M156. Ungrateful punished, ATU 155.

.10.-.17.21.-.24.26.-.34.36.

A dangerous animal is about to kill a person or other animal - usually the one who freed it from the trap. The third character acts as a judge and saves a person - most often lures an ungrateful person back into the trap.

Hottentots, nama, ambundu, basa, aka, zombo, luba, bangala, beti bulu, laadi, tete (nyungwe), nyanja, suto-chwana, dabida, zigula, kamba, nyamwezi, sumbwa, kaguru, Swahili, yao, Fulbe, Wolof, Mosi, Mamprusi, Dagomba, Krachi (?) , (Twi), Hausa, Ela, Wai, Guro, Sicon, Bambara, Mandingo, Nupe, Songhai, Ashanti, Mundang, Nuers, Shilluk, Nubians, Sudanese Arabs, Tigre, Amhara, Sakho, Bussa, Malgashi (Sakalawa), Sakho, Arabs and Berbers of Morocco , Berbers from Algeria, Tunisia, Arabs of Egypt, medieval Latin written tradition, Spaniards, Basques, Catalans, Portuguese, Galicians, Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Latsia, Molise, Calabria), Sardinians, Sicilians, Irish, French (Nivernay, Gascony, Languedoc), Flemish, Dutch, Friesians, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Harz), Arabic written tradition, Palestinians, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Tibetans, Northeastern Tibetans (Amdo), Naga Burma, Burmese, Khmers, Viets, Panchatantra, Punjabi, Kumaoni, Uttar Pradesh (Hindi), Nepali, Santals, Ho, Marathi, Bhilas, (dhanwar) , Assames, Bengalis, Tamils, (Muria), Oraons, Pardhan, Kondas, Oriya, Sinhales, Malays, Simalur, Javanese, Bali, Minahasa, Chinese (Hubei), Koreans, Albanians, Slovenes, Croats, Hungarians, Romanians, Moldovans, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Greeks, Gagauz people, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians (Pskov, Tula, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Galicia, Hutsulshchina, Ternopil, Ugric Russia, Transcarpathia, Poltava, Chernigov), Belarusians, Abazans, Abkhazians, Adygs, Karachays, Balkarians, Ossetians, Ingush, Nogais, Kumyks, Dargins, Laki, Kyurins, Tabasarans, Rutulans, Georgians, Megrelians, Armenians (Shirvan), Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Mountain Tajiks (Darvaz), Shugnans, Sarykols, Parachi, Persians, Pashtuns, Kalashi, Estonians, Setus, Finns, Latvians, Lithuanians, Livons, Lutsis, Veps, Western (?) Sami, Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Mari, Chuvash, Kazan Tatars, Mordovians, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Dungans, Altaians, Khakas, Tuvans, Tofalars, Mongols, Central Yakuts.

SW Africa. The Hottentots [1) by Bleek; the white man (Var.: Dutchman) frees the snake from under the stone, it is going to bite it; the hyena (var.: and the hare) says the snake is right; the jackal does not believe that the snake could to rise under a stone, tells you to show how it happened; the snake remains under the stone; 2) by Held; the baboon looks for insects, moves the stone, thereby freeing the snake that is there; it wants to bite it; The jackal asks to show how things happened; once again under the rock, the hyena says she really can't get out; she's left under a rock]: Klipple 1992:79; nama [baboon frees the snake from under the rock; the snake is about to bite it; the hyena says the snake is right; the jackal asks to show how it happened, the hyena stays under the rock]: Meinhof 1909:152f in Klipple 1992:79.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Ambundu [Nianga dia Ngenga hunter saw a leopard stuck at a fork in a tree; he asked him to be released; then said he was hungry; ate two dogs and prepared to eat N. himself; The hare promised to resolve the dispute, but must see exactly how the Leopard was trapped at the fork; told N. to shoot the Leopard, which he did]: Serauky 1986:138-139; bass [boa constrictor was trapped, hare agreed to release it, he was going to eat the hare; the warthog decides in favor of the boa constrictor; the turtle asks for exactly where the boa constrictor was, leaves it trapped]: Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2014:46 -49; aka: Motte-Florac 2004, No. 34 [the hunter wants to kill a crocodile; he asks him to take it better to the river, go deeper, grab it and is going to eat it; the Cephalophus callypigus antelope says the crocodile is right; so are other animals; the blue duyker says that it is forbidden to attack stronger ones, and since the crocodile is weak, let him eat dried meat; throw dry branches; the crocodile believes it meat comes out of the water, and the hunter set a meeting point for the duyker to thank him; the hunter fell ill and the witch doctor said that he would recover if he put a piece of duyker skin to his throat; hunter and witch doctor killed a duyker who came for the award; all animals remember this story when they see people]: 155-160; Trilles 1932 [the lion is trapped, persuaded the hunter to let him go, needs meat, wants to bite off a hand (why does he need it - he will bring meat to the hunter himself); the hare pretends not to believe that the lion could be trapped; the lion climbs into it, the hunter pierces it with a spear; therefore pygmies do not eat hares ]: 318-319; zombo [the hyena fell into the hole, persuaded the monkey to pull it out, was about to eat it; the gazelle asked me to show how it was; told the hyena to stay in the hole and the monkey not to be trusting]: Sharova 1975:24-26 (=Pozdnyakov 1990:242-244); laadi [the crocodile is on land; asks young Kundi to carry it to the water; go deeper; is going to eat it; cow, bull, horse, donkey say what good is paid with evil; the hare pretends that he does not believe that K. could pick up and carry the crocodile, asks to show how it happened; orders to kill the crocodile and its cubs - there will be meat at home; in the village, the sorcerer says that K.'s wife will recover if she is given hare skin; K. wants to grab a hare, he runs away, the dogs have torn off his tail; var.: boa constrictor instead of a crocodile]: Koutekissa, Koutekissa 2003:65-76; bast [on the python tree fell; the antelope agreed to release it; the python was about to eat it; the little kabuclu antelope pretends not to believe that the antelope could raise a tree; tells him to show how it lay crushed python; antelopes run away, python dies]: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 88:213-214; Bangala [the lion asks the monkey what the monkeys eat, she says; he evades the answer himself than lions they eat; asks the baobab to dance, he answers incomprehensible; the wind flew in, the monkey flew to the lion: the baobab is dancing; the lion baobabu: why didn't he say? baobab: I'm tired of you; the hurricane snatched the baobab, the lion fell into the hole that formed; all the animals are happy, but the good goat with the goats pulls out the lion; he ate its goats, attacked the goat; antelope: to judge you must see how it happened; the lion jumps into the hole and stays there]: Kotlyar 1973:153-156; beti bulu [the leopard fell into the hole, persuaded the monkey to help him get out, is going to eat it; antelope, others animals are afraid of the leopard, decide in its favor; the turtle asks to show how it happened, leaves the leopard to die in a hole, tells the monkey not to go down from the trees]: Binam Bikoï 1977:89-93; suto- chwana [python crushed a stone, the monkey agreed to release it, the python is going to eat it; the hare says he can judge the matter if he sees it with his own eyes; the monkey and the hare ran away, leaving python to lie under a stone]: Olderogge 1959:39-40 (=Pozdnyakov 1990:71-72; =Klipple 1992:80); Nyanja [lion (in the text "tiger") begged the man to release him from the trap; tells him to bring him to eat the child, then wants to eat it himself; the hare wants to see how things were; the lion died trapped]: Holland 1916:130-131; aunt (nyungwe?) : Mohl 1905, No. 1 [the girl goes to check her father's traps, one crocodile; he promises to reward her if she takes him to deep water; is going to eat; the hare demands that both come out of the water, showed as it was; the crocodile is trapped again; the girl's father kills him], 13 [the lion is trapped, persuaded the partridge and the chickens to let it go; the lion says he is hungry; eats the chickens, wants to eat the partridge's leg; the hare tells us to show how it happened; the lion climbs into the trap and stays there]: 2-3, 41-42; dabida [the leopard fell into the hole, the monkey agreed to pull it out with its tail down into the hole; the leopard gathered it eat; turtle: the leopard is wrong, must clap his hands out of gratitude; the leopard unclenched its paws, the monkey ran away]: Vinogradov 1984:338; zigula: Arewa 1961, No. 2751 [the leopard is trapped; bushbuck, wild boar, other animals pass by, the antelope frees it, the leopard is going to eat it; the cow talks about how unfair people are to her, so the leopard can eat the antelope; the hare tells us to show everything as it was, leaves the leopard trapped]: 131; Dammann 1937, No. 7 [the leopard is trapped; the male roe deer (Buschbock) has agreed to help him get out; the leopard is about to eat it; the man replied that good can be paid for with evil; the hare wants to see how it happened, the leopard puts his paw in the trap again, the man kills him]: 154-155; kamba: Arewa 1961, No. 2751:130 [leopard jumped across the stream, got stuck in the quagmire, the antelope pulled him out, he demanded that she carry it on him, and then he's going to skin her; the hare pretends not to believe in the story, demands to be told why did the leopard jump (he was chasing an antelope) and how he ended up in the quagmire; the leopard climbs into the quagmire, the hare says it can now peel off its skin], 134 [the leopard is stuck in the mud, his antelope pulled it out, he was going to peel her skin off; the hare asked to show how it was, the leopard climbed into the quagmire again, stayed in it]; kaguru: Beidelman 1974b [the bull freed the leopard from the trap, he got ready eat it; the bull ran, the hare told him to hide it in the hole; asked the leopard what was going on; led them both to the trap to see who was right; the leopard remained trapped, its owner killed him]: 253-254; 1975, No. 14 [a stranded crocodile persuaded an antelope (bushbuck) to move it into the water; is going to eat it; a man asks to show how it happened; runs away with the antelope, leaving the crocodile aground]: 572-573 ; nyamwezi [the lion tells the man that he is old, asks to leave him giblets of trapped animals; the man agrees, although his young wife loves giblets; one day his wife accidentally falls into a trap, the lion demands to give him giblets; the hare wants to consider the circumstances of the case, tells the woman to be pulled out of the trap, the lion to climb into it, show how the trap works; the lion remains in trapped]: Spellig 1929, No. 4:239-240; sumbwa [the lion got into the net, the man freed him, the lion asked for food, ate the bow string, the skin from the trap, was going to eat himself; the hare decided to judge them, ordered a lion to get back into the net, a man to pierce a lion with a spear]: Ohotina 1962:259-260 (summary in Arewa 1961, No. 2751:133); yao: Arewa 1961, No. 2751:132 [a person sets traps, a crocodile eats those whoever gets into them, then falls by himself, the person releases him, he is going to eat it, the hare asks to show how it happened, the crocodile remains trapped], 134-135 [the leopard is trapped, the antelope the bushbok (Tragelaphus sylvatiucus) released him, he is going to eat it; the hare undertakes to judge them, tells the leopard to climb back into the trap, he stays in it]; Swahili [the snake fought the lion, crawled away, asked the man to hide it, the lion looked, did not find it; the snake was going to eat the man; the bee, the mango tree, the coconut tree say that people are ungrateful; the man's wife brought a basket of eggs, a snake put her head in her, the woman cut off her head with a sword]: Arewa 1961, No. 2751:135-136.

West Africa. Songhai [pullo (i.e. fulbe) herding cows, saw a crocodile, who asked him to be carried to the river, then brought into the river; he was going to eat a man; a hare: I can't judge without seeing how it started; pullo took the crocodile to the steppe, tied his mouth; the hare offered the pullo to solve the matter with a knife]: Rozhansky 2005:136; ela [the crocodile ended up in the forest, asked the man to take him to the river, he dies out of thirst; a man tied a crocodile, brought it to the river, he asked to take it deeper, was going to eat it; a donkey, a horse, a cow, a monkey do not regret, they say that people are cruel and ungrateful; the hare says that he does not believe that a person could carry a crocodile, demands to show how it happened; tells the man to beat the crocodile with a stick; he promises not to kill hares; three days later, the man's wife sees a hare in the garden, calls her husband; he takes a bow, shoots, misses; tries to grab a hare, but only attacks his arrows; the hare says that a person will die from wounds, but this is still better than being eaten by a crocodile; since then, arrows have been killing people]: Nicolas 1952, No. 7:90-94; wai [the boy carries the snake out of the burning savannah; takes it out of the bag, the snake is going to kill him; the fox pretends to wants to find out how it happened; when the snake crawls back into the bag, people fill it with sticks]: Ellis 1914, No. 33:220-221 (retelling in Klipple 1992:86); guro [after the flood, the crocodile remained on land; begged the young man to take him to the river; said that he was too weak to swim out - let him put him in the middle of the river; he was going to eat it; the woman who grazed the cows agreed that good was paid for evil; then But another, who is herding oxen; the hare pretends to understand exactly how it happened; the young man brings the crocodile back and comes with the hare to the village; his brother dies there; the doctor: the patient will recover, if you attach the skin removed from the hare; the question is what to do? Let's look for the North Star waiting for the right decision]: Tououi Bi 2014:211-214; Sicon [snakes attacked humans; the sorcerer began to destroy them; the latter asked the woman to hide it in her stomach; the crow says that gratitude is wisdom and has three eyes like a crow; the snake stuck its head out to look, the crow pulled her out and killed her; the woman gave the crow rice, grabbed it and said that she would bring it to victim; the old man bought the crow, giving the woman a black chicken; when flying away, the crow pecked out the old man's eye; such is the gratitude]: Pinney 1973:274-277; mandingo [crocodile son ended up in the woods, boy brought him to the river, a big crocodile grabbed a boy; a hare volunteered to be a judge; said he needed witnesses, brought a crocodile and a boy to the village, residents killed and ate a crocodile]: Mariko 1984:99-101 ; bambara: Klipple 1992:88 [=Monteil 1905:53-56; the crocodile is far from the water, asks the boy to carry him into the water; is going to eat it, the horse, the donkey agree; the hare tells the boy to take him to the water carried the crocodile back and killed], 88-89 [the boa constrictor is in an almost dry body of water; asks the hunter to carry him and his nine snakes to deep water; the hunter carries them in cowhide; the boa constrictor gathers it eat; cow, horse confirm that evil pays for good; the hare does not believe that the boa constrictor with snakes could fit in cowhide; the boa constrictor crawls, the person kills it with a stick]; mundang [crocodile ended up on land; begged the shepherd boy to carry him to the water; he was going to eat it; the horse, the cow say that the crocodile is right, people should not be regretted; the hare pretends not to believe that the boy could bring crocodile; tells him to tie it and take it back; then tells him to take it home and cook it]: Louafaya 1990:66-68; mosi [while the goat was not at home, the hyena ate its goats, leaving only their heads; the goat dug a hole covered it with a cloth, put her heads on top, the hyena jumped, failed; asks the passing donkey to pull it out, promises not to harm him; he lowered his tail; the hyena got out, was going to eat the donkey; the hare says he does not believe that the hyena could get out holding the donkey's tail; the hyena descended into the hole; the hare told the donkey to go straight to the house, but the hyena stayed in the hole]: Tauxier 1917, No. 10:422; mamprusi [the mouse agreed to throw the lion the rope he took out of the hole; he was going to eat it; spider: I can't believe the mouse could pull you out; the lion jumps into the hole, left there]: Anpetkova-Sharova 1956, No. 22:40-41; terns (? possibly Dagomba) [the old and blind crocodile got lost; asked the hunter to take it to the water; deeper; grabbed it when he was going to eat it; the Duyker antelope promised to make a fair decision, and for that, let the hunter will show where he met the crocodile; as soon as the crocodile was on the ground, the duyker told the hunter to call his fellow villagers to pick up the meat]: Cardinall 1931:123 -124; Dagomba [people chase dangerous a snake; she asks a man to save her; he allowed her to crawl into his leg; refused to give it away; the snake is going to bite him; the wild dog undertakes to resolve the dispute, pretends to hear poorly; as soon as the snake she stuck her head out, he bit it off; the man took the dog to the village for a reward; he was afraid to enter, stayed on the edge of the forest; the man's wife gave birth, at death, she will be saved by a decoction from the skin of a wild dog; the husband sent hunters to kill the waiting dog; but he was smart and left in advance]: Cardinall 1931:196-197; Dagari [the hyena fell into the hole, the monkey agreed to pull it out with its tail down into the hole; the hyena climbed out holds the monkey by the tail, is going to eat it; the turtle undertakes to judge; the hyena can eat a monkey, but first you have to turn to God with his hands up; the hyena raises its hands, releasing the monkey's tail, that ran away; the hyena swallowed the turtle]: Métuolé Somba 1991:191-193; (cf. twi [two hunters saw a snake; one wanted to kill it, the other ordered it to be left alone; the snake wrapped around its savior's neck, was about to bite it; the rooster, the goat, the ram answer that the people themselves ungrateful; the leopard convinced the snake to let the man go; he promises to bring boiled yam to the leopard; the doctor says that a person's wife will be born if she eats the leopard's heart; the person leaves boiled yam more often yam is like bait, telling hunters to shoot at this place with guns; hidden leopard: there really is no gratitude in the world; the man has returned home, his wife is dead, he shot himself]: Bellon 1914, No. 4:20 -24); mosi [1) the hyena eats the goats, leaves their heads in front of the goat's hut; it digs a trap hole, the hyena falls through; persuades the donkey to pull it out, is going to eat it; the goat acts as a judge says he does not believe that the donkey could pull the hyena out; the hyena remains to die in the hole; 2) the hunter brings the crocodile to the sea, he is going to eat it; the hare asks to show how it happened, the crocodile remains die on a hill away from the water; 3) the hyena falls into the ditch; promises the donkey not to touch it if he pulls it out; is going to eat it; the hare hits the drum, tells both to jump over the ditch; the hare jumps the hyena falls, stays in the moat]: Klipple 1992:90; wolof [the hyena fell into the hole, promises not to touch the ox if it helps it get out; the ox has helped, the hyena is going to eat it; the elephant demands to show how it was; this time the ox leaves the hyena in the moat]: Basset 1903, No. 23:182-183 (retelling in Klipple 1992:88); Fulbe: Koval 2005:366-367 [=Vinogradov 1984, No. 8:281; the hunter found in the sand a crocodile, agreed to take it to the river; the hungry crocodile is going to eat it; the hare is ready to solve the matter, but wants to see how it happened at the beginning; the hunter is going to carry the crocodile into the water again; the hare: you have your lunch and dinner in your hands, and I'll come for my share later], 388-389 [the crocodile ate the baby, ran away, hid in the forest; after a while asked the boy to take him to the lake; he's going to eat the boy; the cow, the horse agree: evil pays for good; the hare tells us to show how it was; when the boy tied the crocodile, the hare tells him to take it home and eat it]; Olderogge 1959 [the hyena is stuck in mud, the monkey agreed to pull it out, the hyena was going to eat it; the earth squirrel {translated as "chipmunk", but chipmunks do not live in Africa} asked permission to pass between them, hid in a hole, monkey climbed a tree; said that people with muzzles are coming; the hyena ran away]: 257; Nikolnikov 1976 (Guinea-Bissau); hyena, the lion answer that the crocodile is right; the hare pretends not to believe that the monkey could drag the crocodile; tells him to tie it again, bring it back; tells him to beat the crocodile with a stick; crocodiles do not hunt in the forest anymore [the crocodile went hunting in the forest, tired; persuaded the monkey to drag him to the river; was going to eat it;]: 28-32; catch-up [the hyena fell into the well, the monkey agreed to pull it out, the hyena was going to eat it; the hare: it is not clear how the hyena fell into the well, let it jump there again; the hare and the monkey left, leaving the hyena to die in the well]: Arakelova 2005:169; hausa: Klipple 1992 [the crocodile is hiding from hunters, he is found by a firewood collector, the crocodile asks to be taken to the river, is going to eat; the jackal pretends not to believe the person, wants to show how it happened, let the crocodile get into the bag; and let the man eat it; the man promises the jackal four chickens; at home he finds out that the wife is sick, the jackal's skin will cure her; tells his children to take sticks and dogs, go to the place where he promised to bring chickens to the jackal; but the jackal doubted and did not come]: 78, 90-91; Tremearne 1910, No. 16 [ The hyena demands that the shepherd give it the bull; he ties the calebasses to the well, the hyena thinks it is an animal, it rushes, falls into the well; the antelope, the gazelle refuse to pull it out, the monkey pulled it out ; the hyena is about to eat it; the jerboa requires him to be able to judge everything under the tree; allows the monkey to escape by climbing the tree]: 361-362; nupe [the crocodile remains on the shore, the hunter drags back to Niger, a crocodile grabs his leg, drags him to the bottom; an old mat, old clothes, an old mare say that good is paid for evil; the hunter has promised meat to the civet; she pretends to want see how it all happened; the hunter leaves the crocodile on land]: Klipple 1992:89; Ashanti [The Hunter and the Leopard]: Jablow 1951:215 in Kharitonov 1975:297.

Sudan-East Africa. The Nubians: Massenbach 1969:166 in Kharitonov 1975, No. 154 [the crocodile bet Neil would drink it, but Neil threw the crocodile far to land; the man agreed to carry the crocodile on a camel to the shore; the crocodile grabbed the man, he asks the fox for help; the fox tells both to get out of the water, ties the person with onion leaves, the bloodile with hair ropes; whoever fails to break the fetters, we will eat it; The man and the fox ate the crocodile]: 249; Reinisch 1879, No. 4 [the crocodile bet with Neil that he would drink it, but Neil threw the crocodile far on land; the man agreed to take the crocodile to the shore on a camel; the crocodile grabs the man, he asks the fox for help; the fox pretends to find out everything from the very beginning; let the person tie the crocodile, take it back to its original place; tells him to take him home and eat it; man promises to give the fox two chickens a day; the first time he gives it, then the wife drives the fox away; he comes back at night, strangles six chickens; the husband and wife decide to go to live elsewhere; the fox lies down on the road, pretends to be dead; then runs ahead again; the man decides to go back to pick up the first dead fox; the wife waits, falls asleep; the fox eats chickens, rides a camel]: 206-211; Sudanese Arabs [ the crocodile got lost, was far from the river; the merchant agreed to take him to the river on the condition that it would stop eating people; in the river, the crocodile grabbed a camel, said it was his, that he had come in it ; the cow agrees: people are ungrateful; cadi: show me how it happened; tells you to kill a crocodile with an ax]: Hillelson 1935:13-17 (translated in Olderogg 1959:261-263, in Lebedev 1990, No. 10:38-39); nuers [ the lion chased the antelope and fell into the hole; asks the fox to pull it out, the fox did not say anything; asks the monkey; she held out her paw, the lion got out; is going to eat the monkey; the fox invites everyone to rest under with a tree and says that you can eat a monkey, but monkeys are only eaten in a tree; the monkey understood the hint and climbed the tree; the lion was left with nothing]: Huffman 1970:98-100; shilluk: Hofmayr 1925 [ the man saved the snake from the fire; it wrapped around his neck, was about to strangle him; the elephant, the buffalo say that people are ungrateful; the frog first of all tells the snake to leave the man's neck; he kills the snake; c since then, people protect frogs, kill snakes]: 372; Oiler 1919, No. 7 [a man saved a snake from the fire, it refuses to get into its neck, threatens to bite; the rabbit says he does not dare to judge such a difficult matter; the frog persuaded the snake to go down to the ground and decided in favor of man; the snake: I will now catch frogs]: 221-222; Westermann 1912, No. 73 [the monkey pulls the lion out of the well, he is going to eat it; the fox suggests that both pray first with their hands raised to heaven; the lion is forced to release the monkey and it climbs the tree]: 183-184; nuers [the lion is trapped, the fox refused to help him, the monkey freed, he was going to eat it; the fox: the lion has every right to do so, but the monkeys must eat in the tree; the lion releases the monkey into the tree, it runs away]: Arewa 1961, No. 2803:137-138; amhara [the leopard asks the farmer to hide him from the hunters; in the evening he says that the peasants kept him hungry all day and now he will eat him; the goat and others admit that the leopard is right; the monkey Demands to show how a peasant saved a leopard; a leopard climbs into a bag, a peasant ties it; a monkey tells a peasant to kill a leopard with a club]: Gankin 1979, No. 27:40-41; (cf. tiger [the man collected brushwood, the snake crawled out and wrapped around his neck; the man complained to the fox, who told the snake to release the man and hinted at him what to do; the man killed the snake with a stick, told the fox wait - he will bring her a kid; instead he brought a dog under her clothes; the fox managed to escape]: Littmann 1910, No. 4:5-6); sakho [the snake asks to be pulled out of the water, the man pulls it out; she starts strangle him to eat; lion, leopard, antelope, hyena answer that they do not dare to judge this matter; jackal: let the snake first slide from man to the ground; tells the man to kill the snake with a stick; man brings a black dog, tells the jackal it's a ram; the jackal runs away then kills the dog; says people have a black head and a red tongue]: Reinisch 1889, No. 17:205-207; bussa [the snake asked the man carry it across the river and then refused to get down; the hyena is afraid of the snake, saying it can't resolve the dispute; the monkey pretends to want to figure it all out; let the snake get down to the ground; then speaks to the hunter that he was holding a knife; he understood the hint]: Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2016:45; malgashi (sakalava) [during a wildfire, the Rakakabe monster was stuck between two tree trunks; man freed R., it wants to eat it; they decide to ask others if this is fair; the tree replies that people are ungrateful (it gives them shade and then they cut down its branches); the ox is the same; the shepherd pretends that he doesn't believe R. could be trapped between the guns; he gets trapped again, people leave him there]: Haring 2007, No. 32:40-42.

North Africa. Moroccan Berbers: Leguil 1988, No. 24 [the snake asks a man to transport it across the river; on the other side refuses to slide off it; the camel, the horse answer that people are not grateful; the hedgehog begins say that creatures in heaven and earth have different laws, etc.; let the snake come down first; it comes down, the hedgehog tells the man to kill it, which he does; now the person is going to take the hedgehog to his children ; he asks to go to his children first; leads him to the hole in which the snake; the children are naughty, they will jump out, let the man grab the first one; the snake crawled out, bit the man and he died]: 157-165; Berbers Beni Snu (NW Algeria near Morocco) [the prophet warmed a snake on his body; it refused to slide; the prophet went to Kadiya the jackal; the jackal: it is impossible for the lips of two speakers to be side by side; the snake slipped down, killed with a stick; prophet: Do you want paradise as a reward? jackals: no need for paradise, give a third of the herd; so a third of the sheep go to jackals]: Destaing 1907, No. 6:260; Berbers of Algeria, Tunisia, Tunisian Arabs: El-Shamy 2004, No. 155:59-61; Arabs Morocco [the snake asks the man to hide it from its pursuers; when they are gone, it is going to eat it; the horse says that people are ungrateful; the hedgehog makes the snake slide off the person, the man kills it]: Nowak 1969, #43:74.

Southern Europe. Medieval Latin written tradition [several fables similar in content that are not recorded by ancient authors and may be revisions of the story of a peasant and a frozen a snake, including Phaedra's (cf. Gasparov 1968, No. 176:115; Adrados 2003, H. 62:85-88) and does not contain the M156 motif, or go back to Latin sources that have not been released before us: 1) a fable from the collection "Disciplina Clericalis" by Pedro Alfonso (~ 1162-1140), which combines Arab and ancient components: a peasant found and released a tied serpent; he wrapped around him and said that he follows his nature; as a judge, they called fox; he decided what to do as it was; left the snake tied on the road and told the peasant not to touch it (P. Alph. 5 = Perry 640a); 2) a fable from the collection "Gesta Romanorum" (late XIII - beginning 14th century), which is a version of the text from Disciplina Clericalis; instead of a peasant and a fox, it features the emperor and philosopher (Gest. Rom. 174); 3) one of the "extraneous fables" from the Munich manuscript of the Romulus collection; the manuscript dates back to the 15th century, and the original Romulus to the 4th century; other editions do not have this fable: the serpent was high and in a dry place across the river; asked the peasant to tie him to his ass and promised treasures in return; the peasant agreed and brought the snake home; he recanted his words, wrapped around the peasant and promised to eat him; the fox, who acted as judge, asked the peasant to show how he tied the snake; they tied him up and carried him back to the river (Rom. Mon. 30 = Perry 640); 4) a fable from the collection of English Bishop Odon Cheritonsky (13th century): a soldier rescued one of the snakes fighting each other; she climbed his spear to kill; the trial began; the donkey and the bull only talked about how unfair and bad their owners treated them; the fox decided that it was necessary to restore things to their original state of affairs: the snake must go down to earth and live according to its nature, and soldier - ride on his horse (Od. Cer. Add. I. 24 = Perry 640)]: Adrados 2003, M. 199, M. 289:664-665, 713-714; the Spaniards [the snake has crawled into the cave, has grown, cannot grow, asks the shepherd to roll back the stone; he releases a snake, it wraps around it, is going to strangle and eat; the donkey, the dog says that the snake is right, people are ungrateful; the fox asks to show how it happened, the snake remains to die in the cave; the shepherd promises the fox a sheep, brings a dog in a bag ; she unties the bag, hardly escaped]: Malinovskaya 2002:192-194; Basques: Barandiaran 1961, No. 80 [the wolf persuaded the man to release him from the trap, was going to eat it; the donkey confirms that There is no gratitude; the fox asks to show how it happened; the wolf climbs into the trap, the man kills him; the fox came for the promised reward - two chickens, took a squirrel with him; dogs rushed at them; the squirrel climbed the tree, the dogs drove the fox (but fell behind); the fox offered the squirrel to shove it with a nutshell - there were thorns on the road; the squirrel was happy; they came to the man, he gave them a bag, not chickens in it, but dogs; when the bag was opened, the savvy squirrel could not climb on the pine tree, the dogs grabbed it, and the fox disappeared into the hole], 88-89 [the snake persuaded the man to release it from under the stone that had fallen; that did, she was going to eat it; the dog, the donkey say that the snake is right; the fox wants to see how it happened; the snake climbs under the stone, stays to die; the man promises the fox chickens, the wife persuaded him to put it a dog in a bag; the dog is chasing the fox, which has difficulty getting away from it, praises all parts of its body at the top of the mountain; the tail asks: what about me? fox: I was almost caught because of you]: 130-132, 159-166; the Portuguese [1) the snake asks the man to release it, is going to eat it; the donkey confirms that people are not grateful; the fox pretends to be wants to see how it happened, the snake is trapped again; comes for a reward, a person lets dogs at it; 2) a shark instead of a snake; a donkey, a greyhound; a fox checks a person's gratitude several times pretends to be dead, a man is going to take her skin off; and other options]: Cardigos 2006, No. 155:42-43; Portuguese [under an oak tree, a shepherd sees a little exhausted snake, gives it milk; so continues day by day, the snake becomes huge; when he returns from work, the man remembered the snake and called it; the serpent appeared, wrapped around it and was about to eat it; agreed to ask the first three first people you meet, is it permissible to do this; a person rides a horse, a snake crawls on the ground, but holds a person by the belt; a horse, a dog answer that a person himself is ungrateful; a hedgehog says that he hears nothing; an angry serpent let a man go to kill a hedgehog; a hedgehog: let him run away; the man galloped away, but the serpent could not do anything with the prickly hedgehog]: Dias Marques 2019, No. 71:113-115; Galicians [ the snake was crushed by a stone, she begged the man to release it, and then was going to eat it; agreed to ask the people she met if this was permissible; the ox and the sheep answer that the person himself is ungrateful; the fox ordered to show how it was, the snake was again under the stone; the man asked the fox how to thank her, and she asked for chickens; the wife refused to give the chickens and ordered the dog to be put in the bag; the dog rushed after her, the fox ran, praises its eyes, legs, ears, scolds its tail]: Contos 1972, No. 24:31-32; Catalans [the snake is crushed by a stone, the man frees it, the snake is going to eat it; the dog, the horse recognize The snake is right - there is no gratitude; the fox demands to show how it happened; the snake is again under the stone, the fox tells the man to kill the snake]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 155:48; Sardinians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 155: 107-108; Italians: Crane 1885, No. 38 (Monferrato) [a passer-by freed a snake crushed by a stone, it is going to eat it; horse and mulberry answer that there is no gratitude; the fox wants to see as it was, the snake is again under the stone; the man ragged the fox a bag of chickens, put dogs in the bag; the fox opened it, they tore it]: 150-151; Del Monte Tammaro 1971, No. 155 (Abruzzo) [peasant freed a snake crushed by a stone, it is going to eat it; a passerby wants to see how it happened, the peasant presses it down again with a stone]: 8; Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Lazia, Molise, Calabria): Cerise< Serafini 1975, No. 155:28-29;; Sicilians [1) the woodcutter pulls the wolf out of the hole; he is about to eat it; another person, fearing the wolf, says he is right; the lion suggests show how it happened, the wolf remains in the hole; 2) the shoemaker, once in the village, sees a lion in a cave, the exit from which is blocked by a boulder; brings the horse, uses it to push the boulder away, the lion is going to eat man and horse; the wolf agrees with the lion; the fox demands to show how it happened, the lion is back in the cave; var: the horse and the dog say the lion is right]: Lo Nigro 1957, No. 155:10-11.

Western Europe. Irish, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony): Uther 2004 (1), No. 155:107-108; Germans (Harz) [the peasant picked up a stone and thus freed the crushed snake; it wanted it to bite, but he persuaded him to ask the people he met if gratitude existed; the old horse says no; the fox wants to see how it was first, asks the snake to climb under the stone, and the peasant again press down; he agrees to give the fox chickens, pigeons and geese; the fox came, shoved the goose into the bag, but the peasant's sons shoved it there herself, killed her, and ate the goose]: Pröhle 1954, No. 2:8-9; the Dutch [the snake was crushed by a stone; it asks a peasant passing by to release her; she wraps around his neck - this is the reward; the dog and the horse answer that people are not grateful; the fox says the question is for her not clear, asks to show how it happened; the snake is again under the stone; the peasant brought the fox to him; she began to live with him and eat chickens; the peasant killed it with a stick; the fox: this is gratitude]: Soer 1979:102-104 ; friezes [a man saves a snake, it is going to kill it, a fox helps out]: Kooi 1984, No. 155:296-297; the French (Nivernay, Gascony, Languedoc) [wolf, lion or snake ask a person to release them out of the trap, are going to eat it; the first animals asked speak out against humans; the fox pretends to see how it happened, the wolf (lion, snake) is trapped again; man promises chickens to the fox, instead dogs rush at her, or a person puts a dog in a bag instead of a chicken]: Delarue, Tenèze 1976, No. 155:424-426; Flemish [snake or monster promises a reward to the liberator; the man frees the snake, it is going to kill him; the dog, the horse confirm that there is no gratitude; the fox, to whom the man promised chickens, asks the snake to first climb into the trap again; when she comes for the promised chickens, she gets beaten]: Meyer 1968, No. 155:27.

Western Asia. The Arabic written tradition [1001 Nights mentions but does not recount the tale of an ungrateful crocodile]: Chauvin 1892-1922, No. 145:244 in Lebedev 1990:306; Kuwait [Né sop warmed the frozen snake under his clothes, but it refused to crawl away and threatened to bite it; the fox resolves the dispute and asks the litigants to sit on opposite sides of it; when the snake has finished talking , the fox gave the floor to N.; he killed the snake with a stick]: Dickson 1949, No. 10:326-327 (=Taibah, MacDonald 2016:45); Palestinians, Arabs in Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen: El-Shamy 2004, No. 155:59-61

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans: Cassis 1962 [The tiger was trapped, the traveler Basan agreed to let him go; the Tiger prepared to eat it; B. begged him to ask the people he met first if this was fair; the Tree replied that people are unfair - they hide under it from the rain and then cut branches; the hare says he must first look at everything for himself; tells the Tiger to put his paw in the trap again; wait for the hunter]: 73-75; Komissarov 1997 [the wolf persuaded the goat to pull it out of the hole; he was going to eat it; the hare towards him; says that the wolf and the goat are both right, but we must see how it happened; the wolf jumped into the hole and stayed there]: 239-239; north- Eastern Tibetans (Amdo) [the wolf persuaded the sheep to pull it out of the hole; was going to eat it; agreed to wait for her to give birth to a lamb; sheep and lamb come; rabbit: how a clever wolf could fall into a hole and How could a weak sheep pull it out? the wolf climbs into the hole and stays there]: Kajihama 2004, No. 14:51-53; Burma's naga [young Supo has agreed to open the trap that the Tiger has fallen into; the Tiger is going to eat it; the road, the tree say that people are ungrateful; the fox wants to see what happened at first; the Tiger climbs into the trap, stays in it]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 10:50-53.

Burma - Indochina. Burmese: Aung 1957:17-19 [people caught the tiger, the boy pulled it out of the hole, the tiger is about to eat it; the buffalo skull, the tree say people are ungrateful; the rabbit demands that the eigry show how it was; the Tiger died in the hole], 21-24 [when he saw the fat Crocodile, the Raven offered to take him from the shallow river to the big one; when they moved far from the river, the Raven told the Crocodile that he would now die, and he will eat it; the driver felt sorry for the Crocodile, brought it on the arba to the river; in the water, the Crocodile grabbed the buffalo by the leg; the Rabbit shouted for the carter to hit the Crocodile with a whip, he let the buffalo go, the carter escaped; The crocodile waited for the Rabbit, pretending to be a log; the Rabbit said logs went downstream and crocodiles went upstream; the crocodile swam downstream; the next day, the Rabbit said the opposite; but the Crocodile did not swam up and stayed there; the Rabbit came up to him, found himself in the Crocodile's mouth; said that the Crocodile did not know how to laugh; the Crocodile said "haha", the Rabbit jumped out, pulling out the Crocodile's tongue; gave it Cat; he found a new plant in place of his tongue called Cat's Tongue]; Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 91 [the peasant became friends with the tiger; he stole a cow, the peasants trapped, the tiger was caught; persuaded his peasant friend to let him out, is going to eat it; the cow's skull, the banyan reply that people are not grateful; the rabbit pretends to know how it happened; the tiger is trapped again, the peasant is gone]: 249-252; Khmers: Marunova 1972 [the crocodile is on the road, the man agrees to take him to the pond; he is going to eat his ox or himself; the hare acts as a judge, pretends to take a long time understands the circumstances of the case; when the crocodile is tied, tells the person to hack him with an ax]: 177-180; Nikulin 1990a (Mekong Delta) [the doctor saw a sleeping tiger bitten by a snake; smeared the wound with medicine; the tiger wakes up, is going to eat the doctor; the wolf, the tiger, the monkey, the hawk decide in favor of the tiger (they are afraid of it, they use the remnants of its prey, are offended by people); the hare orders to show how it happened case; the tiger lay down in its original place, the snake bit him again, the doctor did not heal, the tiger died]: 228-230 (=Gorgoniev 1973:133-136); Milne 1972 [a man named Sokh saw a dead tiger, next to a snake hole; he smeared the tiger with an antidote and he came to life; S. was going to eat; the horse and buffalo decide in favor of the tiger - people are ungrateful; the rabbit tells the tiger to go to bed in the same place; the snake bit him again, and the man is larger did not revive]: 23-24; viets [Mac Tu was walking through the forest, carrying a bookbox on his back; the leopard asked to hide it in the hunter's box; when the hunters left and MT released the leopard from the box, he gathered it eat; buffalo and apricot tree answer that there is no justice; an old leopard man climbs back into the box to see for himself; when the leopard tried to get out again, his old man stabbed]: Nevermann 1951:97 in Kharitonov 1975, No. 153:247-248.

South Asia. Punjabi: Sheikh-Dilthey 1976, No. 52 [the snake begged the man to save her from the fire; {further on the internet, the text ends; according to Jason 1989:23, this is ATU 150}]: 160-164; Steel, Temple 1884, No. 12 [the tiger begged the brahmana to release him from the trap, was going to eat him, allowed him to ask the opinion of three people he met; the banyan, the buffalo, the road confirm that gratitude does not exist; the jackal pretends that Doesn't understand anything, the tiger gets trapped back]: 116-120 (retelling Elwin 1944:392, Siddiqui, Lerch 1998:104-108); Panchatantra: Bødker 1957, No. 1150 [links to Panchatantra publications with this story]: 112-113; Parker 1910 [in Dubois; the brahman agreed to move the crocodile in a bag in a dry place to the Ganges; he was going to eat it; the mango tree, the old cow, agree that the person himself does not deserve gratitude; the jackal wants to know what happened and when the crocodile got back into the bag, smashed his head with a stone]: 341; Uttar Pradesh (Mirzapur, Hindi): Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 16 [fish {more like a crocodile} ended up on the shore and persuaded a man to get off his horse and take it to the river - deeper; was going to swallow a person; a wild apple tree (crab-apple) and an elephant say that gratitude does not exist; the jackal pretends to understand everything thoroughly; tells the person to take the fish to where it was and leave it; later the fish finally reached the water and when the jackal went for a drink, grabbed his leg; jackal: why did you grab the root? the fish let go of its leg; one day it went ashore and climbed into the jackal's lair when he was not there; the jackal came up, suspected something was amiss, called out: lair, lair! the fish decided that his lair should respond to the owner and responded; the jackal said he would return now, collected dry leaves and made a fire at the entrance; the fish roasted and the jackal ate it]: 165-171, 205 [man from Banya castes (merchants, merchants) pulled out a tiger stuck in the mud; he asks: eat himself or his ox; the jackal acts as a judge, tells him to show where the tiger is stuck and leaves him to die]; India ( Hindi) [the leopard persuaded the brahman to let him out of the cage; when he released him, the leopard was going to eat it; Banyanyu is a camel, the ox replies that people themselves are unfair and ungrateful; the jackal wants See how it all happened; the leopard is back in a cage]: Starling and the Pea 1956:23-27; Hindi [the story is included in school books for the first reading across India]: Elwin 1944:392; marathi [the brahmana agreed to let the tiger out of the cage, he is going to eat it; the banyan, camel, ox, eagle, crocodile say that gratitude does not exist; the jackal pretends to see as it was; the tiger remains in the cage, the brahmana and the jackal go about their business]: Frere 1868, No. 14:198-202; kumaoni [the man freed the leopard from the trap, he was going to eat it; cow, Ganges, snake recognize that the leopard is right; the fox wants to see how it happened; when the leopard is trapped again, the fox suggests leaving it there]: Upreti 1894:188; bhilas [a person sees a crocodile in the field, that asks to take him to the river; asks him to go deeper; grabs his leg; buffalo, horse, cow answer that the crocodile is right; jackal: you are a fool, the crocodile grabbed not your leg, but your staff; the crocodile let go of his leg and grabbed the staff; the man escaped]: Grierson 1907:101-102; Nepalis [the tiger persuaded the brahmana to let him out of the cage; was about to eat it; the tree, the donkey confirm that there is no gratitude; the fox commands show how it happened, the tiger enters the cage, the brahman closes it]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:53-55; the Assames [when trapped, the tiger persuaded the man to let him go; is going to eat it; tree, stream agree with the tiger; the fox wants to see how it happened; when the tiger is trapped again, he advises the person to hit him to death]: Goswami 1960:85; Bengalis: Bhattacharya 2006 [the tiger persuaded the brahman let him out of the cage; he is about to eat it; a protective dam in the field (jellied rice), banyans say that people themselves are ungrateful and the tiger can eat a brahmana; the jackal wants to check how things happened and was the tiger really sitting in the cage and the brahmana released him or vice versa; when the tiger entered the cage again, the jackal locked it and told the brahmana to go on with his business - to the feast at the royal palace]: 180- 181; Strokes 1879 {probably Bengalis} [the tiger begged the man to pull the splinter out of his paw; then he was going to eat it; the jackal and the dog appeared; the jackal offered the tiger a better way to eat man; let him bring the bag, get into it, and he throw the man in his mouth; when the tiger was in the bag, the man, the jackal and the dog tied him up and killed the tiger]: 17; oriya [the tiger begged the man Release him from the trap, he's going to eat it; the tree, the ox say there is no gratitude; the jackal pretends not to believe that the tiger could fall into the trap; the tiger climbs into it again and stays there]: Mohanti 1975:117-118; oriya (dombo) [a tiger settled in the forest near the village, began to hunt people, especially women and girls; took off jewelry and kept it in vessels (gold in one, silver in friend, others in the third); people complained to the king, who ordered him to set a trap and put a goat in it; the tiger continued to hunt people, but when they fled the village, he was tempted by a goat and got caught; came up beggar; the tiger promised him his accumulated wealth if he freed him, swore not to touch him; the beggar freed him, the tiger was going to eat him; agreed to ask the people he met if he had the right to do so; the cow, the fig tree, answered what it had; the fox ordered to show how it was; the tiger remained trapped, the fox ordered the king to report it; he sent warriors to kill the tiger and pick up the treasures; he gave the beggar land and cattle; the beggar and the fox remained friends]: Tauscher 1959, No. 1:13-17; Santals: Bompas 1909, No. 44 [the prince looks at the girls, he is told he has a wife - he was married in infancy ; he jumps to the village where the bride should live, agrees to save a snake from the fire on the way; she is going to eat it; a tree, a cow, water say that gratitude does not exist; the prince asked for permission to see the bride before being eaten; the wife went with the prince; told the snake that she should eat them both; the snake taught her how to turn any creature into dust and then revive them; the prince's wife turned snake to dust; all is well]: 149-154; Campbell 1891 [the tiger jumped on the buffalo, missed, got stuck in the quagmire; asked people to pull it out, promised not to eat anyone; they pulled it out, the tiger was going to eat the saviors ; people asked trees and the cow who was right; everyone blamed people (they cut down trees, don't care about cows); the jackal said he didn't believe that a tiger could be stuck in a quagmire, asked to show; the tiger again jumped, the jackal told people to stone the tiger]: 40-41; ho: Halder 1916, No. 14 [the man agreed to let the tiger out of the cage, he was going to eat it; the man asks permission to say goodbye to family; the tree asks, it replies that people are angry; the same with another tree; the jackal pretends not to believe the story and wants to see how the tiger ended up in the cage; the tiger entered there, the man closed the door and threw a stone at the tiger; people killed the tiger by shooting with bows]: 289-291; 1918, No. 22 [the tiger was crushed by a tree, the man agreed to help him free himself, the tiger is going to eat it; the ox takes sides tiger; the fox says it wants to see how it happened, pretends not to believe both; when the tiger is back under the tree, the fox tells the person to choose a good stick and finish the job], 23 [the snake in the forest devoured people and animals; during a forest fire, she asked a beggar passing by to save her; got into a bag; when she was safe, she was going to eat her savior; ox, sheep praise the snake for being if the snake eats a person - people are ungrateful; the fox pretends that the snake could not fit in the bag; as soon as the snake got there, the man tied the bag and killed the snake]: 324-325, 325-327; (cf. muria (Bastar District, south of Chhattisgarh) [the snake asks the Raju farmer to save her from the fire; he offers to crawl into his mouth; she refuses to crawl back; the Raja dries, leaves ascetic, is hired to guard the garden; a local Raja asks his children where they have enough; six sons: your worries, daughter: I support myself; the father tells the gardener to find a daughter with a husband to support him three days later he left her widow (the widow cannot remarry); the gardener brought a watchman, after the wedding, the local Raja drove the young into the forest; the wife refused to leave her husband; one day she sees how A snake crawls out the anthill, talks to the one inside the Raja; condemns her: it is a pity that no one will smear the Raja's mouth with molasses, the one sitting inside will crawl out; another snake: why do you keep so much money in your an anthill; Raja's wife bought molasses, the snake crawled out, she killed her, the Raja recovered and became prettier; his wife dug up an anthill, killed a second snake, there was a chest of gold; Raja returned home, lived with two wives]: Elwin 1944, No. 4:449-451, translated to Zograf 1971, No. 13:55-57); Oraons: Hahn 1906, No. 33 [a poor brahman (Priester) caught a turtle to kill and eat it; she asked to let it go, promised to transport it across the river; in the middle of the river she is going to drown; the tree replies that it should be so; the jackal (a fox in the text, but means a jackal) pretends to hear hard, asks him to swim closer, tells the brahmana to jump ashore; the turtle promises revenge; the jackal comes to the water, the turtle grabs his paw, he says it has grabbed the root, the turtle lets go of its leg; tells the children to go to the jackal to say that the turtle died; the jackal comes up and says that the deceased should have his eyes open; the turtle opens his eyes, the jackal breaks her head with a stone], 36 [the tiger persuaded the merchant to pull him out of the well, is going to eat it; ox, fig tree say the tiger is right; the jackal wants to know how it happened, tells the tiger to get into the bag first, the man beat the tiger to death]: 62-64, 68-69; pardhan [the fox and his mother are starving, they come to the tiger; the tiger picked up a cow for them, the fox watched him do it closely; attacked the horse believing it was an ox; the horse kicked the fox and killed its mother; the fox goes to another village, where the cage is a tiger; the tiger persuaded the brahmana to let him out and then intends to eat it; the buffalo and the ox reply that people are ungrateful; the Sun says that people are shamelessly relieved in his presence; the tiger eats brahmana]: Elwin 1944, No. 18. 1:397-398; condas [the tiger persuaded the brahmana to release him from the trap; he was about to eat it; the mango tree, the cow say the tiger has the right to do so; the fox asks to show how everything happened; the tiger was trapped, the fox and brahman left]: Schulze 1922, No. 5:40-43; (cf. dhanwar [the crab grabs the tiger by the nose; the fisherman helped free himself; the tiger wants to eat the fisherman; then agrees to let go on condition that he does not tell anyone; the fisherman told the family; after that I did not leave the house for a long time; once he went out with his daughter, the tiger halfway; I had to marry my daughter to a tiger]: Elwin 1944, No. 23, 4:462-463); Tamils: Kudinova, Kudinov 1995 [brahman agrees to release the tiger from the cage; he is about to eat it; agrees to ask the opinion of the person he meets; the jackal pretends to know what happened from the very beginning; the tiger enters the cage, the brahmana locks it, the tiger dies out of hunger and thirst]: 215-219; Robertson 1885, No. 4 [the brahman agrees to release the tiger from its cage; he is going to eat it; banyan, camel, buffalo, eagle, crocodile say that people are angry and ungrateful; the fox pretends to know how it happened from the very beginning; the tiger enters the cage, the brahmana locks it]: 372-363; Sinhalas [the crocodile climbed ashore into the mud and it has dried up; begged the man pull it out, I'm going to eat it; the kumbuk tree (Terminalia glabra), the cow says that the person is angry and ungrateful, let the crocodile eat him; jackal: I must see how it happened; the man takes the crocodile back, the jackal tells him to beat him to death]: Parker 1910, No. 63:339-340 (translated to Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 45:91-92).

Malaysia-Indonesia. Malays [a man frees the tiger from the cage, he is going to eat it; the road, the tree agree that evil pays for good; the dwarf deer pretends to want to see how it happened; the tiger back in the cage, the man kills him]: Skeat 1901:20-21; Simalur [the fisherman catches the fish, lets his daughter play; she feeds her, the fish grows; the girl's parents die; after eating all the rice supplies, the fish gathers swallow the girl; she suggests looking for a judge; the fish swims, putting the girl on its head; banana, tree, cancer say people are unfair, offer the girl to swallow; Raja tells her to jump on shore, marries]: Koehler 1964:69-72; Javanese [a tree fell on a crocodile; he persuaded a kanchil (dwarf deer) to ask the bull to raise a tree, carry it, a crocodile, into the river; is going to eat it; a bag of leaves, a basket, a mat floating along the river indicate that there is no gratitude; the kanchil brings his friend a munjak deer; he pretends to want to know what happened, a crocodile agrees to have the bull carry it back, crush it with a tree; remains trapped]: Bezemer 1904:51-71 (translated to Ostrovsky 1956:82-95); Bali [the tiger begged the priest to let him out of the trap; got ready eat; the coconut palm and the cow say the tiger is right, people are not grateful themselves; the kanchil (dwarf deer) wants to know how it happened, tells the tiger to get back into the trap, leaves it there]: Hoycas- van Leeuwen Bomkamp 1983, No. 40:174-178; minahasa [the snake got stuck in the rocks and sand, asked the hunter to release it; said she was terribly hungry, let him give her one dog; then all five; then she was going to eat him; the tree, the cow agree that gratitude doesn't exist; the monkey wants to see how it happened; the snake got into the trap again and stayed there]: Bezemer 1904:293-294.

China - Korea. The Chinese (Hubei?) : Riftin 2007 {is this the text Eberhard mentioned?} [the goat agreed to pull the wolf out of the hole, he was going to eat it; the goat asks the hare to judge them; the hare asks to show how it was; the wolf jumped into the hole and stayed there]: 48-49; Eberhard 1937, No. 15 (Hubei) [ungrateful wolf - brief summary]: 27; Koreans: Choi 1979, No. 101 [the traveler pulled the tiger out of the hole; he, contrary to his promise, is going to eat it; pine, ox decide in favor of the tiger; rabbit asks the tiger shows how it happened; the tiger jumps into the hole, the rabbit tells the man to leave it there and leave]: 33; Zng 1952, No. 78 [the traveler pulled the tiger out of the hole, he is going to eat it; the toad wants to understand how everything happened; the tiger is back in the hole, the man leaves]: 183 (=Pack 1991:337-338).

The Balkans. Macedonians [the fisherman did not catch anything all day; a man came up, gave the fisherman some money, asked him to throw a net for him; a sealed copper vessel came across; a man opened it, from there a snake crawled out, wrapped around the man's neck, asked whether to strangle him or eat him; she takes revenge on people because one of them put her in a vessel, but agreed to ask the opinion of others; the dog, the horse answer that the person is ungrateful and does not deserve gratitude; the fox pretends not to believe that the snake could fit in the vessel; it climbs, the fox demands to hide its head, the person closes the vessel; promises the fox 10 chickens; the man's wife is unhappy, but he puts the chickens in a bag; the wife secretly replaced the chickens with a dog; the fox opened the bag, the dog tore it; the man quarreled with his wife forever]: Martin 1955:65-72; Albanians : Serkova 1989:236-237 [hunters run after the wolf, the old man agrees to hide it in a bag; when he releases, the wolf is going to eat it; fox: you have to see everything with your own eyes; when the wolf is back in the bag, the fox should be beaten to death], 264-267 [=Pedersen 1898, No. 7:49-53; the peasant saves the snake from the fire; it is going to sting and strangle it; the horse, the ox say that the snake is right-people are also ungrateful; The peasant promises the fox five chickens; wants to see everything as it was; the snake crawls onto the tree, the fox tells the peasant to run away; the wife does not give the peasant the chickens he promised the fox, tells him to put the dog in the bag; the fox refuses to get into the bag by herself, offers to open it; the dog rushes after her, she runs away; regrets that she contacted people in her old age]; Greeks: Dawkins 1916 [man went to the mountains for with firewood, found the box, opened it, the snake crawled out, was going to eat the man; the camel, the buffalo say that people themselves are not grateful; the fox pretends not to believe that the snake could be in the box; she again gets there; the husband wanted to bring the fox 10 chickens; the wife ordered to put dogs in a bag instead of chickens; the fox managed to escape]: 335-337; Legrand 1881 [the hunter pulled a snake out of the stone, it was going to eat it; dog, horse say that the snake has the right to do so, because people are also ungrateful; the fox wants to see how it happened; the snake is back under the stone]: 187-189; Megas 1970, No. 10 [the children wanted to kill the snake, her poor man bought it; the snake grew up, rushed at the man, began to strangle; sheep and oxen say that the snake is right, gratitude does not exist; the man hints to the fox that he will give her chickens; the fox says he does not believe that the snake is could fit into stiffening; she crawls in there, the man kills her; the man tells his wife to put chicken with chickens for the fox, she puts the dog and the puppies; the dog tears off the fox's tail; after running away, the fox blames herself: her parents were not judges, why did she get involved in this]: 11-13; Bulgarians: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 155 [a man saves a snake from fire or a wolf from a trap; a snake or a wolf are going to kill him; a horse, a dog, a wolf and other animals say that man is ungrateful; a fox for promising to give her a chicken or chickens demands to be shown how it happened; the snake (wolf) is back in traps, a man kills them; a man or his wife puts a dog in a bag instead of a chicken, which kills a fox], 155* [the wolf asks the boar to pull it out of the trap; he pulls it out, the wolf is going to eat it; the fox undertakes to judge them - let the wolf fall into the trap again; he stays there]: 68, 69; Klyagin-Kondratyeva 1951 [the wolf asks the ploughman to hide him from the hunter, he hides him in a bag; when he unties it, the wolf is going to eat it; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf may have been in the bag, tells him to show it, then tells the plowman to cut the bag with an ax]: 236-237; (cf. Gagauz people [the snake wrapped around the man's neck; the wolf refused to judge because the man sent dogs at him; the fox demands that the snake first get off the man, then tell the man to kill the snake; man promises her chickens; her wife tells her to put a dog in a bag instead of chickens; she caught up with the fox, the man took off the fox's skin]: Moshkov 1904, No. 145:214); Moldovans: Botezat 1981 [the man hid a wolf in a bag, for which the hunters were chasing; the wolf was going to eat it; the dog, the donkey answer that the wolf is right; the fox pretends not to believe: how could the wolf fit in the bag; the wolf got into the bag, the man beat him to death; promises a bag of chickens to the fox, brings a dog in a bag; the fox hardly ran away, since then it has been stealing chickens to get its share for kindness]: 376-378; Moldavian tales 1968 [a man saves a snake from the fire, she wrapped around his neck; the horse and the dog are responsible for paying for good with evil; the good man tells the snake and man to first disperse on opposite sides of the road, then calls the knights to cut the snake to pieces]: 372-374; Romanians [a man removed a snake from a burning tree and it wrapped around his neck; Solomon said he could not resolve the dispute until both were on the ground; the snake let the man go; S.: cannot be trusted a snake; a man flattened its head with a stone]: Gaster 1915, No. 112:325-326; Hungarians [the man raised the stone that crushed the snake, it is going to kill it, agrees to look for someone to solve the matter; a horse, a dog curse a person for ingratitude; the fox to whom the man promised a chicken wants to see how it happened; the snake climbs under the stone again, the man crushed it; when the fox comes for with chicken, a man (or his wife, maid) beats her]: Kovács 1987, No. 155:277; Slovenes, Croats: Uther 2004 (1), No. 155:107-108.

Central Europe. Czechs, Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 155:107-108; Poles (incl. Kashubov - Weiherowo Dargolewo, by Lorenz) [a man has freed a snake (snake, bear) from the trap; he is going to eat him or his horse; the person suggests asking other animals who is right; everyone replies that there is no justice; the philosopher or fox says that it is necessary to first familiarize yourself with the situation; the snake is pressed down again with a stone, etc.; the rescued person promised the fox chickens, but he deceived it]: Krzyżanowski 1980:221-222; Russians (Pskov, Tula, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Galicia, Hutsulshchina, Ternopil, Ugric Russia, Transcarpathia, Poltava, Chernigovskaya), Belarusians ["Old bread and salt is forgotten": a person saves a wolf (bear, snake); when the danger passes, he wants to eat it (strangle, sting); turn to oncoming animals- judges; a fox makes the wolf return to its previous position (in a bag); a man kills a wolf, and at the same time kills a fox]: SUS 1979, No. 155:78; Russians (Pskov, Ostrovsky y.) [the wolf asks the man to hide it in a bag from the hunters; when the man then releases him, the wolf is going to eat it; the fox volunteered to resolve the dispute, wants to know how it was; when the wolf is back in the bag, the fox tells kill him; a man killed a fox first, then a wolf]: Smirnov 1917, No. 103:332-333; Russians (Chernoyarsky y. Astrakhan Gubernia) [the wolf runs away from the hunters, asks the man to hide it in the bag; the hunters are gone, the man untied the bag, the wolf is going to eat it: the old bread and salt is forgotten; the man suggests asking the people he meets if this is so ; mare, dog agree with the wolf; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could fit in the bag; asks the man to tie the bag; asks how the man threshes bread in the field; the man beat the wolf with a flail; the fox : and how did you turn it away? the man began to turn away and hit the fox with a flail, killing to death: old bread and salt is forgotten]: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 27:41-42; Belarusians: Kabashnika 1971, No. 72 [the snake was crushed by a stone; she begged push the man away; is going to eat him; the soldier, the horse, the dog confirm that there is no gratitude; the fox quietly asks if the person will reward her with chickens; he promises to give it; the fox pretends to wants to know exactly how the snake lay under the stone; when it was there, the man was ready to release it again, but the fox did not give it; the man tells his wife to give the fox chickens; she flatly refuses; the fox came up , a man killed her], 73 [the wolf is being chased, he asks the man to hide it in the bag; when the man untied the bag, the wolf is going to eat it; the fox wants to see the wolf fit in the bag; the man scored wolf with a flail; fox: I saved you from death, give me something; in response, a man killed a fox with a flail]: 168-169, 170; Northern Ukrainians (Chernigovskaya): Berezovsky 1979, No. 221 (Kozeletsky y.) [the wolf asks to hide it from hunters and dogs; the man hides it in a bag; when he releases it, the wolf is going to eat it; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf may have been in the bag; the wolf goes there climbs in, the man kills him; the fox asks for chickens, put a stud in "on wheels"; the man puts three dogs there; the fox opens, the dogs are behind her, she hides in a hole, asks for parts of her body, how they helped to escape; says to his tail that he just got confused, sticks her out of the hole, dogs pull her by the tail, kill her]: 256-257; Malinka 1902, No. 42 (Nezhinsky u.) [as in Berezovsky 1979]: 324-325; Ukrainians [a person wanted to know what ingratitude is; a snake is crushed by a stone, asking for its release; he frees, she wants to strangle him; the wolf says that the snake is right; the fox to whom the man promised the chicken wants to know how it happened; the snake is again under the stone, the fox goes to the man's house, the man's wife killed her]: Pankeev 1992:53-54; Ukrainians (Poltavskaya, Romensky district) [The man hides the wolf on his cart from the hunters. The wolf wants to eat it after the man has done a good thing, they decide to see if it's fair. The horse agrees, because the owner took it into the forest to be eaten by wolves, the dog too - the owner wants to kill it for biting puppies, the fox says that he does not believe that the man hid the wolf and asks to show it. The man hides the wolf in a bag, the fox offers him to kill the ungrateful beast. The fox falls into a trap, the hunter takes it to the bazaar]: Gnedich 1916, No. 1515:40.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abazins: Kapiyeva 1991 [the wolf asks to hide it from hunters; the old man poured out the bumps he collected, hid the wolf in a bag; when he untied it, the wolf decided to eat it; the horse, the dog answer that this is what a person needs; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could fit in a bag; he climbs there, the old man hits him with a stick]: 25-26; Tugov 1985, No. 18 [about the same as Kapiyeva 1991]: 37-38; Abkhazians [the fairy tale "The Man and the Snake"]: Abkhazian tales 1965:222 in Kharitonov 1975:297; Adygs (Kabardian people) [the wolf asks the old man to save him from hunters; the old man hides him in a bag; the hunters leave, the wolf wants to eat the old man; the fox: who believes that the wolf could fit in the bag; tells us to remove the tail and paw; the old man ties the bag, the fox tells the wolf to be beaten to death]: Aliyeva 1978, No. 71:340-341 (=Aliyeva, Kardangushev 197:64-65, =Sokolov, Broydo 1936:123-125, =Tambiev 1900:23-25); Karachays or Balkarians: Aliyeva, Kholaev 1983 [the peasant opened the chest, a snake crawled out of it, gathered it eat; the horse, the cow confirm that people are ungrateful and lenient; the old man pretends not to believe that the snake could fit in the chest; the snake climbed in there, the old man slammed the lid shut]: 65-66; Malkonduev 2017:589-591 (Western 1959) [a bear chained in a barn asks the old man to take him to the river for a drink; when he is drunk, he is going to eat it; the oak, the horse answer that the people themselves are ungrateful and the bear is right; the fox wants to see how it happened; the bear let himself be shackled and stayed in the barn], 670-671 [man, wolf and fox]; Ossetians: Britaev, Kaloev 1959 [the poor man saved the snake from the fire, it is going to kill it; traveler, bear: for a snake this is natural; lion: stand side by side; the snake lets the man go, the lion tells him to cut it with a knife; the snake's head rushed to the healing spring, then crawled to join the tail, the man crushed it with stones; the lion the source shows; the tsar promises half of the possessions to the one who cures the wounded son; the poor man brings living water, he was given an arba and driven away]: 25-27; Dzagurov 1973, No. 18 [the wolf asks the poor man to hide him from hunters and dogs, he hides the wolf in a bag, and when he takes it out, the wolf is going to eat it; the horse, the dog say that people are ungrateful; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could get into the bag; he climbs, the man kills him]: 44-46; the Ingush [the rider pulled the snake out of the fire, it turned around his neck and began to strangle him; the horse and the dog are responsible that evil pays for good; the fox tells him to show how it was; when the snake slipped to the ground, the rider trampled it]: Sadulaev 2004, No. 23:63-64; Nogais [a man saved a snake from the fire, puts it in a bag, takes it away from the fire, releases it; the snake is going to swallow it; the tree, the cow say that people are ungrateful; the fox does not believe that the snake fit in a small bag; tells the man to tie the bag and throw it into the fire]: Nogai 1979, No. 6:18-20; Kumyks: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 103 [the peasant caught a chest in the river, opened it, a snake crawled out from there, began to strangle it; said that he was hungry in the chest and would eat the peasant; the old man promises the fox two chickens for salvation; the fox says it does not believe that the snake fit in such a small chest; the snake crawled there, the fox slammed the chest shut; the peasant goes after the chickens, the wife advises that it is better to kill the fox with a gun; the fox overheard everything, said that she knew about man's cunning, ran away], 132 [the wolf runs away from the hunters, asks the man to hide him in the bag; when the hunters are gone, he is going to eat the man; agrees ask the person he meets if he can do it; the dog and the mule confirm that people are ungrateful; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could fit into the bag; the wolf shows how he got there; a man beats him until his skin separates from his bones, a slightly alive wolf runs away]: 249-250, 312-314; Khalilov, Osmanov 1989 [the wolf asks the traveler to hide him from the hunters, he hides him in a bag; when he releases him , the wolf is going to eat it; the horse, the dog say that the wolf is right - people are not grateful; the fox does not believe that a wolf can fit in a bag, even if he puts his head in; tells a man to beat the wolf with a stick]: 20- 22; Dargins [the snake is crushed by a stone, the peasant agrees to release it, she wants to strangle him; the cow, the dog say that people are ungrateful; the fox wants to see how it happened; the snake remains under a stone and dies]: Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:18 (=Osmanov 1963:20-21); Lucky [the man pulled a snake out of the fire, it began to strangle it; the bull, the horse answer that people themselves are not grateful; the snake let go a man for promising that he will no longer kill snakes; promises to give a gold coin every day on the condition that the person does not tell anyone about it; once he left for business and left him in his place son; the boy thought that there was a treasure under the stone, hit the snake, cutting off its tail, and it bit him and he died; the man came back and was going to continue the relationship; snake: no; I will not forget the severed tail, and you deceased son]: Omar-ogly 1868:59-61; the Kurins [the poor man went to the forest; the lion chained to the peg asks to pull out the peg; is going to eat the poor man; the ox, the donkey tell how ruthless and People are unfair; the fox replies that both lie, want to prevent her from serving as ambassador to the daughter of the king of jinns; suggests that the man drive the stake back into the ground: if the lion does not pull him out, then he is right; the fox and the man left, the lion remained chained]: Uslar 1896, No. 3:274-280; Tabasarans [the hunter saw a jug in the fire, heard cries for help; pulled out the jug, a snake crawled out of it, began to strangle hunter; says that good is not expected; the hunter suggests going to the fox forest judge; she wants to see how it happened, tells the snake to climb into the jug; the hunter corked him and threw him into the fire]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 104:251-252; Rutultsy [the man found a box in the forest, opened it, a monster came out of it, was going to eat it; it does not matter that the person released him, all people are evil and deserve punishments; a person asked to find someone to judge them; a tree, a spring, a donkey prove that people are ungrateful; the dog pretends not to believe that the monster could fit in the box; it He climbs there, the dog tells you to throw the box into the fire and continue to be smarter]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 131:309-310; Armenians (Shirvan) [the wolf asks the old peasant to hide it from the hunter; the peasant tells him to get into the bag, tells the hunter that he did not see the wolf; when he got out of the bag, the wolf wants to eat the peasant; the old cat and dog say that there is no gratitude, they were also kicked out of at home; the fox says he does not believe how such a big wolf could get into the bag; the wolf climbs in, the fox tells him to beat him with a club; the wolf hardly gnawed through the bag and ran away, barely alive]: Bagry 1930 (3): 119-122; Georgians [the monkey tore a pile of stones, pulled out a jug, a snake crawled out from there, is going to bite it; the fox summons to resolve the dispute, invites the snake to crawl back into the jug first, closes it]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (1), No. 22:62-63 (=Chikovani 1986:40-41); Megrels [the peasant saw a dragon surrounded by fire; threw him a box on a rope, he climbed into it, the peasant pulled it out; the dragon again became big, ate the provisions of a peasant, a camel, was going to swallow it himself; a tree, a buffalo confirm that there is no gratitude; the fox pretends not to believe that the dragon could climb into the little one the box; he gets in, the fox closed the box and gave it to the peasant]: Stepanov 1898, No. 9:26-29; Azerbaijanis [the poor man began to complain about God and ask for death; found a chest, thought it had money in it, there it turned out to be a snake, wrapped around her neck, was going to sting; agreed to be judged; fox: good is paid with evil; then the poor man promised her chickens; the fox began to clarify the circumstances of the case, asked for a snake crawl into the chest; the poor man is going to drown her; the snake: I will make you a shah; the poor man released her again; she gave him a stone, he will heal the Shah, whom the snake will sting, let the poor man ask for the Shah's hand as a reward daughters; the vizier offered a hundred gold coins for the poor man to refuse; he did not agree, was thrown into prison; a snake crawled out of the crack: I will bite the Shah again; it turns out that the poor man is going to the Shah in a vizier; he is wearing a saddle, in Bits in his mouth, he is savvy, the poor man drives with a stick; marries a Shah's daughter, inherits the throne]: Bagriy 1930 (1): 41-45 (=Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:514-518, =Akhundov 1955:298-301); Turks: Stebleva 1986, No. 6 [a man saved a snake that was on a burning tree, it was about to bite it; the ox and the river reply that man and good are incompatible; the man promises chickens to the fox, he says that the snake has no right to bite his savior; man brings dogs instead of chickens, shakes it out of the bag, the fox has barely escaped; promises to always steal chickens from now on], 70 [people want to burn a snake, the shepherd saved it, put it in a bag, carried it, she wants sting him; the bull, the tree say that the snake is right, people are ungrateful; the fox wants to know how it happened, tells the shepherd to kill the snake; he promises her chickens; the wife advises to bring a greyhound in a bag; the fox rushed into a hole, but the shepherd noticed the tail, pulled out the fox, killed it, made his wife a fur coat]: 25-26, 286-287; Kurds [the man put a frozen snake in his bosom; she warmed up, was going to sting it; dog, horse confirm that people are also ungrateful; the fox wants to know how it happened; the snake lets the man go, he kills her, promises to be eternally grateful to the fox; a hunter appears with dogs; a man points to the bush where the fox hid; they kill it]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 154:455-457.

Iran - Central Asia. Turkmens [the old man dug up a chest, a snake crawled out of it, became big, wrapped around his neck, was going to strangle it; a camel, a mulberry tree answer that there is no justice; a boy, a man's son named Sapa, pretended to see how it was; when the snake crawled into the chest, told the old man to bury it again]: Stebleva 1969, No. 41:208-214; Uzbeks [the steppe caught fire, shepherd drives the sheep away, hears a hiss, saves the snake from the fire by throwing it a bag, and pulling it out when the snake has climbed into it; it is going to sting it, but agrees to ask the people she meets if they pay for good with evil or good; the cow and apple tree answer that people pay for good with evil; the fox pretends not to believe that the snake could crawl into the bag; it climbs into it, the Fox tells him to tie it up and hit the ground]: Afzalov and others 1972 (1): 37-39; Tajiks (Tashkent) [the old man pulled a snake out of the fire, it wrapped around his neck, was about to kill - three witnesses will confirm her right; water, wood, cow confirm what good they pay with evil; the fox first answered the same way, but then began to understand; pretends not to believe that the snake could fit into the old man's bag; the snake climbs into the bag, the fox tells the old man to kill the snake]: Levin and others 1981, No. 376:282-285; mountain Tajiks (Darvaz) [the snake asked the man to pull it out of the fire, she was going to sting him; the willow is responsible that evil pays for good; the fox asks the snake to let go first man, then tells him to hit the snake with a stick]: Semenov 1901:3-4 (=1903, No. 2:99-100); Shugnans [the man pulled a snake out of the fire; carried it in a bag; when asked it to get out and crawl away, she wrapped herself around around his neck: good is paid with evil; the tree confirms the snake is right; the fox too; some old man pretends not to believe the story, tells the snake to get back into the bag and the man to kill it]: Zarubin 1960, No. 6:77-79; Sarykol residents [the judge saves the snake from the fire by letting it crawl into the bag; it wants to kill it; three people, the cow is responsible for paying evil for good; the fox says that the Snake is lying, for it is not will be able to get into the bag; the snake crawls, the judge hits her to death]: Pakhalina 1966:106-107; parachi (b. Pachagan, Kapisa Province) [a man was walking along the road, came across a sick snake; took it with him, cured it; when he let it out of the bag, she said she could sting him; the man asked why she wanted it do; the snake replied that people always get evil instead of good; first she gave the example of a cow: "A cow gives its owner milk, brings a calf, but in the end it becomes old, that sells it to a butcher"; then she said about the tree: "The tree gives fruit, gives shade. The owner benefits from it. However, in the end, the owner cuts him down with an ax and thus responds to good with evil; the man made friends with the fox; she asked the snake what harm the man had done to her; the snake: "He threw me into the bag then (you) treated (?) me and I have recovered"; fox: "You're lying. You can't fit in this bag"; the snake did not agree and got into the bag; the fox told the man to tie it; he did so]: Efimov 2009, No. IV.2:151-152; Persians (Khorasan, Gilyan, Isfahan) [snake they are stalking, she asks the person to hide it when the danger has passed, is going to sting him; the objects or animals asked are responsible for paying for good with evil; the fox asks the snake to climb back first where a man hid it, a man kills a snake]: Marzolph 1984, No. 155:51-52; Pashtuns: Uther 2004 (1), No. 155:107-108; Kalashi [the man saved the snake from the fire, it climbed inside it, was going to sting him; the cat volunteered to judge the case, pretended to listen badly, the snake stuck its head out, the cat bit it off]: Ali Shah 1974:75-76.

Baltoscandia. Estonians [a spruce fell on the wolf, the elk freed him, the wolf is going to eat it; the bear agrees to judge the matter; orders the wolf to put his head under the spruce trunk again, and the elk to crush it; the wolf remained crushed]: Jakobson 1954:136-138 (=1987:90-91); seto [the wolf was overlaid by hunters; he asks the man to hide it in a bag; when the man releases him, the wolf is going to eat it; the dog, the horse say that they do not remember good things; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could get into the bag; when the bag is tied, the fox tells the man to beat the wolf with a stick; he beat and then nailed the fox; wolf skin went to the fur coat, fox on the collar]: Mägiste 1990:57-62; Estonians, Setu [in northern and western Estonia, a person helps a snake; at Setu and in Helm to a wolf, in Vastseliina - a bear; a fox always saves a person]: Kippar 1986, No. 155:115-116; Finns [the bear fell into the trap of a peasant, persuaded him to let him go, then went to eat it; horse, dog confirm what good is paid with evil; the fox pretends to know how it happened; the bear remains trapped, the peasant goes home, promising the fox chickens; she comes for the chickens, the hostess hits her with a stick; running away, the fox says there really is no gratitude]: Salmelainen at Goldberg 1957:53-59, in Conca 1991:306-311; Norwegians [a man saves a snake; she is going to kill him, other animals with it agree; the fox makes it so that the snake agrees to be trapped again; when it comes for a reward, the person pays it with ingratitude]: Hodne 1984, No. 155:43; Danes [lumberjack agreed to release the snake, which was pinched by a tree; it was going to sting it, but agreed to ask the people she met if there was a reward for good; old horse: there is no gratitude; man for the fox promises two geese, she says that good is rewarded, has a snack on the snake's neck; the man follows the geese, the wife puts two dogs in the bag, they bitten to death a fox; she thought that good is still paid for evil ]: Grundtvig 1920:184-186 (=1879:244-249, =Cramer 1919:119-122); Lithuanians [a man pulled a snake out of the pit; it wrapped around his neck and began to strangle him; a horse, a dog say people are ungrateful; the fox demands to show how it happened again in the hole; the man promises her a chicken; the wife persuaded her to shoot the fox instead; the fox is dying: this is how they pay for good; a total of 85 options; in 20 foxes they give a bag of dogs; at 10 she hides from dogs in a hole, but gets angry at her tail and throws it away to dogs]: Kerbelite 2014, No. 9:43-44; Latvians [Old bread and salt is forgotten. A person helps a bear (wolf, snake). The bear wants to eat it. A person goes to search for the truth, but animals he meets tell him that this is already the case - "old bread and salt is forgotten." The fox helps a person]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 155:259-260; the Swedes [the serpent asks the man to release him from under the stone, he will receive what he deserves; when released, the serpent says that such a calculation is death; the bear, the wolf agree; the fox wants to see how it happened, asks the person to lift the stone, the snake to climb under it, lower the stone gradually; when the serpent replies that it is now worse than it was first, the fox tells you to leave the snake under the stone]: Suritz 1991:123-124; Lutsie (West 1937; told inconsistently and illogically) [the owner left an aged horse, cat and dog in the forest, although the son did not want to drive them out; dog, horse answer the wolf that they have only skin and bones; wolf: I will make the owner respect you; the wolf meets the owner halfway: eat you; hunters come, the wolf asks to hide it, master hides it in a bag; {then an obvious pass: the owner releases the wolf and he is going to eat it again}; the dog, the cat, the horse reply that the old bread and salt is forgotten; the crane that the owner allowed to eat peas: what's the matter? advises to put the wolf back in the bag and beat it to death; at home, the son tells his father to return the expelled; the horse is already dead, but it has been buried and an ear has been placed on the grave]: Annom et al. 2018:314-315; Veps: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 155:221; Western (?) Sami [a fox saves a person and he pays her evil for good]: Qvigstad 1925, No. 155:11; Livons, Icelanders: Uther 2004 (1), No. 155:107-108.

Volga - Perm. Marie, Chuvash, Kazan Tatars (Mishari): Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 155:221; Mordovians [the apostle saved a child from the steppe fire; he turned into a snake and became suck his blood; they decided to ask the people they met if the old benevolence was forgotten; the cow, the mare agree with the snake; the cat asks the serpent to show its head from under the apostle's clothes; the snake pulled out and killed him]: Yurtov 1883, No. 18:99-107; Bashkirs [the woodcutter released a snake from under the stone, it wrapped around his neck, was going to sting; sheepskin coat collar, the dog replies that people are ungrateful; fox demands to show how it happened, the snake remains under the stone]: Barag 1989, No. 117:441-142; Udmurts: Kralina 1960, No. 26 [the snake's tail froze to the ice, the hunter saved it, warmed it up, she was going to eat it; a horse, a cow say that people are not grateful; the cat says that it does not hear well, asks to come closer, kills it]: 77-78; Wichmann 1901, No. 11 [the wolf fell into a trap, asked the Russian to release him; he pulled the wolf out of the trap and put it in his bag; the wolf asked him to be released from the bag; once free, he was going to eat a Russian; a fox: I can't believe that the wolf could fit into the bag; the wolf climbed into it, The man closed the bag and beat the wolf to death]: 81.

Turkestan. Kazakhs: Kaskabasov et al. 1979, No. 82 [a man saved a snake in the burning steppe; when he took it out of the bag, it was going to sting it; a willow, a cow are responsible that evil pays for good; the elder pretends that he does not believe that the snake could get into the bag; the snake was killed; the elder tells a parable about a king, a thief and a monkey], 83 [=Bosingen 1985:34-35; the tiger got online, asked a man for him release; he released him, and the tiger is going to eat him; the tree, the cow are responsible for paying for good with evil; the jackal pretends not to believe that the tiger could have been online; the tiger climbed into them again, the jackal told a man to leave; a hunter killed a tiger, took off his skin]: 160-162, 163-164; Ethnographic materials 1898 (Turgay) [the shepherd saved the snake from the fire, it was going to bite it; the bull, the horse answer that the snake is right; the cat complains that he does not hear, asks the snake to lean out of his sleeve; grabbed it, pulled it out and killed it]: 74; Kyrgyz [the wolf begged the man to hide it in a bag from hunters; when he got out, he was going to eat the man and his horse; magpie: it would be better if you both died; the hare runs away in horror; the fox demands to show how it happened, tells you to tighten the bag more tightly]: Ledenev 1987:219-225; Uighurs [the wolf begged the ploughman hide it from hunters; when they rode off, they are going to eat it; a cow, an apple tree confirm that people are ungrateful; the fox wants to see everything for herself; the ploughman covers the wolf with a robe, the fox tells the wolf to be killed with a stone; now she wants to eat the ploughman herself; the same hunters appear; the fox: what are they screaming? plowman: they ask who is standing next to me; fox: say it's a stone; hunters: and you hit a stone with a stone; the ploughman killed a fox]: Kabirov 1963:286-289; Dungans [the man freed the snake from the bottle; she turns into a big snake and is ready to swallow it; three, five, thirty people they meet say that good is paid for with evil; the immortal shynshyan lures the snake into the bottle and takes it with him]: Riftin et al. 1977, No. 6:508.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Altaians [the hunter was going to hit the snake, but it managed to wrap around his neck; says he will kill the hunter; the horse and the dog agree - people are selfish; fox: how did the hunter want to kill you? the snake lies down where it was, the hunter kills it; says that he wants to bow to the fox, instead grabs it, kills it; at home he tells his wife everything, but tells her to feed the horse and dog to their fill]: Sadalova 2002, No. 10: 99-101; Khakas: Balter 1958 [=1986:116-118; the snake asks the bay to save her from the fire, promises to teach the language of animals; he saves, she is going to sting him; the horse, the dog say that people are ungrateful; fox: if the snake wants to look like a bai (i.e. just as ungrateful), let it first stand on the ground next to him; bai killed the snake with a stick; bai is going to shoot the fox, it runs away]: 57-59; Katanov 1907, No. 306 (beltira) [the snake asks to be saved from the fire, promises to teach the language of animals; the man saves, she entangles his neck; the horse, the dog say that people are ungrateful; the fox: let the snake come down from the man , will stand on the ground next to him; asks a man why he has a gun and a stick; a man killed a snake with a stick, shot a fox; houses cows, horses, birds complain that the man's wife did not feed them; he scolds wife; she tries everything out; he hears a rooster saying he can cope with 40 chickens; but the man told his wife everything and died], 579 [the snake asks to save her from the fire; the man saves, she wraps his neck; horse, dog say that people are ungrateful; fox: they judge not hanging around his neck, but standing; the snake let the man go, he killed her with a cane]: 361-363, 512; Tuvans: Vatagin 1971, No. 28 [old Møge- Saryg found a bag on the road, untied it, a wolf jumped out of there, was going to eat MC; the ox says he cannot resolve the dispute, sends it to the hare; he wants to know how it happened; when the wolf is back together, the hare tells him to leave him there]: 184-185; Kalzan 1964 [old More-Saryg found a bag tied with a rope, untied it, a wolf jumped out, was going to eat the old man; he suggests asking three people they meet, is this fair; sarlyk, the fox answer that they do not believe that a man could save the wolf, and it's not their business at all; the hare pretends to understand this case, let the wolf take him the old man and him to the place where the bag lay; let him show how he was in the bag, and let the old man tie the rope; let the wolf now starve to death]: 123-127; tofalars [longworm asks carry it across the stream; on the other side, the worm began to strangle a man; a leather bed, an old dog says that's what people should do; the fox demands to show how it was; the snake got down to show; the fox person: from now on, do not throw away the worn thing, but put it in a dry place, feed the old dog to death]: Rassadin 1996, No. 42:106-107; the Mongols [when dying, the old horse tells the young not to walk on on the forbidden road, do not untie the gray bag; the young untied, the wolf jumped out, was going to eat the horse; the hare pretends not to believe that the wolf could fit in the bag; the wolf climbed into the bag, the hare tied it, the horse came home]: Mikhailov 1962:162-164.

Eastern Siberia. Central Yakuts: Illarionov et al. 2008, No. 11 (2nd Sittinsky Nasleg of Kobyay Ulus) [the wolf wants to eat the old man, but promises not to touch him if he hides him from hunters; the old man hides him wolf in a bag, tells hunters that he did not see the wolf; the dog, the horse answer that the wolf has the right to eat the old man, because people are not grateful; the fox pretends not to believe that the wolf could fit in the bag; the wolf He gets there, the fox tells the old man to beat the wolf to death]: 143-155; Ergis 1967b, No. 68 (summary of the archival text, the place of recording is not specified; central?) [during a forest fire, a boy saves a Snake; he chases him; he seeks help from trees and animals; a birch tree replies that people are peeling off its skin, another tree that they cut it down, animals say that they kill them; the Fox invites the Snake to show his ability to shrink; he gets into his purse, the boy kills him]: 173-174.