panther to the tree with the bees, the panther climbed for honey, and the turtle made it so the tree grew to the clouds, at that time it almost finished eating its meat, left, hid in the hollow; the panther jumped to the ground, began to cut down this tree, broke 5 axes, told the toad to guard the hollow, ran for new ones with axes; the turtle threw salt in the toad's eyes, left; the toad told the panther about what had happened, also left; the panther chased her, she jumped into the water; the panther began to scoop out the pond, but the rat quietly threw the toad away, shouted about the panther, climbed into the hollow; the panther grabbed its tail, the rat said the panther grabbed her grandmother's pestle; the panther let go of the tail, the rat escaped]: Motte- Florac 2004, No. 5:41-51.
West Africa. Kono [The leopard offers the Hare to eat their newborns; the hare sends his own to live with his uncle, saying that his Hare has a miscarriage again; the Leopard suggests baptizing the next children brings one, the Hare brings everyone born recently and hidden from the Leopard; he asks the Hare to send one of the children to help with his work, intending to eat the messenger; the younger Bunny is called go to the Leopard; he 1) hides behind the bush, the Bunny points an arrow at the bush, the Leopard asks not to shoot; 2) smears his own son with white clay, puts him to bed with himself and his wife, so as not to be confused with A bunny; he smears clay himself, changes places with the Leopard's son, at night the Leopard kills, cooks, eats his son; 3) asks his wife to push the Bunny into boiling water, he pushes the Leopard himself, hides it under his clothes Calebass, pretends to be Leopard's pregnant wife for a while; he drives the Bunny down the hole, tells the Squirrel to guard; the hare throws that pepper in his eyes, jumps out unnoticed; the leopard makes a fire, then climbs a hole for the Hare, he breaks the fire at the entrance, the Leopard dies]: Holas 1975:212-218; senufo [{there are no stories involving a spider or a jackal, so the hare seems to be the main trickster}; hare, the hyena and the warthog found three lion cubs; the hare and the warthog pretended that each killed their own, and the hyena really killed; the lioness came, the hare and the warthog gave the lion cubs to feed, the hyena insists that her the lion cub is sleeping; then she threw the lion cub into the well, disappeared into the hole; the warthog began to dig it up; the hare put salt in the hyena's mouth to spit it it into the warthog's eyes; the hyena swallowed it first; The rest still spit out, the warthog is dazzled; after feeling the taste of salt, the lioness decided to eat the warthog, at which time the hyena ran away; the lioness demands that the hare get it; he gave the lioness peanuts to She crunched at them, told the hyena that he had a goat in the cave; the hyena came in, the lioness rushed at her, and the hare shouted that the lion cub was actually alive; the lioness let the hyena go and they all ran away]: Diep, Bamba 2007, No. 24 : 76-83; banen [the leopard called the animals to work; the oyster was not given the food it wanted, it hid in the river; the bushbok antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), the duyker (Cephalophus zebra), dwarf the antelope goes for water, everyone is frightened when they hear an incomprehensible voice from the water; the turtle begins to dance, asks to sing more; the oyster sings, the turtle grabs it, brings it to the animals, the leopard swallows an oyster; for it was the animals who tied him up, left him on the trail; two species of antelopes refuse to release him, the dwarf antelope frees him, the leopard chases her, grabs his paw 9 times and releases him every time the antelope says he grabbed the root; left a frog and a toad to guard the hole, went to get the fire himself; the antelope asked the toad to open its eyes wider, threw dust at them, ran away; the frog also rode away; the leopard found the toad , killed her]: Dugast 1975:412-422; mofu-gudur [Squirrel {most likely an earth squirrel, Xerus inauris} comes to heaven, invites a woman to sow her field, grow crops; eats seeds, sows wild cereal; when the harvest is near, says it needs to collect it on her land, receives chickens as a reward, begins to descend the rope; the birds threaten to cut the rope, forcing the Squirrel to give each of them to the chicken; she does not want to give the last, the Heron cuts the rope, the Squirrel falls on a tree in the middle of the river; throws the fruit, it sinks, the leaf swims; the squirrel jumps, falls between two crocodiles, says that his aunt sent him to them; the Crocodile makes Squirrel a babysitter; he eats them one at a time, shows the Crocodile the same cub; after eating the latter, he smears himself with ocher and coal as if he were bleeding and bile, asks the Crocodile to take him home; she puts Squirrel on her back, sending her daughter to watch the children; the daughter screams that the Squirrel ate the cubs, the Crocodile mother is hard to hear, Belka explains that the daughter tells me to run faster; hides in a termite mine; Crocodiles ask Djalo to get the Squirrel; he gives Jalo flying ants, Jalo likes the taste; The squirrel tells you to open her eyes and nostrils, throws ants- soldier, Jalo goes blind, Squirrel runs away; Crocodiles catch him, he suggests breaking branches to fry him; climbs a tree, screams that they are coming fulbe, Crocodiles hide in the grass, Squirrel creeps up, smashes their heads]: Sorin-Barreteau 2001, No. 11:79-87.
Sudan - East Africa. Zaghawa [the fakir went down to the water; the jackal flopped in front of him, he got scared and ran away; the jackal went to the donkey, the Koran, and the fakir's clothes; he explains to the lion how to study to be a fakir; of course, but it's worth a try; kill a big bull, make a wineskin out of the skin, stuff it with thorns and get inside; the jackal rolls his wineskin, the lion is barely alive; the jackal ate the bull, changed the donkey for 6 rams and left; the lion asked termites gnaw through their belts; then ate them all; went to look for the jackal; in the first village they say that the jackal drove 5 rams and carried one skin; then 4 and 2; etc.; when the lion caught up with the jackal, he asked permission to leave out of need; began to scream that the rock was falling on him, let the lion hold; the lion stayed to hold the rock, the jackal ran away; the old man to the lion: let the rock not fall; the jackal in the hole, the lion grabbed his tail; jackal: why are you holding the root; the lion let go; the jackal got out through the other exit, came from behind, helped expand the hole to catch that jackal; lion: look, cows! the lion turned, the jackal warmed him with a stick, disappeared into the hole; the lion's throat: what are you doing? lion: there are two jackals in the hole; the lion left his throat to guard the hole, went to smoke jackals for the fire; the jackal to the throat: the watchman must keep his eyes wide open; threw sand into her eyes, ran away; the lion wants eat a turtle, but it teaches you better to put it on your paw and say: be the size of a camel! I'll be there and you'll eat me; the lion put its throat on its paw, it flew away]: Tubiana, Tubiana 2004 (1), No. 13:79-86; moru [Quito's hare and squirrel climb into the hollow for honey; Hyena grabs them, brings them in a bag home; K. says they must be soaked in milk before cooking; they drink milk, leave old hyena skin in the cauldron, laugh when Hyena is surprised that the meat is tough; K. hides in a hole, Hyena leaves To guard a rhino bird (Kaffir horned crow), K. invites it to look into the hole, throws sand, runs away; laughs when Hyena comes with a hoe to dig a hole]: Katznelson 1968:288-291; trucks [fox brought a hoe to the blacksmith, asked him to fix it; blacksmith: first I will fulfill the lion's order; fox: lion is my father's slave; when he heard what the fox said about him, the lion came to him furiously: go to the elders; fox: I sick; lion: sit on me; fox: I can't bareback; the lion allowed myself to ride; put on a bridle, stirrups and take a whip to drive away flies; everyone saw a fox riding a saddled lion and whipping him, believed that the lion was a slave; the fox hid in his brother's hole, the lion began to dig; the fox got out through another exit, called himself another fox and offered to dig instead of a lion; hit the lion on the head with a shovel and disappeared into the hole ; the lion went to drink, leaving the rhino bird to guard the hole; the fox asked him to open his eyes wider, threw sand at them, ran away; the lion returned, the rhino bird claimed that the fox was in the hole; the fox dug up the whole hole, but the fox in she was not there; the lion was told that the lion was on a palm tree; a rope was hanging from her, the lion pulled; the cubs thought that the father had returned; told the lion that the father was in the cotton field; the lion climbed the palm tree instead of the foxes; the fox pulled the rope, the lion picked it up; the fox asked the foxes to serve the meat, the cape, the knife; while the lion cut off and ate the meat, the fox, hiding the saw under his shirt, sawed the branch; the lion fell into the pond; no one wants to help him - he will eat his savior; finally, one baboon pulled out a lion; he won't let go of its tail; fox: let's pray and bless the food-but we must raise both hands; the lion picked up, the baboon ran away; the lion starved]: Evans Pritchard, Beaton 1940, No. 20:274-277; nzakara [Panther takes Spider away; he yells to everyone that they carry the person who has given him a beautiful tattoo to eat; Panther asks if Spider and her decorate; in order not to twitch, agrees to be tied; The Spider runs away; The Rat frees the Panther, she eats her children, the Rat hides in the hole; The Panther goes to get fuel to light a fire at the hole, leaves as a watchman for the Turtle; the Rat says that if the Turtle lets her swallow salt, its giblets will taste better; the Turtle gives it salt, the Rat spits salt in the Turtle's eyes, runs away unnoticed; the Turtle ties the rope by the root, the Panther pulls the rope in vain; leaves]: Retel-Lautentin 1986, No. 20:137-138; anuak [the hare ate the tubers belonging to the hyena, hid in a hole; the hyena put a bird- rhino as a watchman, went for a digging stick; the hare threw pepper into the bird's eyes, ran away; the hyena began to dig, the hare came up, hit it between her legs, ran away]: Arewa 1961, No. 2057:108-109; lango [Hare, The Leopard, the Rat and the Wild Cat agree to drown their mothers; the Hare hides his own, throws a mortar into the river; others find out about it, find and kill the Hare's mother; the Hare lures the Rat and the Wild Cat into the drum, He closes them there, the Leopard eats them; pretends to be dead; the Hare's family is going to fresh it, the Leopard jumps up, the Hare hides in a hole; the Leopard leaves the Owl as a watchman; the Hare throws dust in her eyes runs away; comes back, pretends to help the Leopard dig the Hare out of the hole; throws berries into the hole, the Leopard thinks it's the Hare's eyes shining; kills the Leopard]: Wright 1960:102-103; bari [ the rabbit hides from the lion in a mouse hole; the lion goes for a sharp stick to dig a hole, leaving the rhino bird as a watchman; the rabbit threw dust into his eyes and ran away]: Evans Pritchard, Beaton 1940 (editor's note): 278.
Western Europe. The Germans (Mecklenburg) [the birds agreed to make king whoever flies higher; the king hid under the heron's wing and at the last moment flew above it; the indignant birds chased him, but he hid in a mouse hole and kept shouting: I am king; the birds decided to starve the king and guarded the owl: she has big eyes and sees at night; but at noon, in bright light, the owl closed eyes and fell asleep; after that, birds began chasing owls and owls chasing mice]: Bartsch 1979, No. 25:518.
Tibet is the Northeast of Asia. Bhutan [once a month, Mekhay Doma takes food supplies to elderly parents who meditate far in the mountains; a boar, then a monkey, a leopard want to eat it; she replies everyone, that it is better to do this when she goes back, her parents will get fat; the mother made a barrel, put MD in it, let it roll down the road; each of the animals asks the barrel if it saw it MD; MD from the inside replies that it is a barrel and should roll; after passing the boar, the barrel hit the stone and split; the animals grabbed MD; the leopard went to get water, the monkey for brushwood, and left the wild boar guard; while he was looking for roots, MD dug a hole and hid; the leopard and the monkey killed and began to cook the wild boar; the ground under the fire became hot, MD exploded, knocking over the cauldron; the leopard with the monkey was frightened ran away; MD ate meat, and brought home what she didn't eat]: Choden 1994:79-81.
China - Korea. Lisa [a man married a girl from a distant village, not knowing that she was a spirit; at night her head left her body to devour the dead; her husband covered her neck with a cloth, her head screams, he threw off the cloth, her head grew up, the wife woke up; the husband told his parents about this; they told him to leave his wife: if he lived with her for three years, he would become a spirit; the husband returned for his things; the wife's relatives chased him; he climbed a tree with small leaves; by the end of the day, the spirits cut him down, he climbed onto a banana; the spirits decided that it would be more difficult to cut down a tree with large leaves than with small leaves, left; the man hid in porcupine burrow; spirits began to poke a vine to find out if the hole was deep; the man wrapped the vine into a ball; the spirits thought the hole was deep; they set a trap at the entrance, left their boy as a watchman; man offered him honey; the boy came up and fell into the trap; the man went out and climbed the tree again; each of the spirits came up screams which part of the victim's body he would eat; ate his own; the man screamed in a voice birds that spirits fear; they choked on their bones in fear, all died]: Dessaint, Ngwâma 1994:615-617.
The Balkans. Romanians [birds decide to choose a king; the eagle offers someone who will fly higher; soars above everyone else; as soon as he is about to descend, the king hidden under the eagle's wing flew higher; was declared victor; (since then he has been called the "little king"); realizing the deception, the birds chased the king, who hid in a crack in the tree; the birds decided to guard; when it was the owl's turn, she fell asleep, the king flew away, and the birds began to chase the owl; now it is afraid to fly during the day]: Gaster 1915, No. 98:300-301; Hungarians [birds decide to choose the one who will fly higher as king; the king hides under the eagle's wing and in the last moment is taller than him; the birds are angry at the king for deceiving; he hid in a horse's skull; the birds put the owl to guard, she fell asleep or blinked too often, the king unnoticed flew away; then the birds started chasing an owl, which has not dared to fly during the day since; hunters put owls in a cage so that other birds do not peck them]: Kovács 1987, No. 221:290.
Central Europe. Cf. above is the German version from Mecklenburg. The Luzhitans [birds choose the king, the big ones offer the Stork, the little ones - the Wren; decide to choose the one who will rise higher into the sky (Wren sits on the tail of the Stork); who will dig deeper into the ground; The stork is stuck in the swamp, the wren has disappeared into a mouse hole; the big birds tell Owl to guard the hole because she has big eyes; the owl closes one eye first, then both; the wren flew away and became the king of birds; big birds have been chasing the Owl ever since]: Veckenstedt 1880, No. 45.4:424 (=Dähnhardt 1912:170-171, Romanenko translation 1962:136-137).
Southeast USA. Biloxi [The opossum kills the Wolf, makes a necklace out of his teeth; the other wolves grab the Possum; he says he can only be killed with a rotten stick that has come off the bark; wolves go for the stick leave the one-eyed prisoner to guard; Opossum advises the watchman to untie him and kill him himself; runs away; wolves grab his tail, he becomes fluffy bald]: Dorsey, Swanton 1912, No. 21:64-65; ( cf. natchez [(African borrowing); The rabbit hides from the Wolf at the hollow; the Wolf leaves the Owl as a watchman; the Rabbit throws tobacco into the watchman's eyes, runs away; since then, the owls seem to be swollen; the Wolf beats the Owl]: Swanton 1929, #32:257-258; screams [(African borrowing); Rabbit tells Udawa that the Crocodile wants to kill him; the same, but vice versa, says the Crocodile; both agree to measure their strength in pulling a vine; their powers are equal, they become friends, both live in water; the Rabbit asks the Crocodile if he wants to see Trouble; he expresses a desire; the Rabbit sends him to the dry grass and sets it on fire; The crocodile gets burned; drives the Rabbit into the hollow, goes for the ax, leaving the Owl to guard; the Rabbit offers Owl tobacco, sprinkles tobacco juice in the eyes, runs away]: Swanton 1929, No. 54:51- 52).
(Wed. The Northern Andes. Most likely African borrowing. Guajiro [The rabbit comes to Hawk's site, offers to help dig the ground; says he is thirsty; the Hawk sends him to his wife for water; the Rabbit tells her that her husband has ordered him to marry him both daughters; leads the girls into the forest, copulates with both, runs away in the morning; since then, the rabbits have been awake at night, sleep during the day; the Hawk drives the Rabbit into the hollow, leaves the Vulture as a watchman; the Rabbit promises go out to be eaten, tells the Hawk to open his eyes wider, splashes urine into them, runs away; Hawk leaves Boa at another hollow; the Rabbit promises deer, runs away; since then, hawks have been hunting rabbits]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1986 (1), No. 73:194-198).
(Wed. Llanos. The whole set of motifs of African descent. Sicuani [The rabbit steals melons, the owner puts the wax doll, the Rabbit hits it, sticks with all its paws and head; he is hung in a bag; he convinces the Jaguar to take his place (supposedly well fed); The Jaguar is thrown into boiling water; scalded, he runs away; The rabbit hides in the hole; the Jaguar leaves the Falcon to Caracaru; the Rabbit tells him to open his eyes, throws garbage at them, runs away; the Jaguar wants to kill Caracara ; he promises that he will get fat if he is thrown away; the Jaguar pretends to be dead; the Rabbit asks if he blew the winds, if he didn't let him in, he was alive; the Jaguar makes an indecent sound, the Rabbit says The Jaguar is alive; persuades Jaguar to dive for cheese (this is a reflection of the sun); after a series of antics, kills Jaguar with a club]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1992, No. 74:280-283).
Guiana. Taulipan [A turtle hides in a hole; a Jaguar leaves the Caracara Falcon as a watchman; a turtle throws the ground into his eye, runs away]: Koch-Grünberg 1924, No. 48:138; kalinya [man hides from Kurupi (forest spirit) in a tree; he unsuccessfully tries to cut him down with a turtle axe; sends ants at man, who drives them away with a stream of urine; runs, hides in a hollow; K. tells snakes to guard he leaves himself; when he hears an eagle scream, a man calls the eagle an uncle; snakes crawl away in fear]: Magaña 1987, No. 65:249.
Central Amazon. Katawishi? (Lake Teffe) [The turtle kills the tapir by biting it on the testicles; the Jaguar steals meat; the turtle asks the monkeys to raise it to the tree; the Jaguar tells the Turtle to go down; she asks him to close his eyes, jumps, breaking his head with a shell; making a flute out of his tibia; hiding in a hole from another Jaguar; makes him believe that the leg sticking out of the hole is the root of a tree; the Jaguar leaves, leaving the Frog as a watchman; The turtle throws sand into her eye, runs away; the Jaguar eats the Frog]: Tastevin, p.265-268 in Lévi-Strauss 1966, No. 284:249; munduruku [Akainoatpyo is a nephew, Carujuribo - his uncle; K. turns into deer and other animals, A. cannot kill them; Grandma A. advises him to kill the tapir with his hand in his ass; tapir - K.; he jumps up, drags A. through Tapazhos, frees him, emptying his stomach; advises choosing a third crocodile with trees growing on its back to cross the river; now the name A. is Perisvat; P. rejects two smaller crocodiles, swims on big; lies that the crocodile's belching is fragrant; jumping ashore and screams that it stinks; at night, Inambu prevents P. from sleeping with conversations; P. breaks her eggs, since then the Inambu has laid only three eggs; P. kills a monkey, sleeps in a hollow; this is Jaguar's lair; he demands that P. give him parts of his body one by one; P. gives him the monkey's limbs and liver; leaves the excrement responsible for himself, climbs on wood; Jaguar eats excrement instead of P.; P. spends the night with a man whose leg bones are devoid of flesh, pointed; he tries to pierce P.; when his leg pierces a tree, P. ties it with a string; in the morning frees; copulates with Jaguar's wife; he chases P., P. turns into a battleship, scratches Jaguar's eyes; Jaguar makes new ones out of wood latex, since then they shine; P. spends the night at Inambu fire; refuses to lie with her in a hammock; she flies away, carrying fire; P. falls into the hunter's trap with both hands and feet; he leaves the old woman to guard the prey; the old woman falls asleep; ant, bee, wasp they cannot gnaw through the fetters, the monkey frees P.; the hunter beats the old woman in anger, she turns into a night bird; P. returns to his grandmother; dies when she rubs his uruku]: Murphy 1958, No. 29:95-102.
(Wed. Eastern Amazon. The whole set of motifs of African descent. Tenetehara [The rabbit tells Jaguar that there will be a storm, the Jaguar asks to be tied to a tree; the Rabbit leaves, the Jaguar consistently asks birds and animals to release him; everyone is afraid, the Howler Monkey unties, the Jaguar tears off part of her tail; at night, the Rabbit helps the Jaguar cultivate the site; the Jaguar asks him to take care of his three children; the Rabbit kills one or the other, feeds the Jaguar with their meat, each time he shows Jaguar the rest; he suspects deception, the Rabbit runs away, hides in a hole; the Jaguar leaves Vulture to guard her, goes to dig a hole for the tool; the Rabbit throws There is dust in his eyes, Vulture did not notice how the Rabbit ran away; the Jaguar digs a hole, wants to kill Vulture, he flies away; the Rabbit comes to the water to drink every night, the Turtle hides, grabs his leg; The rabbit says that she will only be able to call Jaguar if she lets his leg out of her mouth; runs away; asks Ants to take him to a source in the calebass; the Calebass turns over, the Rabbit runs away from the Jaguar; smears with honey, falls out in the dust, going to the spring, tells Jaguar that he is a curupira (forest spirit); runs away from him, the Jaguar ripped off the thorns, died]: Wagley, Galvão 1949, No. 33:157-159).
Montagna - Jurua. Shipibo [several people pass by the demon Nisho's trap; one touches it, is caught; the rope turns into a poisonous snake; N. comes, carries the prey home to fry; the man urinates, flooding the fire; N. thinks that fat is pouring, pours urine on the cooked cassava; goes to bring firewood; the man tells his son N. that he needs to recover; he frees him, he runs away; the woman hides him, lets in on N. wasps; man returns home]: Gebhaert-Sayer 1987, No. 7:356.
Southern Amazon. Rickbackza: Duas Lendas 1982 [the hunter falls into the Jaguar trap with his hand; he leaves the Owl to fry the prey; the hunter runs away; as punishment, the Jaguar pulls out Owl's eyes]: 71-72; Pereira 1973, No. 6 [ a group of Rickbacks met a termite mound with a hole in the forest; one put his hand in, could not pull it out; a jaguar came, called the owl to fry the prey; the owl tied it and began to fry; the fire was weak; the man wrote and pumped, The owl ate it, the fire went out, the man untied the vine, ran away; knocked the jaguar off the trail, he climbed into the river, the caiman bit off his paw; the Jaguar began to chase again; Madorik let the man go, the Jaguar came, that opened his hand, the Jaguar was frightened; the man climbed into the hollow of the Toad; she sprayed poison into Jaguar's eyes, the Jaguar ran to wash them; the man returned home; went to the forest for fruit, climbed a palm tree, came Jaguar, a man threw him a branch instead of a fruit, killed him; the corpse rotted, the finger remained; the man took it, killed animals with it; climbed a tree, gave a finger to his wife, she pointed a macaw at the parrot, pressed too hard, killed his finger and a parrot, and a husband; told others that her husband fell off a tree; then she confessed, others did not ask more painfully]: 40-42 (=1994, No. 5:67-70).
(Wed. SE Brazil. Probably European borrowing. Botokudo [The Jaguar catches the Rabbit; leaves the Toad to guard; the Rabbit promises that he will go home to the Jaguar himself; throws flour into the Toad's eyes, runs away; the Jaguar throws the Toad into the water, thinking of drowning it]: Manizer in Sebestien 1981:143).
(Wed. Chaco. The motive in the context of others of African descent. Chamacoco [Doxóra and Jaguar agree to shoot two tapirs; Jaguar missed, D. killed a tapir, Jaguar changed arrows, began to fry meat; told Butterfly to bring water; D. told her to wear water in a leaky vessel; Jaguar has to go by himself to drink; D. puts meat on a platform on a pole, tells the pole to grow; the Jaguar makes a fire, floods it, tries to cut down a pole, breaks an ax; D. wounds the Jaguar with a bone, saying he is throwing meat at him; the Jaguar is dead; D. pulled out two fangs for him, revives the Jaguar; the Kingfisher dives for fish shouting ëlebiché, offers to catch Jaguara; he also screams ë lebiché, falls his head into the clay, gets stuck, the Kingfisher takes out two more fangs from him; the Jaguar takes the crab for an eel, tries to dig it out of the mud, decides to kill it by defecating on it; Crab grabs it with claws, pulls out his ass {penis?} , then pulls out a few teeth; the monkey pretends to be sick, the Jaguar agrees to carry it; before that, the Monkey wanted to get along with Jaguar's wife Deer, said that the Jaguar is her horse; the Jaguar agrees to put a harness on him; the monkey leaves with Jaguar's wife, but he remains attached; the monkey tells Jaguar that he climbed the tree backwards, pours boiling water on it; the Jaguar guards at the watering hole, but The monkey is covered with honey, pasted over with leaves, the Jaguar does not recognize it; the monkey says that the whirlwind will take everyone away, the Jaguar allows itself to be tied, the Monkey hits him; the Fox unties it, the Jaguar eats it; The monkey hid in the hollow, the Jaguar grabbed her tail, the monkey says he grabbed the root, the Jaguar let go; he went after the stick, leaving the Vulture to guard; the monkey threw dust into his eyes ran away; the Jaguar found a Toad in the hollow, telling me where the Turtle is; the Toad says he is not afraid of fire, he is afraid of water; the Jaguar threw it into the water, it swam away]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1987a, No. 98:385-392; caduveo [ The Jaguar and the Monkey are both going to marry Olenikha; the monkey says that Chguar is her horse; the Jaguar is preparing the wedding, is going to kill the Monkey there, so he invites her; she says she is sick, Jaguar agrees to carry it; the monkey pretends not to be able to ride bareback, the Jaguar agrees to be harnessed; the monkey demonstrates that the Jaguar is really her horse, ties him to a tree; two men untied it; The monkey falls out in the mud and leaves, but the Jaguar recognizes it; drives the Monkey into the battleship's hole; leaves the Toad to guard; the Monkey asks the Toad to open his eyes, throws it into dust, runs away]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990a, No. 50:81-83; mocovi [The fox meets Jaguar's wife, who is chasing him, drove him into a hole, left the Hawk to guard; the fox throws a handful of earth into his eyes, runs away]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1988, No. 72-81:102-115; toba [The fox tells Jaguar's wife that he told her to lie down with him; hides in the Whiskachi hole; Jaguar leaves Vulture as a guard; the Fox gives him a piece meat; Vulture puts his head in the hole, the Fox cuts it off, runs away]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1982b, No. 117:233-235).