M106c. My name is "Guest." .11.-.13. (.14.)

After telling his companions that his name is "Guest", "For Guests", etc., the character appropriates food for everyone who comes.

Laadi, Mpongwe, Zombo, Bulu, Igbo, Yoruba, Baule, Hausa, Mukulu, Wolof, Kassonke, Mundang, Acholi, Joluo, (Western Sahara, Tuareg).

Bantu-speaking Africa. Laadi (laari) [the birds were going to fly to the festival in heaven; the turtle persuaded them to give her a pen, also flew; each of the guests must give their name; the turtle says its You all call; asks the owner who all the food is for, he replies that "you all" should eat; birds take away her feathers and fly away; the parrot promises to tell the children the turtles that they should put on something soft on the ground; tells them that their father ordered them to put it sharp and hard; the turtle jumps, breaks the shell, but then glues it together]: Koutekissa, Koutekissa 2003:175-180; zombo [goat and ram they go to a wedding in another village; a goat says that in other villages he is not known as Meme ("goat"), but Nzenza ("guest"); where they stay, they serve food for the "guest"; goat: so for me does not give the ram anything; at night he secretly eats everything he finds in the cellar; the owner gives the guests vomit, the truth turns out, the goat is driven away]: Anpetkova-Sharova 1975:34-36; mpongwe [The leopard marries to the king's daughters, who are happy, are waiting for the groom and his companions; the Rat suggests that when they come to the place, everyone should change their names; others disagree, and the Rat tells him to be called Ajenda ("guests") now; on a visit, 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, after swallowing them; the leopard chased him, the Rat disappeared 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 as a watchman, went 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 do something a hole in his stomach, water flows out; the Leopard calls the Crab to his home, eats the Crab's claws; he tells him to let him into the water: the claws will grow; eventually the Leopard eats the Crab]: Nassau 1912, No. 6:42-48; bulu [The Turtle and the Elephant went to visit; along the way, the Turtle suggests naming it: it will be "Guests, Come in" and the Elephant will be "Guests while you sit"; the owner told them to cook the bird and tell those who come" Guests, come on in!" ; The turtle with the children came in and ate, giving the Elephant and his children only a small piece; the owner thinks that the Elephant does not like the bird, cooked the dog; the same; the lamb is the same; the owner asks the Elephant what does he want; when he found out what name he agreed to give himself, the owner mistook him for a complete fool]: Krug 1912, No. 2:106-107.

West Africa. Igbo [the birds were invited to a festival in the sky; the turtle asked the birds to pen her, took off; said her name was All You; when they served the treat and said it was "for all of you," Turtle She took everything for herself; the birds and the Turtle went down to the top of the tree, where the birds took their feathers; the Turtle asked the Eagle to tell his wife to put rags outside the house; the Eagle said that her husband asked for stones to be placed ; The turtle jumped, broke its shell, the Crab and the Snail glued it together, the stitches remained]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:64-65; Yoruba [when going to visit with the Hare, the Turtle asks you to keep in mind that she will be called Alija (with emphasis on "i"; i.e. "guest"), and he is Alija (with emphasis on "y"; i.e. "following the trail"); the owner feeds the "guest", the Turtle eats everything alone; the hungry Hare is about to leave, the owner asks him ; after that, she feeds only Alija (with an emphasis on "y")]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:52-53; baule [The Spider and Antelope go to visit the supreme god Niamye; along the way, the Spider decides to take the name "The one that He did everything"; Antelope objects that this name is more suitable for her; Spider called himself "Foreigners Stayed Here"; Spider whispers to N. that his companion is an unkind person and has a suspicious name; The antelope is imprisoned; the minister brings food, asks where the foreigners are staying here; therefore, all the food is for the Spider; he feeds the children, tells them to relieve themselves where the Antelope was locked; N. says she smells bad; Antelope replies N. that she is "The one who did everything"; N. understands that this is Antelope crap, she has to clean everything up]: Himmelheber 1951b: 76-78 (translated in Himmelheber 1960:73-76); ikom [Spider follows his wife, takes Grasshopper with him; says he does not want to reveal his names to strangers, let his name be Guest (Stranger) and Grasshopper - Dabi; the girl's father tells them to serve food to the guests, Spider says it was for him, but Grasshopper was not asked; finally, the girl's mother finds out what's going on, feeds the Grasshopper; The grasshopper leaves his shell in the room where the food goes dance; when the Spider comes to eat food secretly, he mistakes the shell for the Grasshopper and does not understand how he can be indoors and in the yard at the same time; tells his father-in-law that he will return for his wife later, and now they have to go; father-in-law gives everyone a dog; Spider ate his own on the way, and Grasshopper's dog brought an antelope; The spider ate it, pretended to catch the skull of his eaten dog; The grasshopper all I got it; his dog grabbed a wild cow by the leg; the spider began to say he was the leader's domestic cow in the village; everything was clear; the spider was so angry that he became a spider, and has been hunting insects ever since]: Dayrell 1913, No. 7:113-116; Hausa: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 70 [a spider and a turtle are wandering; wherever they stay, the spider teaches: if food is served "for foreigners", then it is for me, and if "for a stranger" it's a turtle; one day a turtle complains to its owner, he sends food "for a stranger", the spider has to give it to the turtle; they are allowed to choose a gift animal without seeing it; the spider pulls the belt, pulls the goat, the turtle by the rope, pulls the bull out; the spider killed the goat, gave the turtle its liver, then demanded it back; the turtle did not eat it, took it out of the bag and returned it; the next time the spider persuaded her eat the liver, demanded the bull's liver in return; the turtle killed the bull, the spider took all the meat; the turtle left, painted, lay down on the road, is silent; the spider in fear gives all the meat and even clothes to the terrible to a stranger]: 167-170; Olderogge 1959 [Chipmunk {apparently Earth Squirrel} climbed into Hyena's hole, tells her children his name is "Everything for You"; children ask Hyena who the meat was brought for, she answers that "everything is for you", the Chipmunk eats everything; the deception is revealed, the Chipmunk sticks out his ears, tells you to take "his shoes" first; Hyena grabs what is offered, throws the Chipmunk away]: 216-217; Ohotina 1962 [ while the hyena is not at home, the spider asks its children what their name is, "For all of you"; eats everything the hyena brings to the children; the spider puts out his ears: hold my boots first and then I will go out myself; hyena pulls the spider by the ears, he runs away; tells the hyena that the one she is chasing is a dog; she rushes at the dog, the spider runs away]: 268-269; Schön 1862 [the fox climbed into the hyena's lair, says hers they call "all of you"; hyenyats ask the mother who she brought the meat to, she replies that "all of you", the fox eats everything; when the deception opens, she sticks out her ears, says that these are her shoes; the hyena grabs the fox for ears, throws it away, she runs away]: 168-171; Schön 1862, No. 2 [the fox climbed into the hyena's hole, said his name is all of you; every time a hyena brings bones to children, they ask which one to eat for; The hyena says it's all of you; the fox eats everything; a month later, the hyena asks the cubs to go out, they're finally thin; the fox sticks out his ears, asks him to pick up his shoes; the hyena thinks they're really shoes, the fox grabs the ears and throws it away; the fox ran away, the hyena did not catch up with him]: 168-171; mukulu [the monkey and the spider climbed into heaven on the web; monkey: let's change names, I'll be Mutorgagu, and you'll be Mudyeru; first I wanted the opposite, but immediately changed my mind; {apparently the names are significant, but it is not mentioned}; if they offer food to Mutorgag, it's me; they always offer Mutorgag, the poor spider is starving; one woman I found out about this, began to offer food for Moodier; then the spider went down to the ground, but the monkey stayed; asked her to weave a rope; when it blew, you can let go, she is on the ground; the flying eagle asked blow at least a little bit; the monkey did it, let go of the rope, it fell, went into the ground, only a finger out; steals food from a woman unnoticed]: Jungraithmayr 1981, No. 4:14-20; cash register [hare with We went to visit the hyena; the hare offered to be named Duntandin ("today's little one", the designation of a traveler who came to visit), and let the hyena be Morola ("God, what is this!") ; the hyena demands a change of name, the hare agrees; as a result, all the food is served to the hare; at night the hare left his droppings in the hearth; in the morning the hostess saw and exclaimed "Morola"! Hyena offended]: Monteil 1905:27-29; wolof [birds were called to heaven for a feast; the turtle begged her to take it too; each bird gave it a pen; the turtle suggested that everyone should say new names her name will be For All of You; food was served in the sky, saying that they were "for all of you"; the turtle ate everything alone; the birds furiously took their feathers from her and flew away; the turtle asked them to tell her wife to she took everything soft out of the house; the birds told her to carry out all the hardest and sharpest things; the turtle jumped and its shell broke; the birds still took pity and brought the doctor; he glued the shell together, but the traces left]: Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2018:61-62.

Sudan-East Africa. Mundang [Hyena throws meat to the cubs in the lair every time, says Nate, eat it all!" The hare listened, came to the hyenyats, said his name was Eat Everything Hyena told him to raise hyenyatas; when Hyena quits meat, the Hare eats everything - she said, Na, Eat Everything; The hyenyats starved to death, went out alone into the forest, told their mother; the hare put out his ears, told Hyena to pick up his sandals; she grabbed him by the ears, threw him away, said that he would never see his sandals again; when she rushed after the Hare, he stopped next to the Dog; the Hyena did not recognize him and asked if anyone had seen anyone running away from her; the hare asked - which of us are you asking, probably the bigger one was running away out of breath; Hyena rushed at the Dog; since then, the Hare, Hyena, and the Dog hate each other]: Louafaya 1990:24-25; Acholi [the son of the heavenly king invited birds to the wedding; the Turtle asked each one to give on her pen, made wings for herself, said that her name was All of you; in heaven she asked who the food was for, she was told that for all of you, she ate everything herself, the birds got leftovers; the birds were offended, they took away from her feathers flew away; the turtle asked her husband to put everything soft in the yard; the bird said that the wife asked to fold everything hard; the turtle jumped down, broke the shell, it was glued together, the seams are still visible since]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:413-414; joluo [The spider decides to marry the girl in heaven; invites the Hare to accompany him; The hare stipulates that everything served to the "guests" will go to him, and the "owners" ( in-laws) - Spider; first all the food goes to the Hare; Then the Spider asks to say that this and that is intended for the owners; now the Hare is starving; the Spider returns to earth, leaving the Hare; he jumps from heaven to the ground turns into a piece of meat; the old woman finds it, carries it in the basket; her child says that the piece of meat ate what is in the basket, the mother does not believe; cooks meat, calls guests; pieces of meat gather, become As a hare, he runs away, knocking over the broth]: K'Okiri 1970:116-126.

(Wed. North Africa. The Tuaregs [The hare tells Hyena's children his name is all; Hyena brings meat, the children ask who will eat it, the father answers, you are all; The hare takes the meat, the Hyena's children they lose weight; the deception is revealed, the Hyena tells the Hare to go out (out of the hole); he asks to throw away his sandals first, puts his ears in, the Hyena pulls it out and throws it away, the Hare runs away]: Contes touaregs de l'Aïr 1974:46-59 in Retel-Laurentin 1986:201-202; (cf. Western Sahara [seven sisters, one pregnant, others ran after the camel, the pregnant woman could not, was left alone, gave birth to a boy in the cave; there were two lion cubs; she told them her name was Between each other; mother and son ate what the Lioness brought to the lions; when she took their meat, they growled, the Lioness asked what was going on, they answered "This is among themselves," the Lioness did not intervene; the lions said that the Lioness would not harm the woman and her son, told the Lioness about them; once the Lioness and the woman went hunting together, the Lioness ate the woman, brought her breasts to the cave; the lion cub told the boy that he would take revenge , killed the Lioness Mother, they went on a journey together; the boy came to people; the lion cub told him to stab himself, but immediately healed the wound as if it did not exist; said that the wound was being healed, but there was no resentment]: Aris, Cladellas 1991:84-86).