M160. Resentment in word and action, ATU 159B.

.13.-.15.17.23.27.-.31.

A strong wild animal and a man became friends. A person breaks a promise made to the beast or speaks contemptuously of it. The beast asks for physical pain and says that the resentment inflicted by the word is more painful (the wound on the body has healed, the mental wound has not; or the beast dies of resentment).

Sakho, Berbers of Algeria, Arabs of Western Sahara, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Spaniards, Iraq, Arabs (?) Iran (Sahel), Uttar Pradesh (Hindi), Bosnians, Serbs, Croats, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Gagauz people, Albanians, Greeks, Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina, Podolia), Ingush, Tatas, Georgians, Turks, Persians (everywhere), Tajiks, Turkmens, Lithuanians.

Sudan-East Africa. Sakho [the cause of the rain came to the savannah, the lion sheltered him, brought him meat; the man came to the village, began to speak contemptuously of the lion - it stinks; the lion heard it; when the man returned, the lion told him to beat him mercilessly with bars; explained that the pain of words was stronger; the man left]: Reinisch 1889, No. 1:178-180.

North Africa. The Arabs of Western Sahara [seven sisters, one pregnant, the others ran after the camel, the pregnant woman could not, was left alone, gave birth to a boy in the cave; there were two lion cubs; she replied that her they are called International; mother and son ate what the Lioness brought to the lions; when she took their meat, they growled, the Lioness asked what was going on, they answered "This is between each other", the Lioness did not interfere; the lions they said that the Lioness would not harm the woman and her son, told the Lioness about them; once the Lioness and the woman went hunting together, the Lioness ate the woman, brought her breasts to the cave; the Lion cub told the boy that he took revenge, killed his mother Lioness, went on a journey with the boy; the boy came to people; the lion cub told him to slaughter himself, he agreed, the lion cub immediately healed the wound as if it did not exist; said that the wound is being healed, but there is no resentment]: Aris, Cladellas 1991:84-86; the Arabs of Eastern Algeria (Souf) [the woman cured the lion's paw; he began to hunt animals for her; frightened the caravans that all of them She got the good; she praises the lion but says he has a bad breath; the lion hears it, ate the woman and said that the wound on the body can be cured but the wound cannot be cured by words]: Scelles-Millie 1963:205- 207; Berbers of Algeria (Blida), Arabs of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia: El-Shamy 2004, No. 159B: 66-67.

Southern Europe. The Spanish [lion (bear) have been friends with a person for a long time; one day a lion hears a man or his wife speak ill of him; the lion tells him to be injured; after a while the wounds have healed, but the memory of the insult remains]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 159B: 296-297.

Western Asia. Iraq: El-Shamy 2004, No. 159B: 66-67; Arabs (?) Iran (Sahel) [the firewood collector made friends with the lion; while eating, the man's wife speaks unflattering about the lion's manners; he tells the man to hit him with an ax; when the man meets him later, the axe wound completely healed, but the wound from words is not]: Marzolph 1984, No. 159B: 52-53.

South Asia. Uttar Pradesh (Bahraich County, Hindi) [the woodcutter became friends with a lion; once disappeared for a long time, the lion became worried; crossing a river infested with crocodiles and at the risk of falling into a trap, the lion came to the lumberjack's hut; he is sick and unconscious; the lion licked him, the woodcutter woke up, but when he smelled the lion's mouth, he turned away; the lion left; the woodcutter recovered, came to the lion, asked why he was so gloomy; the lion explained; the fever will pass and the resentment cannot be cured; we are no longer friends]: Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 42:182-185.

The Balkans. Macedonians [The bear asked the coal burner to pull him out a splinter; he pulled it out, they began to live together; one day, the coal burner was horrified aloud at the bear's breath; he ordered him to be hit with an ax on head, left; after many years he came and asked if the wound was noticeable; the coal burn replied that he could not see anything; bear: and the wound caused by the word does not heal; and tore the coal burn]: Martin 1955:93-94; Albanians [the bear asks the shepherd to pull out her splinter; makes her sister, takes care of the sheep; calls her to sleep in her cave; in the morning the shepherd: he slept badly, suffered like in the claws of a bear; the bear is insulted; asks to hit her with an ax; six months later she asks to feel her neck - the wound has healed; but the heart wound does not heal; the bear drives the shepherd away, they are no longer twin brothers]: Serkova 1989:254-261; Greeks [ an old poor woodcutter with many children went to the forest; the lion offered to cut trees instead of him; calls himself his son; the woodcutter praises him, but says his mouth stinks; the lion tells him to hit him with an ax on the neck; in the following days, the lion continues to help him; offers to feel the impact site - the wound has healed, but there is no resentment; the lion is gone]: Megas 1970, No. 12:14-16; Bulgarians [there is also a motive in written sources; a man made friends with a bear (lion); told him that he smells bad; a bear (lion) tells him to hit him with an ax; later comes, shows that the wound has healed, but there is no resentment; kills a person]: Daskalova- Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 159B: 70-71; Gagauz [a hermit made friends with a lion; one day, looking in his head, he notices that it looks like a dog's head; a lion tells him to hit him on the head with a stone and leaves; after two or three years they meet again; lion: the wound from the stone has healed, but the word will never heal]: Moshkov 1904, No. 108:181-182; Bosnians [the bear became friends with the man, he invited himself; the bear asked to come to him in the fall, otherwise he was too poor in summer; when they went to bed, the man asked permission to lie on the other side, otherwise the bear's breath was smelly; in the morning the bear asked to hit with his ax; a year later they met again; bear: the axe wound healed, but not at the word; they were no longer friends]: Eschker 1992, No. 64:238-241; Serbs, Croats, Romanians: Uther 2004 (1), NO. 159B: 113.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Hutsulshchyna) [The enmity between a lion (bear) and a man: a man ridiculed a lion; a lion asks a man to hit him with an ax; a year later: "The wound has healed, but the pain comes from your mocking word did not pass"; kills a person]: SUS 1979, No. 159B: 79; Ukrainians (Podolia) [the poor man cuts firewood in the forest; the lion asks if he is beautiful; the man is in front like a person and in the back is a dog; the lion tells to hit with an ax and come a year later; a year later, no trace of the wound is visible; and the resentment that the man compared him to a dog remained]: Levchenko 1928, No. 457:296.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ingush [hunter Shutar became friends with the leopard, who helped him hunt; people did not believe his stories and he took them to the place where he met the leopard; for some reason he shot suddenly; leopard grabbed his leg; S.'s betrayal hurt him so much that he died from a broken heart, not from a shot; people buried him honorably, the tombstone is still standing]: Tsaroeva 2016:275; tatas [Leo asks the man not to be afraid of him, offers to cultivate the field together; he will drive others away from the water source, guard the field at night; the peasant's things went well; the lion asked what he was about him thinks; the man replied that he can only say good things about Leo, only his face looks like a dog; Leo asks to hit him in the neck with a sword, then runs away; when he returns, the man could not find a scar from his sabers; Lev said that the wound from the saber had healed, but the wound caused by words - no, now he and the man are enemies]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 121:296; Georgians (1 publication - Orbeliani) [the bear came to his own to a friend; his wife refuses to kiss the person who came, he smells bad; the bear asks the man to hit him on the back of the head with an ax; a year later, the axe wound healed, but the insult did not]: Kurdovanidze 2000, No. 159B: 22; Turks [the lion hurt his tongue, said it to the turtle; the turtle: my friends were walking there, I hope you didn't attack them; lion: these words of yours hurt more than the wound]: Dor 2002, No. 13:48.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians (everywhere) [the firewood collector made friends with the lion; while eating, the man's wife speaks unflattering about the lion's manners; he tells the man to hit him with an ax; when the man meets him later, the axe wound completely healed, but the word wound did not]: Marzolph 1984, № 159B: 52-53; Tajiks: Levin et al. 1981, No. 227 [=Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957:67-68; the bear volunteered to help the old man- the lumberjack to carry firewood; he calls him to visit him; his wife speaks contemptuously of the black man with a black face; the bear tells him to hit him with an ax, leaves; a month later she meets the old man, shows that the wound healed from the ax, but not from the words of the old man's wife; but continued to help the old man], 255 [the bear decided to help the old lumberjack; ordered the donkeys to be occupied, broke firewood, the old man took them away, became rich; calls the bear to guests; the old man's wife calls the bear worthless; he asks the old man to hit him with an ax, otherwise he will kill him; later he meets him, shows that the wound has healed and the resentment will not heal; the old man cries, leaves]: 228-230, 239- 241; Turkmens [the man made friends with the bear, invited him to visit, told his wife that only a bear would come; the bear heard him, asked him to stab him on the head; later called to him: a sword wound healed, but words don't, friendship ends]: Stebleva 1969, No. 16:42.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians: Uther 2004 (1), № 159B: 113