M145. The lion in the well, ATU 92.

.11.-.13t.uil lion; led to the well; the lion took his reflection for the enemy, jumped and drowned in rheological traditions. ska, ceremonials.15.16.21.-.24.26.-.34.

One zoomorphic character shows another his reflection in a pond. He believes that a beast like him challenges his seniority, invites him to visit, etc.; usually throws himself into the water and dies.

Swahili [hare and lion], hausa [jerboa and lion; fox and lion; hare and lion], soninke [hare and lion], amhara [monkey and lion], Portuguese [fox and lion; hare and wolf], Catalans [?] , Maltese [wolf and lion], Friezes [hare and lion], Germans (Pomerania) [?] , Irish people [?] , Tibetans [hare and lion], Tibetans (Ladah) [fox and lion], Tibetans (Ham) [hare and wolf, fox, monkey and crow], (khasi) [fox and lion], Burmese [rabbit and lion], nung [hare and lion], sedang [frog and elephant], Thais [rabbit and lion], lao [frog and elephant], Panchatantra [hare and lion], Punjabi [rabbit and lion], northern India (Hindi) [hare and lion], marathi [jackal and lion], oriya (dombo) [hare and tiger], haria [hare and tiger], condas [ hare and tiger], gondas [hare and tiger], Telugu [fox and lion], Sinhalese [girl and bear], Malays [dwarf deer and tiger], Rohingya [rabbit and rhino], Chinese (Sichuan) [hare], Koreans [hare], Albanians [fox] and bear], Bulgarians [turtle and lion], Western and Eastern Ukrainians (Pokutye, Kursk) [fox and lion], Kalmyks [hare and lion]; Ingush [fox and lion], Tabasarans [hare and lion], Kyurins [hare and lion], Lezgins [ hare and lion], Kurds [hare and lion], Dargins [hare and lion], Georgians [hare and lion], Kurds [hare and lion], Persians (Markazi) [fox and lion], Persians (Khorasan) [mouse and lion], Tajiks [fox and lion], parachi [hare and lion], Pashtuns [hare and tiger], Latvians [hare and lion], Baluchis [fox and tiger], Bashkirs [hare and lion], Kazakhs [hare and tiger], Karakalpaks [hare and tiger; hare and lion], Kyrgyz [hare and lion], Uighurs [hare and tiger], salars [ hare and tiger], Dungans [hare and tiger], Buryats [fox and wolf], Oirats [hare and lion], Mongors [frog and tiger], Khalha Mongols [hare and lion], Mongols of Ordos [hare and lion], Mongols of Inner Mongolia [hare and lion], Dongxiang [hare and tiger].

Bantu-speaking Africa. Swahili [the lion sent a hare on an errand; he did not return, not wanting to be errand forever; the lion sent warriors for him; the hare explained that another lion had prevented him from returning; led him to the well; the lion took his reflection for the enemy, jumped and drowned]: Arnold 1984:44.

West Africa. House: Pozdnyakov 1990 [the animals asked the lion not to kill them indiscriminately, they would come to eat them themselves; when the lot fell on the jerboa, he said he was carrying honey to the lion, but his another lion sitting in the well took away; the lion saw its reflection in the well, jumped and drowned]: 52-53; Laptukhin 1964 [the lion attacks everyone; the animals agreed to send him one of them every day by lot; when it was the hare's turn, he said that he accompanied the fat hare, but another lion took it away; seeing its reflection in the well along with the reflection of the hare, the lion rushed at the opponent and drowned]: 31-32; Tyutryumova 1991 [the lion destroys everyone indiscriminately; the animals ask him not to rage, they themselves will send him one of them by lot every day to eat; when the lot falls on the fox, he lingered, told the lion that he was leading his older brother, but he was carried away by another lion; he brought the lion to the well; he saw his reflection, rushed at the enemy, drowned]: 98-101; soninka [the animals asked the lion not to kill them without analysis, they will come to him to eat themselves; when the lot falls on the hare, he is late, says that he was leading him a fat hare, but another lion took it away; the lion grabbed the hare, looked into the well, saw and there's a lion with a hare; threw a hare, jumped into a well, drowned]: Dantioko 1978:178-180 (same or very similar text in Daniel 1910:48-49.

Sudan-East Africa. Amhara: Gankin 1979, No. 30 [the lion told the hyena to guard donkeys, the snake to protect things, the macaque to sorghum, made the monkey a maid; the monkey saw that the watchmen were sleeping, killed the donkey, smeared the hyena's mouth with blood, she pulled out sorghum, put it next to the macaque, spoiled things next to the snake; the guards were thrown into prison; they said that the monkey could sew sandals out of stone; she replied that she needed snake fat, macaque veins, hyena's skin; went to prison, pulled out her veins, etc.; to sew sandals, they must be soaked; when she saw her reflection in the lake, she told the lion that another lion did not allow her to do her job; tied her to a stone to the lion, the lion jumped into the lake, drowned; gave the lion's son a red-hot stone wrapped in a piece of fat, the lion died; gave the hyena lion giblets; tied the lion's carcass wrapped in bull skin to the hyena's tail, asked to throw the garbage into the abyss; when she turned around, the hyena saw a lion behind her, fell into the abyss in fear]: 48-50; Ethiopian 2002 (West in Addis Ababa, 1953) [monkey, hyena, baboon are the lion's servants; jealous the monkey, the hyena and the baboon told the lion that it could sew shoes but allowed the owner to walk barefoot; the monkey demanded the skin of a hyena and a baboon's gut; the lion killed the hyena and the baboon, and the monkey threw it skin and guts in the sea, told the lion that someone like him took them; the lion took his reflection for a rival, threw himself into the water and drowned]: 39.

Southern Europe. The Portuguese [fox and lion; hare and wolf]: Cardigos 2006, No. 92:32; Catalans [?] : Neugaard 1993, no. K1715.1 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 92:74-75; the Maltese [wolf suggests that animals draw lots to send victims to the lion; when it's his turn, tells the lion that he saw another lion about to attack first; leads to an abyss above the reservoir, the lion sees its reflection, rushes at it and drowns]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 92:6.

Western Europe. Freezes [animals send someone to be eaten by a lion every day; when it is the hare's turn, he says he saw another lion in the well; when he sees his reflection, the lion jumps and drowns]: Kooi 1984, No. 92: 292; Irish people [?] : Suilleabháin, Christiansen 1963, No. 92:43; Germans (Pomerania) [?] : Uther 2004 (1), No. 92:74-75

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans: O'Connor 1906, No. 9 [translated into Parfionovich 1976:173-176; the lion met a hare, is about to eat; the hare says that there is a beast 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 from behind, throws stones at the lioness, mocks; the lioness is dead]: 51-55; Cassis 1962 [all animals are afraid of the lion, but the hare refuses to come to him; when he came, he said that there is a stronger animal in the forest leads to the lake; seeing its reflection, the lion threw himself into the water off the cliff and drowned]: 80-81; Shelton 1925, No. 18 [all animals come to pay respect to the lion; lion I met a hare: why didn't he come? hare: on the way, I saw a demoness in the river threatening a lion; the lion went to fight her, threw himself into the water and drowned]: 81-85; Tibetans (Ladah): Francke 1925:420-425 [(brief retelling in Bødger 1957 , No. 80:19); The Fox brings the Bear to the Leo, who allows them to wash and eat the goat's stomach; the Fox persuades the Bear to eat meat, and when the Lion asks who ate the meat, look at the ground; The lion decided that the Bear ate the meat, killed it; the next day, the Fox went to wash his stomach, ate it, said that the "water lion" had taken away his stomach; the lion went to the river, saw his own reflection, rushed at him, drowned; the fox caught the body, put on the Lion's skin, came to the Lioness; she leaves two lion cubs in his care, he kills them; runs away; the Lioness cries; the fox kills the cubs, runs away from the Wolf to the edge of the cliff, cooks glue; says Wolf who comes, that whoever glues his eyes will see the world of people and the world of gods; advises him to hold his eyes in the sun; the wolf falls, with difficulty rubbing his eyes; next time the Fox weaves the basket, says that he is not the Fox who sealed the Wolf's eyes; the one who climbs into the basket will get a lot of food there; the Fox pushes the basket with the Wolf down the mountain; the third time the Fox says again that he is another Fox, advises the Wolf load sandbags on himself, ties them up, sits on top himself, screams and makes noise, supposedly for people to run and bring food; people run away, the Fox runs away, the Wolf is prevented from running by bags, his they kill; then how the Fox robs the llama, gives the Wolf and the Bear unnecessary things, leaves food for himself], 430 [The fox weaves the basket, tells the Wolf that the one who climbs into it will see Lha-yul and Mi-yul; The wolf climbed, the Fox He closed it there and lowered it down the mountain]; Tibetans (Ham) (Sichuan, Tarando City) [wolf, fox, monkey, crow and hare live together; the hare has figured out how to get food: he will run in front of the llama, he will leave let the others grab their bag to catch the hare; the bag contains boots, pants, rosary, a pipe with a tambourine, as well as bread and other food; hare: let the wolf be endowed with boots, the sheep will take him for a shepherd; Let the monkey put on his pants, tear the fruits in the garden and put them in his pants; let the crow hang rosary around his neck, fly to the royal home, to her date of offerings - cookies and sweets; let the fox take the pipe and let the tambourine go to other foxes, blow and drum, the foxes follow it, let him bring her here - there will be more of us; the hare himself kept food; the shepherds chased the wolf, he barely left in boots; children they began to throw stones at the monkey, she barely escaped in her pants; stones were also thrown at the crow, the rosary caught on the branch, she barely escaped; when she heard the sound of a fox drum, all the animals scattered, even hers foxes; the hare smeared red paint on his mouth and lips, pretended to be sick: this llama cursed his property; his comrades felt sorry for the hare and went to bed, and he ran away unnoticed; sat down on the mountain to weave the basket, pretended to be another hare; to catch up with him, you have to sit in the basket and quickly roll down the mountain; the hare braided the basket tightly and lowered them, they fought hard; he sat down by the fire on the ice; said that he the hare hid in the rock, we must wait out the night by the fire; when the firewood came out, the hare pretended to be going for firewood; the animal tails froze to the ice; in the morning the hare returned and said that the enemy was hiding in the well; they saw a rabbit's reflection in the water; four comrades jumped and drowned]: Potanin 1914:426-429; (cf. khasi [the fox stole the leader's chickens; he was caught, put in an iron cage; at night, a tramp, expelled from a neighboring state for some offense, came up; the fox tells him that he was locked up because that she does not want to marry the chief's daughter; fortunetellers said that she would recover if a local man married her by tomorrow evening; he (the fox) already has a wife; the tramp changes places with the fox , gives the fox a mirror on a silver chain; an oncoming tiger sees his reflection in it, thinks that there is a terrible beast in front of him, runs away; since then, tigers have not attacked foxes; once a fox ran away from hunters, his the mirror was carried away by water in the river; but the white spot on the fox's chest remained]: Rafy 1920:123-127).

Burma - Indochina. Burmese [animals agree with Leo that his next victim will come to him by lot every day; the lot fell on Rabbit; he explains to Leo that he was late because he met him another Leo, who calls himself a legitimate king; leads Leo to the well, he sees his reflection, jumps and dies in rage]: Feyu 1957:13-14 (=Aung 1957:13-14); nung [animals send every day one of them is for a lion to eat; it is the hare's turn, but he is not afraid; tells the lion that the animal is stronger and larger than the lion is prepared for him; leads to the river, the lion sees its reflection, jumps off a cliff, drowns; animals choose a hare as lord]: Nikulin 1976:251-253; Thais [Leo calls animals; says that, as a king, he has no time to run after them through the forest; let them come regularly to be eaten; Rabbit comes late, says he was stopped by another lion, who said he was stronger than this; the hare leads Leo to the cave, says he is afraid to go further; the lion goes, there is a well and a reflection; the lion accepts reflection for the opponent, dies]: Vathanaprida 1994:33-34 (=Coyaud 2009, No. 22:168-169); lao [the elephant is unhappy that the frog addressed him in a familiar way, grabbed it with its trunk; frog: I'm just sent an elephant who wants to meet you; leads an elephant to the pond, jumps into the water; an elephant sees its reflection in the pond, thinks it's an elephant, jumps, gets stuck in the mud and dies]: http://www.hobobo.ru/catalog/narodnye_skazki_byliny_skazaniya/laosskie-skazki; sedang [the frog greets the elephant; he is furious with such audacity; the frightened frog says it only wanted to give him an invitation from an elephant living in the pond; the elephant sees its reflection in the pond, believes it is an elephant, jumps, drowns]: Nikulin 1970:180.

South Asia. Panchatantra [Mandamati lion ("depressed") tyrannizes animals; they ask not to kill them for no reason, he will be regularly sent to eat animals; the lot fell on the hare, he lingered, said that four more birds with one stone were sent with him, but another lion took them, said that he, not M., was the owner in the forest; the hare led M. to the well, he took the reflection for his rival, rushed into the well, died]: Syrkin 1962, vol.4:80-86 (=Salganik 1992 [lion Bhasurak's name]: 71-73; see references in Bødker 1957, No. 28:14); Punjabi [animals persuaded the tiger not to hunt them: they themselves will be regular send him someone to eat; the hare refuses and then agrees to go to the tiger; says he did not come in line: his well-fed brother should have come, but another tiger took him; the hare leads the tiger to the well, he sees the reflection of a tiger and a hare in the water, thinks it is his rival, rushes into the well, dies]: Swynnerton 1892:4-6; northern India (apparently Hindi): Crooke 1896 [in one From the story, a jackal lures a lion to drown in a well]: 210; Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 31 (Mirzapur) [the lion destroys animals in the forest; agrees that they themselves send him one to eat every day; when It's the hare's turn, who is late and explains that he came across another lion who considers himself king; the hare led the lion to the well, the lion took his reflection for a rival, rushed at him and died]: 130-131; India (Hindi) [the tiger ate all the animals, the jackal and the jackal are left; the jackal tells his wife not to be afraid, approaches the tiger and says that they were going to eat him, but they came across another tiger; tiger tells him to show him the impostor; the jackal brings him to the pond, the tiger sees his reflection, rushes at him, drowns]: Starling and the Pea 1956:20-22; Marathi [lion terrifies the forest, jackal's wife afraid; the jackal promises to solve the problem; with his wife he looks like a lion's lair, says that they wanted to be eaten earlier, but another lion chased them; leads the lion to the well, he jumps when he sees his reflection, sinks]: Frere 1868, No. 11:172-174; oriya (dombo) [tiger exterminates animals; jackal suggested that animals themselves come to the tiger one by one; the jackal was chosen king for this; it was the turn a hare; he came late: another tiger wanted to eat him and he had a hard time persuading him to go to the king, the first tiger; the tiger demanded to show him his opponent and saw his reflection in the well , jumped and drowned]: Tauscher 1959, No. 82:156-157; Haria [to suffer less from the tiger, the animals invite him to sit in their lair, they themselves will each send him one of them to eat; the hare lingers, says he was leading five more birds with one stone, but they were eaten by another tiger; he leads the tiger to the well, sees its reflection, rushes at it, dies]: Pinnow 1965:51-53; condas [fox told the tiger that a delicious goat lived in the cave; in front of the cave they saw a bear trembling with fear; he said there was a monster in the cave; the fox laughed and suggested that the tiger tie one end ropes around her neck and the other to her tail; when the tiger entered the cave and saw a goat with a beard shaking (also out of fear), he got scared and ran, dragging the fox with him; fortunately, the rope broke; with A Muslim met a tiger, screamed in fear, and the tiger was frightened, mistaking him for spying on a terrible goat; the tiger king heard and came to find out what kind of competitor he had; he saw a hare; he said that the goat sent him to scout; the tiger king ordered him to go with him; the hare leaned to the well and said that the king's rival was there; seeing his reflection, the tiger rushed into the well; the bear and fox began to descend a rope to help him; the hare cut off the rope, they also died; the hare told the sick and old goat that there was rejuvenating water in the well; she came to the well, fell there; going home {to that cave?} , the hare saw a Muslim; he threw a stone at him; the hare showed him the corpses in the well: this is what he did to save the Muslim's life; he was frightened; the hare got rid of all enemies and lived happily ever after]: Schulze 1922, No. 4:37-39; gondas [the tiger exterminates the inhabitants of the forest; agrees that they themselves send him one of them to eat every day; when it is the hare's turn, he lingers and explains a tiger who met another tiger; he considers himself the king of the forest and let him go only on the condition that the hare return; the hare brought the tiger to the well and said that his rival hid in it; seeing his reflection, the tiger rushed into the well and died]: Grierson 1906:622; Telugu [the lion is rampant, the animals agreed to send him one to eat every day; the fox came late; explained that another fox had been sent to the lion before her, but another lion took it away; brought the lion to the well; seeing him as the reflection of a lion and a fox, the lion rushed at the opponent and drowned]: Pantulu 1905, No. 6:15-16; the Sinhalese [ The bear stole the girl, she gave birth to two children; got a rooster; when the rooster screamed, her sister came out to the cave; the brothers took her sister and her children home; the bear came; the wife told him that another bear had called her, smarter than him; showed a reflection in the well; the bear jumped to bite the opponent, drowned]: Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 138:326; Rohingya [all forest dwellers are afraid of a rhino; he says he is ready protect them from external threats and save them from conflicts with each other, and for this, let them send him one animal to eat every day; it is the rabbit's turn; he came later than the due time and said that an animal that is even bigger than a rhino is looking for it to fight; the rabbit led the rhino to the well, which saw its reflection, rushed at it and died]: Rezuwan 2020.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Malays [a tiger exterminates animals; a dwarf deer offers to bring him an animal regularly, but no one agrees; he comes with a small flying squirrel; says that the way another tiger has been blocked and it is impossible to bring anyone; the tiger leads to the river, it sees its reflection, rushes at it, drowns]: Skeat 1901:28-29.

China - Korea. The Chinese (Sichuan) [the lion took the hare to his house to take care of the farm, but then began to beat him and decided to eat it, and in order not to run away, he frightened him, saying that there were worse animals around than a lion; once the hare could not stand it, ran out of the house, found a well, saw his reflection in it and understood how to defeat the lion; said that he met a terrible beast that ordered him to come every other day; took the angry a lion to the well, he saw his reflection, mistook him for a beast and rushed at him, but could not get out of the well]: Zhou Yang et al. 1998b, No. 360:474; Koreans [The lion indiscriminately kills other animals; they promise to send him the sick and aged regularly to eat; when it is the Hare's turn, he is deliberately late, says that he met another lion and he summoned the Lion King to a duel; the Hare leads The lion to the edge of the cliff, advises to attack first immediately; the lion rushed off the cliff and crashed]: Choi 1979, No. 31:14.

The Balkans. Albanians [a bear kills foxes when they go to a watering place; an old fox sits on the lake shore; a bear comes, the fox thinks aloud how to help another bear who has fallen into the water; Seeing the reflection, the bear growls, jumps at her opponent, drowns]: Serkova 1989:237-238; Bulgarians [the turtle wakes up the lion, he is dissatisfied; the turtle says it can turn into a lion on its own - more strong; climbs into a well, calls a lion, he sees his reflection, rushes, drowns]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 92:54.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Pokutye) [a bear ruled the animals, and then a lion appeared and began to fierce; he had 10 goats for breakfast, 10 hares for lunch, 10 sheep for dinner; the wolf is afraid to go to the lion, the bear too; went a fox; on the way she noticed a well; tells the lion that a bunny and a goat were with her, but they were taken away by another lion in the well; seeing his reflection, the lion believed that there was a rival, jumped into the well and drowned]: Zinchuk 2005b, No. 86:444-435; Ukrainians (Kursk, Belgorod district) [the fox suggests sending the lion to eat animals one by one; first they send the sick and crippled; then hares, then those with longer ears; the donkey says that not all the cripples have been sent yet - look, the fox has a tail peeled off; they sent a fox, she decided to drown herself better, saw her reflection in the well, figured out what to do; told the lion that she had two more hares with her, but another terrible beast took them away and said that he was a king; he brought the lion to the well, he saw his reflection, rushed down, drowned]: Berezovsky 1979, No. 33:90-93.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks [hare, then fox, bear see their reflection in the well, are frightened; the lion goes to see, sees an opponent, rushes, drowns]: Basangova 2002:187-188 (=2019:164-165); Ingush [ the animals decided to pay tribute to the lion every day; the fox comes, says that it is late because another lion attacked it; leads this lion to the well, he sees a reflection, jumps into the well, dies]: Malsagov 1983, No. 148:286 (=Kibiev, Malsagov 1965:30, =Sadulaev 2004, No. 10:30-31); Tabasarans [animals agree to cast lots on which of them will be the lion's prey; a hare fell to go to the lion; he was late and pretended to be lame: he was going to lunch, and the hare who was going to breakfast was eaten by another lion, called himself the only sovereign; the hare brought the lion to the well, the lion saw his reflection, rushed down, died]: Borovkov 1938:5-6; the Curins [in the Hindu country, the lion is rampant; the animals agreed to send him someone to eat every day; the hare promised to deceive the lion; he stayed popularly; said that Another hare was sent to the lion, but another lion took him, claiming that he was the king; he brought the lion to the well; when he saw the reflection of a lion and a hare there, the lion rushed and drowned]: Uslar 1896, No. 5:293-300 (=Dirr 1920, No. 38:161-162); Lezgins ["in distant India" animals decide to go by lot to eat a lion; the hare arrived late; said he was bringing another hare to lunch, but took him away another lion living in a water pit; a lion sees a reflection of a lion and a hare in a deep hole, rushes down, dies]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 94:236-237); Dargins [the lion takes all the food and even the cubs from animals ; the fox comes to him empty-handed; says he carried the lamb, but was taken away by a terrible beast; brings the lion to the well; he sees his reflection; the fox also looks into the well, tells the lion that those already two, offers to kill them, pushes the lion into the well; says that she ate the meat she carried him herself, but next time she will bring them to him, let him wait in the well; the lion is dead there]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 95:238 ; Georgians [animals ask the lion not to hunt indiscriminately: they will send him animals to eat; the hare is late, said that he led the lion, but another lion dragged him into the hole; the lion looks into the pit with water, sees his reflection, rushes down, dies]: Chikovani 1954:407-408 (=1986:39-40); Kurds [the lion tells the animals to bring him prey from hunting; the hare tells the animals to disperse, he will carry it himself breakfast for a lion; comes only on the fourth day, says that another lion took his breakfast; brings the lion to the well, he sees his reflection, rushes at him, dies]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 175:492- 483.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians [2 entries only; Markazi: The fox that the lion is about to eat says the lion has a rival, leads to a well; the lion reflects for another lion, jumps into the well and drowns; Khorasan: a mouse leads a lion to the well]: Marzolph 1984, No. 92:45; Tajiks: Levin et al. 1981, No. 79 (Gissar district) [the animals persuaded the lion not to rage, they themselves will send every day he should eat someone; it was the turn of two foxes; they agreed that only one should go to the lion; said that another lion ate the other; showed the lion his reflection in the well; the lion jumped and died], 179 ( Kanibadam, Ferghana Valley) [the lion ate all the hares, two left; the fox advised what to do; the hares told the lion that the other lion boasted that he was stronger than him; showed the lion his reflection in the well, the lion jumped and drowned], 187 [the lion, the wolf and the fox killed the camel, the donkey and the goat; the lion told the wolf to divide, he gave the camel to the lion, the goat to the fox, took the donkey for himself; the lion killed the wolf; the fox offered to give everything to the lion, by herself will be satisfied with the leftovers if any; but says there is another lion, he can take the prey; leads the lion to the well, he jumps down when he sees his reflection], 365 [the gypsy urinated in the fire, camp plunged into darkness; the fox jumped on the gypsies, who decided that the world was over; the fox put their goods on the donkey, sat down and went; answers the bear, the wolf, that he had decided to make a pilgrimage to the next world; those they promise to obey any orders so that the fox takes them with him; the fox says that his donkey is sick, rides a bear; a wolf; a log across the river; the fox shows the bear its reflection: there are guards of that light, they must be killed; the bear jumped, the river took him away; the same with the wolf; under the cliff there is a siskin's nest, the siskin lies with its paws up; says that the sky will fall soon, he is going to hold it; I agree to hide the fox, let him jump into his nest; the fox jumped, the nest fell apart, the fox crashed against a rock]: 163, 208, 210, 275-277; parachi (p. Pachagan, Kapisa Province) [the lion attacked animals every day; they formed an alliance with each other: each genus took turns driving one of its own animals a day to the lion to eat; when it was the turn of the hare, it went barely; the lion was furious that the hare did not come to him for lunch on time; the hare: "We sent you one animal a long time ago, and another lion ate it"; the lion told him to show it; the hare took the lion to a well and showed him his own reflection in the water; the lion rushed there and died]: Efimov 2009, No. IV. 4:152; Pashtuns: Lebedev 1955 [the animals asked the tiger not to disturb them, they will send him animals themselves to be eaten; the hare came late; said she was walking with a friend, but another tiger took her away, threatened to tear her up first; the hare brought the tiger to the well, he saw a reflection, decided that his rival was there and the second hare jumped down and could not get out]: 121-122 (=1972, No. 55:263-266); 1958 [the tiger demanded that someone come to eat him every day; the hare promised to teach the tiger a lesson; came to a day later, she said that another tiger detained her, she had a hard time running away; she brought the tiger to the well, he asked for a reflection, drowned]: 135-136; Baluchi [the tiger exterminates jackals and foxes; those they decide to send him the prey themselves; it's the fox's turn; he lingers, tells the tiger that he has a rival, leads to the well, the tiger sees his reflection, jumps down, dies; jackals and foxes are happy]: Dames 1892, No. 1:517-518

Baltoscandia. Latvians [the hare shows the lion its reflection in the water - that animal supposedly is stronger than a lion; the lion rushes into the water and drowns]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 92:256.

Volga - Perm. Bashkirs [the lion is rampant; the bear suggests casting lots - who should eat every time; when the hare's turn, he is late; explains that another lion should have come for breakfast a hare, but it was eaten by another lion; brings the first lion to the well; he sees his reflection, growls, rushes down, dies]: Yukhma 1990:120-121.

Turkestan. Uighurs [animals ask the tiger not to scare them with their roar, they will send animals to eat it themselves; it is the turn of 12 birds with one stone; the fox teaches two to get covered in the mud, ask the tiger if there are two khans or one; explain that another tiger ate 10 birds with one stone, and the two of them came to what used to be a khan; hares lead the tiger to the well, and the fox points there; the tiger sees its reflection, the animals push it , he falls, dies]: Kibirov 1963:114-116 (=Aliyeva, Kabirov 1989:61-63); salars (Ujirem, Xunhua-Salar Autonomous County) [a white hare was cooking glue at the foot of the white mountain; a wolf, a hare, came to him said, "If you put this glue on your eyes, you can eat a lot of sheep!" ; then he smeared the wolf's eyes; the wolf went to catch the sheep, the shepherds beat him; the hare settled under a red rock; the wolf did not recognize him; the hare made a saddle and said: "With this lower back saddle you will be able to eat a lot sheep"; the wolf demanded this saddle, the hare put it on his lower back; the shepherds beat the wolf again; the hare decided to pick poisonous grass on the river bank; told the wolf who came that he could not pull it out; the wolf tore the grass and flew into the river; the hare met a lamb that the wolf wanted to eat; they found a white string, then a black one, a piece of white felt and a piece of paper; when they met the wolf, the hare told the lamb spread a white and black nightmare and give him a letter; began to read: "The wolf, so-shakoy, is largemouth, in different places all the wolves died, but you are the only one left," and told the lamb to bring a white and a black chain for the wolf; the wolf ran away, told the fox about what had happened; she offered to go together; they tied their tails and went to the lamb and the hare; the hare said to the wolf: "Sell me what you promised. Is that your yellow cow?" ; the wolf and the fox ran away; the hare came to the tiger, asked if he had an enemy in his house; then he pointed to the river and said: "That (that is, the enemy) will now eat you in the river!" ; the tiger rushed after the one in the river and fell into the water; the hare and the lamb went to the bear's house; the hare told the bear that someone was coming; he was frightened and said that his silver was hidden behind stove, and gold was under the cane; the hare told him to throw himself into the river; the bear did this and died; the hare dug up gold and silver, got his wife for the lamb; the lamb was not a lamb, but a young man]: Tenishev 1964, No. 13:30-32 ; Dungans: Yusurov 1970 [the hare comes to the tiger; he asks why it is so late, because the hare knows that the tiger is hungry; the hare replies that he led the ram but was eaten by another tiger; leads the tiger to the well, he sees his reflection, jumps into the well; the animals greet the hare with honor]: 250; Shujang Li, Luckert 1994 (Ningxia) [The tiger called the animals, told them to come to eat him themselves; The hare suggests starting with big animals, Tiger agrees; {then skip the page; apparently the usual end with the Tiger falling into the well}]: 431-432; Kazakhs [the animals begged the tiger not to hunt them, they would send him prey themselves; the lame hare came late on purpose; said he was carrying a relative with him, but he was eaten by another tiger and maimed (showed his lame leg); he brought the tiger to the well, he saw at the bottom of the opponent, rushed down, died]: Bosingen 1984:180-181; (cf. Kazakhs [the camel got lost, the fox offered to go together, the wolf and the lion join; they found a place in the mountains where there is a lot of grass and game; but in winter the camel found grass, and the rest began to starve; fox offers the camel to sell himself to them, and in the spring he will be revived and he will buy a beautiful camel; he agrees; while the wolf is resting, the fox ate the camel's guts and eyes; complains to the lion that the wolf ate it, not waiting for the lion to be divided; while the lion was chasing the wolf, the fox hid the carcass; told the lion that the camel came to life and left, sent the lion to chase him; she and the wolf found a piece of meat, the fox provokes the wolf to take it, the wolf falls into a trap; the hunter took off his skin, the fox ate the meat; tells the lion that he saw his brother, he jumps off the cliff and grabs the prey; the lion reluctantly agrees to jump off the cliff onto the wild goat, breaks; the fox ate it]: Bosingen 1984:116-119); Karakalpaks: Bulatova 1985 [every day animals send one of them to the tiger king to be eaten by the tiger king; the hare is late, says he led another hare to the tiger, but he was taken away by another tiger; he leads the tiger to the well, he sees his reflection, rushes at it, drowns]: 275; Volkov, Mayorov 1959 [hares cast lots for who to eat by the lion; the cunning hare asked him take his time; when he came to the lion, he said that he was leading him another hare, but another lion took him away and told the first lion to get out; he brought the lion to the well, he saw the reflection of the lion and the hare, rushed down, drowned]: 154-155; Kyrgyz [the hare meets a lion; he is going to eat it, but the hare promises to reveal the secret; there is another lion that promises to tear the first to pieces; the hare leads the lion to the well, he sees his own reflection, rushes at him, dies]: Brudny, Eshmambetov 1981:264.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Mongors [the frog tells the tiger that he is the king of the earth and she is the king of water; the tiger looks into the pond, sees its reflection, thinks that it is a powerful creature; the frog claims that it runs as well as a tiger ; the tiger runs, the frog clings to its tail; it has tiger hairs in its mouth; the tiger wants to compare belching, sees that the frog's belching is tiger hair; the frog says it wanted to regurgitate tiger's head, but it's already digested; since then, the tiger has been keeping away from frogs]: Stuart, Limusishiden 1994:127-128; Khalkha Mongols (Mongolian storybook from Paňcatantra" - a manuscript written in a 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 Tibetan original, which was a revision of one of the Panchatantra versions): Vladimirtsov 2003, No. X: 191-192 [the lion eats one of the herbivores every day, considering it a tribute; when it comes to the hare's turn, the lion tells him that it is useless to eat him - too young; the hare replies to the lion that he is right, and adds that the lion is said to be afraid of those who "have a huge body"; the lion is angry and asks who he is talking about; the hare pushes him and takes him to a deep well; the lion takes his reflection for the enemy, rushes down, dies]; 99, 102 [parallels to this story are available in the Chakhar woodcut "Precious decoration" - commentary on the shastra under the title "A Drop That Feeds People" (XV), the Mongolian manuscript "Shastra - "Precious Jewelry" - a comment on (essay) "A drop that feeds the born" (XV)," Interpretations" in Subhāśita (No. 11) and "Comments" on "A Bouquet of White Lotuses" (No. 32)]; the Mongols (Ordos) [the hare asks the lion not to eat it - it only stains his teeth; there are larger prey," an animal named Shal"; leads the lion to the well, does not keep up, the lion puts him on his back; sees his reflection in the well, rushed at him, drowned]: Mostaert 1937, No. 27 in Solovyov 2014; Mongols Inner Mongolia (master, khoshun Barin of the western wing) [the lion invited all the animals to the festival, the hare did not come; the lion became angry, sent two animals for him; the hare woke up and told them that he would come a little after a while; the lion sent an armed hedgehog for him; the hedgehog brought the hare, the hare turned to the lion: "At your behest, I was ready to see you early, but on the way out of the well a strange beast jumped out of the well, I was frightened and hid. Then I heard this beast vilify you and was about to kill you"; the lion became angry, told him to be taken to that beast; the hare led the lion to the well, the lion looked inside and took his reflection for the strange the beast; began to scold him, then rushed at him and drowned]: Todayeva 1981:101-102; Dongxiang [the tiger calls himself the son of the emperor; the hare says he met another son of the emperor who threatens eat disobedient people; leads a tiger to a well; a tiger rushes at an opponent, dies in a well]: Todayeva 196:102 (in Zhou Yang et al. 2001a, No. 258:368 is the same or about the same as Todayeva's); Buryats : Barannikova et al. 1993, No. 13 (Bokhansky District, Irkutsk Region) [7 guys hunt; one day, when they wake up, they see that they are surrounded by a snake's body; 6 got out, the seventh, the most dexterous, remains; the snake gives him swallow a white ball so that he can understand the snake's tongue; asks for help defeat the yellow snake that devours his children; puts the guy on his back, flies to the rock, tells him to shoot that snake at the shiny stain under the wing; covers, saving him from the spread of poison; takes him home; tells me to remain silent about the fact that the guy drove a snake han and killed a yellow snake; after getting drunk, the guy tells everything; a snake appears swallow it; the guy says that it was not him who told it, but an "all-powerful guy"; puts three barrels of araks; the snake sees its own reflection in each of them, thinks that this is the all-powerful guy, that's it drinks; falls asleep; the guy ties him up and hits him; the snake allows him to talk about everything]: 203-215; 2000, No. 7 (Khorinsky, recorded in Ulan-Ude) [the wolf wants to eat the fox; the fox: it's good that you met, there are two in the water like us, we are teased; the fox leads the wolf to the river, makes faces, encourages the wolf; he jumps, sinks]: 57-59; the Oirats (Xinjiang) [SUS 92 corresponds to The Tale of the Lion and Hares from "Betege caγān boqširγ", published in 1981 in Urumqi in the series "Xinjiang Oirat Folklore" {no details; original verification required}]: Ubushiyeva, Damrinjav 2020:14.