M110. Forgotten liver, ATU 91. .11.-.16.21.-.30.33.34.38.

Upon learning that it is being transported by water to eat, the land animal explains to the carrier that it has forgotten on the shore that the meat does not taste good, which should be used as medicine, etc. The carrier agrees to return for this organ, the animal runs away.

Sakata [monkey], lingala [monkey], lamba [monkey], malawi [jackal] (?) , hehe [monkey], Swahili (Zanzibar) [monkey], ganda [hare], limba [monkey], lango [monkey], kalenjin (nandi) [monkey], Amhara [monkey], Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, (Arabs of Morocco), Spanish (Murcia) ) [monkey], Germans (no place of recording: conditionally south), Tibetans [monkey], Inta [rabbit], Shans [monkey], Khmers [monkey], Panchatantra [monkey], Punjabi [jackal], (Nepali), Rajastans ( Jaipur), Malays [monkey], tobelo [monkey], sangihe [monkey], tetum [monkey], Tagals [monkey], Chinese [monkey], Koreans [hare], Hungarians, Bulgarians [monkey], Russian written tradition [ monkey], Ukrainians (Ternopil region) [fox], Kurds [monkey], Persians, Pashtuns (Bannu, Pakistan) [jackal], Mongols [monkey], Mongors [fox], Japanese (including North Ryukyu) [monkey], Ancient Japan [ a monkey?].

Bantu-speaking Africa. Sakata [sitting in a tree, the Monkey replies to the Crocodile that she ate the crocodile eggs; he offers to take her to the other side of the river, where there are still eggs; in the middle of the river he begins to cry, because his grandmother wants to eat a monkey's heart; a monkey says her heart and her friends' hearts are kept in a tree; a crocodile takes the Monkey back, she runs away]: Colldén 1979, No. 163:331-332; lingala [The monkey is a good hunter; the animals go to live elsewhere; the monkey asks the Crocodile to transport it across the river; in the middle of the river, the Crocodile says that his wife will heal the Monkey's heart; she replies that she left her heart under the tree; runs away, but returns home without prey; the Monkey's wife takes the children, goes to her parents; the Monkey asks the Eagle to take her to the island; pulls out his feathers; The eagle agrees with the Crocodile to leave the Monkey on the island; he tells the Crocodile that there are many monkeys on the island; suggests counting the Crocodile's relatives, for this purpose he tells them to line up in a chain runs ashore over their backs]: Vinogradov 1984, No. L7:293-295; hehe [the shark invited her friend the monkey to take her to her place; sailing from the shore, she admitted that the shark sultan should eat the monkey's heart to recover; the monkey said it left the heart in the tree; the shark took it back, the monkey didn't come back]: Arewa 1961, No. 1821:97-98; Swahili (Zanzibar): Bateman 1901 [ the monkey eats the kooyoo tree nuts; treats his friend to the shark with them; the shark invites the monkey to his house to thank him; halfway through, the shark tells the monkey as a friend that he tricked him under water, then to get the only cure for the deadly disease of the shark sultan: the monkey's heart; the monkey says he left his heart in the crown of the kooyoo tree; the animals are returning; the monkey climbs a tree, refuses to return and tells the shark the story of a washer's donkey killed because he returned to the lion's lair for the second time; the monkey refuses to repeat the donkey's fate]: 17- 30; Olderogge 1959 [E. Steere 1871, Swahili tales, p.viii,1; The monkey drops the Shark's fig tree fruits, makes friends with her; the shark invites her to visit, puts her on his back; on the way says that they are sick The Sultan must eat the monkey's heart; the monkey explains that she left his heart on the tree; tells the Shark from the tree that she is not the Donkey of the Water Carrier; tells how the Donkey ran into the forest, became fat; the hare saw her , promised to bring her to the sick Leo; says Donkey that Leo is marrying her; the Hare left the Donkey to Leo, left; the donkey managed to escape by kicking and injuring Leo; when Leo recovered, the Hare again went to "marry "The donkey; the lion killed her, allowed the Hare to eat meat, and he only needs ears and heart; the Hare himself ate her ears and heart, said that the Donkey did not have them, since, despite her experience, she returned to Leo again; Leo agreed]: 97-100 (text mentioned in Werner 1909:438 and 1933:311; in Wright 1960:105); Arnott 2000 [=Olderogge but ends with the monkey running away]: 137-141; lamba [Monkey throws the fruit to Fish, she tells her uncle; the uncle asks the Fish to bring the Monkey; the Fish brings it; Uncle Pisces says he intends to heal by eating the monkey's heart; the monkey replies that his nephew is not warned her to grab her heart, she left it under the tree; the fish brings her back, the Monkey runs away]: Doke 1927, No. 157:275 (retelling in Wright 1960:105); Nyasaland (Malawi?) [The Jackal fraudulently forces two Ravens to take him to an island where there are fruits; on the way back they throw it into the lake; where the Crocodile needs the heart of an animal to heal his son; The Jackal says his heart is in the tree, the Crocodile brings him to the shore, the Jackal runs away]: Eliot 1957:87 in Wright 1960:105; the ganda [The hare became friends with Pisces; her mother fell ill; the doctor ordered to get it the heart of an animal; The fish invited the Hare to visit his mother, drove him across the lake, admitted that he needed his heart; The hare said he left his heart at home; The fish returned, the hare jumped on coast]: Kizza 2010:161-163.

West Africa. Limba [The monkey is friends with the Shark, but she only thinks how to eat it; says that her mother is sick, only the monkey's heart will help; the monkey regrets leaving the heart at home; climbing a tree laughs at the Shark]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:173-174.

Sudan-East Africa. Lango [during the famine, the Monkey gave fruit to his friend Soma; he took her across the lake to meet his uncle; in the middle of the way he admits that his uncle will recover if he eats the monkey's liver; The monkey says it left the liver on the tree; they're coming back, the monkey runs away]: Wright 1960:105; kalengin (nandi) [when the Monkey eats fruit on the tree, the Crocodile eats what falls down; they became friends; The crocodile offered to visit him, he would take the Monkey himself, let him sit on his back; in the middle of the river he admitted that the sick crocodile king needed a monkey heart; Monkey: but that's it monkeys keep their hearts on the treetops - let the Crocodile take her back, she will take her heart and come back; after climbing the tree, the Monkey took a stone with him; told the Crocodile to open his mouth wider - she will throw her heart to him; threw a stone, breaking the Crocodile's teeth, called him a fool; he swam away crying]: Chesaina 1997:75-77; amhara [The Monkey and the Hippopotamus became friends; Hippopotamus offers the Monkey show his possessions, is lucky on her back, explains that his wife asks for a monkey liver as a medicine; the monkey says she left the liver on the shore; the hippopotamus takes her back, she climbs on tree]: Gankin 1979, No. 11:24.

North Africa. Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco: Uther 2004 (1), No. 91:74; (cf. Arabs of Morocco [two loggers spotted lion tracks; on the way back, one decided to go over the mountains and the other to the same road; towards a lion; says he is sick and needs human brains as a medicine; a lumberjack: I don't have them, otherwise I would not have taken the same road; but my companion does; the lion ran into mountain]: Bushnaq 1987:217).

Southern Europe. The Spaniards (Murcia) [the shark brings its friend the monkey to the king of sharks; he needs the monkey's heart to heal his father; the monkey says it left its heart in the tree, the shark takes it back monkey runs away]: Hernández Fernández 2013, No. 91:61

Western Europe. Germans (place of recording not specified: conditionally - south): Uther 2004 (1), No. 91:74.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans: O'Connor 1906, No. 20 [the turtle became friends with the monkey when she took fruit from a tree for her; the turtle's wife does not like her husband spending all his days with the monkey; says she is sick, Only the heart of a monkey will cure her; the son brings this message to his father; the turtle invites the Monkey to his place, drives her across the lake, reports the purpose of their journey; the monkey replies that one heart is not enough, suggests Gather a few monkeys; runs away when on the shore; the turtle hides in the dark monkey cave; the monkey calls the cave; wonders out loud why the cave is silent; then the turtle repeats the monkey's words; the monkey laughs, leaves]: 141-146; Coyaud 2012, No. 7 [the frog became friends with the monkey, invited her to her lake; the monkey sat on her back and ended up in the underwater world; the frog said that her mother was sick, only a monkey's heart would cure her; monkey: we keep our hearts in trees; the frog took the monkey ashore, she climbed a tree, told the frog to open its mouth and threw it get your crap]: 38-39.

Burma - Indochina. Inta [The turtle tells the sick queen of fish that she will recover by eating the rabbit's liver; after meeting the Rabbit, the Turtle offers to take him on his back to her country; arriving at the Queen fish, Rabbit says he left his liver under a rock; he was taken back; Cancer tore off the tail of the queen of fish from under the stone; she turned into a stone statue on the shores of Lake Inley]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 50:164 -167; shana [crocodile wife: I will die if I don't eat a monkey's heart; crocodile monkey: there are more fruits on the other side of the river; the monkey does not believe at first, finally agrees to have her crocodile moved; in the middle of the river, the crocodile explains why he needs a monkey; she replies that the hearts of monkeys are heavy, so the tony leaves them on trees or holes in the ground; promises to bring two hearts if The crocodile will take her back; bears two fig fruits; the crocodile believes that hearts, his wife, eats them and recovers]: Milne 1910:224-225; (cf. Burmese [The crocodile grabs the Monkey, took her grimace of pain for laughing; the monkey says that the monkeys have a soul in their tail; the crocodile unclenched its jaws to grab the Monkey by the tail, she ran away]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 84:164-167; Khmers [crocodile wife asks her husband to get a monkey's heart; crocodile pretends to be a sandbank; the monkey turns to her, the crocodile answers; the monkey answers; the monkey says that the shallows cannot answer; the crocodile admits that he needs a monkey's heart; she invites him to open his mouth and close his eyes, jumps on the crocodile's back, from there to the other side]: Marunova 1972:167-168; the Viets [the crocodile invited the monkey to visit, drove it to the middle of the river, admitted that he was going to eat it: if he ate the monkey's insides, he would live up to a hundred years; the monkey replied that she left her giblets in the tree so that her stomach would be empty so that she could eat more on a visit; the crocodile brought the monkey back, she jumped into the tree and mocked the crocodile]: Landes 1886, No. 43:114 .

South Asia. Rajastans (Jaipur), Kashmir: Thompson, Roberts 1960, No. 91:28; Punjabi [The Jackal tells Partridge that being friends with her is of little use; demands to make him laugh; The partridge sits down on a traveler's stick, the other throws a shoe at it, hits a friend, both fight; now the Jackal tells him to make him cry; the Partridge asks the Jackal to climb into the hole, lures the dogs, they almost tore up; The Jackal asks for food; The partridge pretended to be destroyed, the woman ran after her, the Jackal ate the food that the woman left in the bundle; tells him to save him; The partridge asks the Crocodile to transport them across the river; in the middle of the river, the Crocodile says he has not eaten anything in the morning; The partridge says he will fly away, and the Jackal hides his life in a hole; The crocodile takes his friends to the shore, they run away; The Jackal is pleased with his friendship with Partridge]: Zographer 1964:63-68 (=1976:30-34); Panchatantra [The dolphin sails to the shore many times, the Monkey sheds fruit from the tree for him; he bears fruit to his wife, who says that the heart The monkey must taste even better, demands to get it; Dolphin says he wants to show his friend to his wife, carries the Monkey on his back by sea, admits what's wrong on the way; The monkey says he left the heart of the house, Dolphin takes her back, she laughs at him and drives him]: Syrkin 1962, vol.4:359-365; Jataki: Bødker 1957, No. 678:71; (cf. Nepalis [the carpenter has three sons, the youngest is stupid; the father orders to kill a sheep and bring food from the market; the son does not understand, falls asleep on the road, hears two girls talking; one knows him problem: the father meant to sell the sheep, buy food with this money; the father marries the son to this girl; the father and sons go to another area, tells them to cut down the mountain; the sons do not understand, they are returning home; the youngest's wife: he meant to tell stories so as not to notice the road; the sons went again, the father is happy with the youngest; the sons are building a pagoda, the king is happy, but tells the builders to cut off their hands so that they cannot build anything like this; the father replies that they have already sent their hands home, their youngest daughter-in-law keeps them; the king sent his son to her; his daughter-in-law locked him: if their hands are cut off carpenters, she will cut off the prince's hands; the king canceled the order]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:127-129).

Malaysia-Indonesia. Malays (Kelantan), Tobelo (Halmahera), Sangihe Islands [pretending to take out insects from her, the Monkey plucks the Heron; in order to take revenge, she offers to take her for berries across the sea, holes the boat, flies away; the Shark wants to eat the Monkey; she says she did not take meat or entrails with her, so she is bitter now, suggests going ashore to pick them up; The shark takes her to the shore; there the Monkey detains the Shark until low tide begins; the shark dies on land]: Dixon 1916:193; tetum [The crocodile offers the Monkey (male, younger) to be friends, asks bring him the meat of a land animal; a monkey kills a deer, brings a Crocodile; he catches fish, gives it to the Monkey; suggests that she send one of her sons to him, let him study with him for a week son; eats the Monkey's son; asks the Monkey to come to treat his supposedly sick wife; The monkey pretends to have taken medicine (some root) with him; in the sea, the Crocodile admits that he will eat his heart, Monkey's liver and blood; she says she left it all at home; The crocodile takes her back, she jumps on a tree, the Crocodile tries to jump after her, his teeth are stuck in the tree trunk; The monkey and his own His heart and liver are eaten by the remaining children]: Hicks 1974:60-63.

Taiwan - Philippines. Tagaly: Rybkin 1975, No. 121 [the doctor tells the sea king that he will recover by eating the liver of a live monkey; Medusa boasted the strength of its bones, she was sent for the Monkey; the Minister teaches A jellyfish, how to lure a Monkey into the sea; Jellyfish invites the Monkey to show her a maritime country, carries it on her back, asks if she has a liver, explains why it is necessary; The monkey says left her liver on the tree; the jellyfish takes her back, the Monkey runs away; the king told the servants to beat Medusa until it turns into jelly], 128 [(same text without ethnic attribution, "Western Luzon coast", in Francisco 1975:104); The monkey asks the Crocodile to transport her across the river; in the middle of the river, he says he will eat her heart and liver; the monkey says he has already prepared them for him. but she left it in the tree; the crocodile takes her back, she runs away]: 273-276, 284.

China - Korea. The Chinese [Turtle carries the Monkey to the sea; she says she forgot her heart on the shore]: Ting Nai-Tung 1979, No. 91:29; Koreans [The Sea Dragon will heal by eating the hare's liver; sends for it An octopus, but the Turtle proves that only she can do the task; she drew a Hare to recognize him; tells the Hare that the Dragon needs literacy like him, brings him to the Dragon; the Hare says that left the liver at home; The turtle brings it back, he laughs at it]: Pack 1991:331-335 (=Choi 1979, No. 39:17-18).

The Balkans. Hungarians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 91:74; Bulgarians [1 entry, Pasardzhik; Crocodile is a Monkey's friend; his wife asks for a Monkey's tail; swimming across the river with the Monkey, the Crocodile confesses what is the purpose of the invitation; The monkey says she has many tails but has left everything at home; The crocodile takes her back, she runs away]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 91:54.

Central Europe. Russian written tradition [the Bulgarian-Russian version of the Greek Stephanite and Ikhnilat, which is a revision of Kalila and Dimna (Synodal List of 1478): an old monkey that dismissed from tsarist power, settled on a fig tree growing on the seashore; the fig tree that fell from the clutches of a monkey was eaten by a sea turtle; the monkey laughed, the turtle continued to eat figs and forgot about his house; the turtle's husband decided to kill the monkey; pretended to be sick and said that the only cure was a monkey's heart; the turtle invited the monkey into his house; she believed and climbed it shell; when they were in the middle of the sea, the turtle stopped and confessed everything; the monkey said it left its heart at home; the turtle brought it back; the monkey climbed the fig tree and refused go down]: Likhachev et al. 2003:264-267; Ukrainians (Ternopil region) [Fox (monkey, cat) who left her heart at home; she was caught getting her heart (as a medicine); she assures that left him at home; she's being released]: SUS 1979, No. 91:65.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kurds [monkeys overthrow their leader; he goes on a journey, finds figs, throws some of the fruit into the water, Cancer eats them, takes the Monkey as a sister; Cancer's wife is upset that her husband is all He spends time with the Monkey; pretends that only a monkey's heart will cure her; Cancer invites the Monkey to take him overseas to eat fruit; opens his plan; The monkey says she has a spare heart on the shore; Cancer takes her back, she climbs the tree again]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 177:483-485.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 91:74; Pashtuns (Bannu, Pakistan) [the crocodile does not like the jackal, her husband's friend; pretends to be sick, the jackal's heart will cure her; the crocodile invited the jackal to He drove himself on his back, admitted in the middle of the river that he would kill him; the jackal says he left his heart on the shore, the crocodile is taking him back, the jackal runs away]: Thorburn 1876:219-220.

Turkestan. Dungana [{home page is missing, but the rest of the animal tales are in the Ningxia collection}; The turtle tells its friend Monkey that her master's daughter is ill and needs to eat the monkey heart; The monkey does not pretend to be shocked by a friend's betrayal; says that there are many hearts of dead monkeys on the mountain; brings the Turtle there, climbs a tree, eats fruits; says that lying on The earth's hearts (i.e. fallen fruits) are useless; the sun is baking hotter, the Turtle is dying]: Shujang Li, Luckert 1994:435-437.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Mongols []: Lörincz 1979, No. 86A in Uther 2004 (1), No. 91:74; Khalkha Mongols ("The Mongolian collection of short stories from Paňcatantra" is a manuscript written in the literary Khalkha- Mongolian language with Western Khalkhas dialectisms and acquired by A.V. Burdukov in North-Western Mongolia; the text seems to go back to the Tibetan original, which was a revision of one of Panchatantra versions) [two turtles, husband and wife, live in the sea; the husband turtle almost dies on land, is saved by a monkey; the turtle stays with the monkey and his relatives for three days, then returns home; there is a quarrel with his wife, a turtle beats her; the wife pretends to be dying, says that a monkey's heart can save her; the turtle husband goes to the monkey, invites her to visit, sits on his back and swims; on the way he confesses what's going on; the monkey says that his heart is in a tree, so we must go back; they return to the island, the monkey climbs the tree, mocks the turtle]: Vladimirtsov 2003, No. IX: 188-191; the Mongors [the frog invited Lisa, who swam to her on the back of a frog; the frog says that her mother is sick, she will be cured by a fox coat; the fox replies that the best the fur is in her hole; the frog brings her to the shore, the fox throws pigskin to the frog]: Stuart, Limusishiden 1994:128.

Japan. The Japanese (all of Honshu except Tohoku, Kyushu, northern Ryukyu) [a monkey's liver is needed to cure the daughter or wife of a sea deity; the turtle is sent after the Monkey, who deceives her to the underwater palace; Jellyfish tells her why she was brought; The monkey explains that he washed his liver, hung it to dry on a tree; the turtle takes her back, the Monkey runs away; the turtle reports Medusa's betrayal, she is punished]: Ikeda 1971, No. 91:27-28; Ancient Japan [Konjaku (c. 1050 AD) mentions this story as borrowed from India; it's known in Korea]: Ikeda 1971, No. 91:27- 28.