M162. Eats her own giblets, ATU 21.

.13.14. (.15.) .21.23.27.-.31.33.36.40.

The character pretends to be eating his own entrails or his own meat. Others believe and kill (let them kill) themselves.

Malgashi, Arabs of Morocco, (Spaniards), Oriya (dombo), Baiga, Bulgarians, Gagauz people, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Pskov, Tverskaya, Gorkovskaya, Ryazan, Voronezh, Saratov), Ukrainians (Yekaterinoslavskaya, Poltava), Belarusians, Gagauz, Abkhazians, Baluchis, Lithuanians, Latvians, Lutsi, Estonians, Setu, Finns, Eastern Sami, Chuvash, Mordovians, Udmurts, Komi, Karakalpaks, Kyrgyz, Khakas, Northern Khanty, Nenets, Turukhan Evenks, Asian Eskimos.

Sudan-East Africa. Malgashi: Klipple 1992 [Trimobé grabbed Sohitika while he was stealing oranges from his garden; S. ran away with a trick; T. came again, began to fry the bull's insides, said S. roasts his own; S. agreed to rip his stomach, died]: 18; Haring 1982, No. 3.2.327i (bar) [father leaves the children in the forest; they climb a tree; the eldest goes to get water, comes to the pond, there are bananas, sugarcane, lots of cattle; he got into the bag, pretended to be a baby for the owner to pick it up; he picked it up, fed it, left to watch the cattle; gives the owner a fried porcupine liver under the guise of his own; he believes, allows a hot poker to snatch his liver, dies; brothers take his wealth; they take his mother and drive his father away; the mother is old, so there are so many old women] 3.2.327N (bar) [Zatuvu took his son to the forest to hunt hedgehogs, threw him; mother finds a son; next time Z. burned her son, bones, collected him in calebasa; the son was reborn, roasts hedgehogs; tells his father that roasts his liver; father offers his son to take out his liver; son puts a hot poker in his ass]: 385, 387.

North Africa. The Arabs of Morocco [The Hedgehog and the Jackal agreed to steal beans from the field; the Hedgehog fills the bags, and when the work is finished, the Jackal is going to carry them away, leaving the Hedgehog to kill the peasant; the Hedgehog asks to carry one his bag to his children, he sits in it unnoticed; whistles on the way, the Jackal thinks that a peasant has noticed them; the Hedgehog brings the bag to the children; next time the Hedgehog and the Jackal stole the sheep; the Hedgehog screams that a shepherd is coming, The jackal runs away, the Hedgehog takes the meat for himself; The jackal smells cooked food; The hedgehog says he took the fat out of his armpits; The Jackal tries to do it, hurts himself, dies]: El Koudia 2003, No. 19:108- 109.

(Wed. Southern Europe. The Spanish [the wolf ate so much that he is barely alive; fox: let me cut your stomach, then you can eat again; the wolf is dead]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 21:48-49).

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Bhutan [the tiger asks the frog to clean its hair from insects; fell asleep; the frog stuffed it put tiger hair in its mouth and ass, asked the tiger what it eats; tiger: big animals, but if very hungry, even small ones, even frogs; frog: and I eat little ones, but even tigers if I am very hungry; I opened my mouth, there is tiger hair; the tiger has run away; the fox leads the tiger back, and so that it is not afraid, tied their necks with a vine; frog: thank you fox brother; I'm hungry, and you came to me with breakfast; the tiger ran away, dragging the fox, it suffocated; the tiger looked around, the fox grinned: stop laughing! the tiger went to live away from the frog]: Choden 1994:41-44.

South Asia. Oriya (dombo) [the fox found a piece of paper; told the boar that there was an order for all animals to cut off their ears; cut off the boar, and when he wanted to cut off the fox's ears, she sent him to brush his teeth and ran away; the same with the tiger and the bear; climbed a tree; the tiger offers to go down, promises to kill the wild boar and give the fox giblets; the boar rushed at the tiger, he killed him; the fox and bear went to wash their giblets; their fox she hid it, and sent the bear to pour a basket of manure over the tiger's head, this will protect it from the heat; the tiger killed the bear; when the bear is over, the fox pretends to eat its giblets and eats itself hidden wild boar giblets; the tiger tore its stomach, the fox began to pull its guts and the tiger died; the fox has meat again]: Tauscher 1959, No. 57:119-120; baiga [the fox admires how cleverly the crane pulls out with the key of giblets from the bodies of fallen animals; he replies that Bhagavan himself taught him; the fox asks him to be taken to B.; the crane tells him to hold on to his legs and not look down; the fox looks and falls into the half-dried the pond, only the tail and hind legs stick out of the mud; Ahir grazed cattle nearby, decided that the dog was in the mud, pulled it out; fox: why did he prevent me from getting the rupee from the bottom, now I'll call my uncle tiger; ahir agreed give the fox a daughter and a calf for a feast, tied both to a tree; but the calf hit the fox with its hoof; the fox to the girl: it was me who rolled over to scratch my back; at night the fox brought the chicken and fire, lay down with the girl, but did nothing to her; threatened to call the tiger if she did not allow it; she allowed it, but he scratched it; she screamed, the tiger came; the fox: I made a calf for you; the tiger sent the fox to wash it his stomach, the fox hid half; the tiger wanted to eat the girl, the fox persuaded him not to do it; they went to drink, the fox began to eat his own stomach, said he was eating his own; the tiger asked him to teach him; the fox asked him to teach him tied him, pulled out his insides, ate and gave it to the tiger; but he died of pain; the fox climbed into the tiger's carcass and could not get back; the young Baiga saw a tied girl, at first mistook him for an old woman, but I still decided to get together with her; she told her to feed and drink first; married a young man]: Elwin 1939, No. III: 485-486.

The Balkans. Bulgarians [the fox hides its meat, eats slowly, tells the wolf or bear that it eats its giblets; the wolf (bear) agrees to be ripped open, dies, the fox eats it]: Daskalova- Perkovska 1994, No. 21:45; Gagauz people [the fox suggests putting the board through the hole to find out who is sinless; the fox, the hare, the wolf have passed, the bear has failed; but running around the hole, the first three also fell into it; first they ate the smallest, then the one who was drawn (the bear); the fox hid part, tells the wolf that it eats its meat; the wolf began to tear its meat, died; the eagle flew, dropped its chick; the fox promised to return it if he gave her a drink; let her fly into the field, sit on the baklag, the man hit, the baklaga would tip over, the eagle would bring water in her beak; the fox tells her to pull it out first, i.e. bring a rope, then Laugh three times; let the eagle sit on the man's head; he sat down, the man's son tried to hit the eagle, killed his father with a flail; the fox laughed three times and returned the chick to the eagle]: Moshkov 2004, No. 144:213-214.

Central Europe. Russians (Olonetskaya, Pskov, Tver, Gorkovskaya, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Yekaterinoslavskaya, Poltava), Belarusians [Eating Your Own Entrails: Hungry the fox persuades a hungry wolf (bear) to rip its belly and eat its own intestines (break its head and eat its brain); the animal follows advice and dies]: SUS 1979, No. 21:55; Russians ( Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [someone frightened the chicken, she runs, shouts to the rooster that war is going on; then a hare, a fox, a wolf, a bear; everyone fell into a hole; fox: let's count the names: Bear bear bear is good name (hereinafter referred to as fox fox, wolf wolf, cockerel pet), and pakura chicken is a bad name; the chicken was eaten; then in order of the next; the fox and bear remain; the fox pretends to pull and eat his own guts; the bear pulled out his own, the fox ate it as much as she wanted]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:5-7; Russians (Pskov) [the cat ate sour cream, the woman began to beat him, is going to slaughter a goat and a ram; all three have left home; Wot consistently meets a hare, fox, wolf, bear; everyone is asked to jump over a hole, everyone falls into it; fox: let's howl and eat the one who can no longer be the first; she sits with her mouth open, but does not howl; the hare paused, he was eaten; then the wolf; the fox hid its guts under her, pretends to eat, tells the bear that his own; he began to pull out his intestines, died; in the spring a thrush has arrived, the fox threatens to eat his children, tells him to pull him out of the pit, carry chopsticks; the fox jumped out, threatens the thrush again, tells her to feed her; the woman will carry her daughter a cup of porridge, sit on a cup, she will hit the cup, it will fall apart; the fox is full; now get drunk; the man will take a barrel of beer, sit on the barrel, pretend to be hammering; the man hit, the barrel is broken; now wash it in the bath; while the fox was washing, the thrush lured dogs; brought chicks himself in the nest]: Ploshchuk 2004, No. 3:62-64; Russians (Pskov) [the fox spent the night with the peasant, begged for bast shoes; the next night, asked to put her bast shoes to the chickens, buried it, in the morning demanded a chicken; then a duck; a ram; a goby; firewood to the goby; went; the hare asks for permission to sit in her sleigh; then the wolf; when the bear sat down, the gullies broke; the hare brought thin, another fox too, a wolf a shaggy forest, a bear with roots; the fox went by itself; during this time the animals ate the bull, filled it with hay; the fox: whoever ate the bull will fall into the hole, let's jump; everyone has fallen; the fox: let's voice, whoever falls short, we'll eat him; we started with a hare; the fox and the bear remained; the fox hid its intestines under it, now pulls it out and eats, says it's its own; the bear pulled out his own, died, his fox eats; but not getting out; the thrush threatens to eat his children if it does not pull it out of the hole; the thrush put on chopsticks, the fox got out; the fox tells her to drink; the man brings a barrel of wine to the wedding; the thrush sat on the barrel, man hit, the thrush flew away, the barrel broke, the fox got drunk; now laugh; two brothers are threshing, the thrush sat on one's head, the other hit, the thrush flew away, the fox laughed; now evaporate; the fox steams, the thrush says that dogs are coming; the fox through the window, then into the hollow, asks his legs - how did they run? ears; eyes; tail; tail - dogs dap her tail and ate it]: Chernyshev 1950, No. 33:73-75; Russians (Ryazan) [the fox put the cat in a sieve, went for hay; sings "On a cat in a sieve, in the meadows behind the hay"; the hare asks to take him too, sings the same song; then the wolf; the bear; fall into the hole; the fox offers to eat someone who does not reach out his voice; ate the hare; the wolf; the fox puts meat under him, and then pretends that stretches and eats its gut; the bear did so, died; the fox ate it for a long time, got fat; then got out (informants don't remember)]: Samodelova 2013, No. 13:10-12; Russians (Voronezhskaya, formerly 1860, western in Voronezh Uyezd by K.O. Alexandrov-Dolnik) [Borov goes to the forest for acorns, meets a wolf, bear, hare and fox one by one. The animals ask the hog to take them with them, he warns that they will not be able to jump over the hole they meet on the way, they insist, go with the hog and fall into the hole. Animals are starving, the fox offers to eat someone who "can't stretch his voice", the hare is the first to fall behind, it is eaten, another time the wolf. The fox hid the wolf's meat and eats slowly. The bear asks why she is not starving. The fox advises you to stick your paw under your ribs to find out how to eat, the bear performs and dies. The fox threatens a thrush that nests in a tree above the hole, which will eat its children if it does not feed it. The thrush brings her chicken, then water, then throws sticks so that the fox can get out of the hole. She demands that the thrush make her laugh, he tells her to run after him, brings her to the village, shouts "Grandma grandmother, bring me a piece of bacon," dogs come running to the noise and tear the fox apart. More about the blue caftan and honey]: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 30:45-46 (=Tonkov 1949, No. 2:155-156); Russians (Samara) [the old people did not have a horse, one cat; you have to go for firewood; the old man harnessed the cat to the sieve and went; the hare asks to plant it; then the fox, the wolf, the bear; the old man asked the cat to jump over the hole, they will fall into the hole; the animals decide to eat the one who cannot reach out in his voice; ate the hare; then wolf; fox hides bones under itself; tells the bear that it eats its eyes; intestines; the bear pulled its own; died; the fox ate it; threatens the nightingale to ruin its nest if it does not pull it out; the nightingale dragged it into the hole" teasing", the fox got out; tells her to drink, feed her, laugh, learn to fly; the woman was carrying pies and beer; the nightingale sat on the arc, the woman hit him with a stick, broke the arc, the horse ran away, the woman followed her; the fox I ate, got drunk; the nightingale on the threshing floor, sat on the man's bald head; his fool son with a flail, killed his father, the fox laughed; the nightingale put the fox on his back, she told him to fly higher; the nightingale threw it; "God willing on a pole! " ; fell on a tree stump and was killed]: Sadovnikov 1884, No. 53:176-178.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abkhazians: Bgazhba 2002 [wolf, bear, fox, hare trapped in a pit; the fox offers to eat the one with a weaker voice; they ate the hare; then the wolf; the fox hid some of the meat, tells the bear that tore and eats its side; the bear is dead; the fox asks the thrush for help, he fills the hole with branches; the fox got out, ate the thrush]: 87-88; Shakryl 1975, No. 12 [as in Bgazhba 2002, but the fox tried to grab the thrush, and he lured her to the village, the fox was killed]: 55-56.

Iran - Central Asia. Baluchi: Zarubin 1932, No. 20 [the fox dressed as a dervish and invited the lion to go to the praying mantis; he told the jackal to call others; the jackal called a leopard, a tiger, a wolf, an elephant; they came together place, the lion is hungry; the fox mullah: "Why is this jackal with us? Take this jackal, knock him down and kill him!" Then the same about the wolf; the elephant; the fox tied the elephant's intestines; the lion went hunting; the forests pretended to stretch and eat its own guts; the tiger believed, ripped open its belly and died; the fox began to eat the tiger; told the lion who returned that the tiger had a heart ache and ripped it open; the fox and the lion came to the rock; the fox: our fathers jumped from here; the lion jumped, the fox ate it]: 214-217; 1949, No. 5 [the fox seemed that there was fat tail fat in the well; she jumped and hit a white stone; a jackal came up, then a lion; the fox talked to everyone about lard, he jumped down; she invited the lion to eat the jackal; tied herself up with jackals with guts, then began to eat them, pretending to eat away its own intestines; the lion ripped open its belly and died; the shepherd fell, the fox said that she was sewing a fur coat, promised to sew it for him too; asked for two sheep, then a lamb; then told them to tie the dogs and throw the stick away, lower the rope; the shepherd picked it up, the fox ran away; another time the shepherd lowered the dogs on the fox, it hid in the hole, the shepherd left a jug at the entrance; Three days later, the fox decided to get out, got angry at the jug, tied it to its tail, began to drown it; the jug pulled, the tail broke off; the shepherd came up, the fox told him not to beat her - she was not the one who deceived him, but She would bring 9 tailless ones; the fox took some paper, came to the foxes and said that this paper contained permission to eat whatever you want in the garden; so that other foxes would not interfere with each other's eating grapes, fox She tied them up; lured the gardener; the foxes rushed and cut off their tails; the fox brought the tailless foxes to the shepherd; he was so amazed that he gave them a sheep]: 52-58.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians: Lebite 1965:12-14 [The fox asks the man to give her a ride, slowly throws the herring out of the barrel, runs away; the wolf asks where she got the fish; the fox teaches how to put the tail into the ice-hole; in the morning calls people, Wolf runs away with his tail cut off; Fox steals sausages, tells Wolf that he eats his guts; The wolf rips his belly, dies], 35-37 [old cat, wolf, fox, hare decided to go confess; cat threw the perch over the hole, whoever crosses has no sins; crossed, the rest fell; the fox offers to sing, the hare does not pull it out, is eaten; the next one, who has a thinner voice, ate the wolf; the fox hid meat, tells the bear that it eats its guts; the bear ripped its belly, died; the fox asks the starling to sketch branches into the pit so that it can get out and admire his children; when she gets out, asks to bring chicks, eats one at a time; the crow talks about it to the starling; the fox pretended to be dead, the crow came down, the fox tore it]; Latvians [dung, began to smoke, the chicken and the rooster decided that the earth burns, ran with the chickens; they are joined by a hare, a fox; the bear does not believe it, it is led to a manure heap - the owner has already removed it, there is a hole left; the chicken and rooster flew over, the rest fell; ate the hare, the fox hid its intestines, tells the bear that it eats its own; he ripped his belly apart; the fox got out of the hole]: Alksnite et al. 1958:64-65; Lutsie (West 1927) [the old woman replies to the hare that looking for a shepherd for her three geese; towards a wolf; old lady: how do you sing? wolf howls; old lady: no, you will scare all geese; the fox sings a song, the old lady is happy; the fox ate the goose, the feathers are under the threshold; says that she is called for christening, to the attic herself, there is a barrel of oil; what was the name? fox: Beginning; ate another goose; again for christening; called Half; ate the third, again for christening, ate butter, called the hostess to the cold bath and told everything; her mistress with a broom - she stuck, with Since then, the fox has a tail; it pretended to be dead, the fisherman carried the fish and picked it up; the fox threw it all off, eats, tells the wolf that it caught, putting its tail into the well; the tail froze, the fox called the people, they ran to beat wolf, fox head in sauerkraut, full, head in the test; tells the wolf that the brains have leaked; the beaten unbeaten is lucky; the wolf: how beautiful the woodpecker is; the fox: I'll do the same, get into the haystack; set fire to the haystack, the wolf burned; the fox carries bones in a bag, tells the man that she exchanged the money for his horse; open the bag when you go beyond that blue forest; the fox killed the horse, eats; says that if anyone gets to this horse meat faster than her, she will cry; cancer caught on the fox's tail; when she runs up, he is already eating horse meat; the fox has tears from her eyes; old woman: you will recover if you eat the meat of a 9-year-old bear; the fox walks, knocks on the Christmas trees, on each bear, she asks how old she is; 3, 6 are not needed; 9; well, turn around; the bear turned, fell, the fox eats it; the fox tells the people she meets that she is going to repent of their sins, asks what sins they have; the cat ate sour cream, the hare poisoned the sheep, the wolf ate the sheep, the bear lifted the horse; the fox: we cross the hole on the perch; the cat crossed, the rest fell; whose voice is weaker, we will eat it; ate the hare, then the bear; the fox hides under giblets himself, tells the wolf that he eats his own; the wolf pulled out his own, died; the fox ate the wolf, spring has come; the fox to the woodpecker: you can't pour sawdust, eat your chicks; the woodpecker poured, the fox got out; the fox demands for the woodpecker to make her laugh; the husband carries bread, the wife carries porridge with eggs; the woodpecker pretends to be knocked down, they rushed to catch, the fox ate everything; asks for water; the woodpecker punched a hole in the beer keg; asks her to mock; father and sons are threshing grain; woodpecker on their heads; sons wanted to hit the woodpecker, killed their father; the fox laughs; climbed into a hole, asks body members what they did; everyone helped, only the tail behind the bushes clung; she stuck it out to the dogs, they pulled the fox out and tore it]: Annom et al. 2018:289-298; Estonians: Järv 2016 (Kirbla) [the man was driving from the tavern, fell asleep in the forest; bear, wolf, fox and hare threw him out of the sleigh and drove by themselves; the horse exploded, the sleigh broke; the fox went to the village for an instrument, at which time the wolf knocked down the horse; the fox: let everyone cross the hole on the perch, the culprit will fall; All three fell; the fox began to dance on the edge and also fell; the wolf picked up the hare; the fox thought it was now her turn, persuaded the bear to eat the wolf; when the lupus was over, she pretended to eat its giblets; the bear tore itself, died; the meat began to deteriorate; the fox to the crows: fill the hole with fir paws, then I'll give you food; the crows filled, the fox got out, began to live in the forest]: 25-27; Kippar 1986, No. 21 [many records, including set]: 52-54; Finns: Rakhimova 2000 [squirrel, ermine, hare, fox, wolf, bear think who to eat; fox: smaller; so they ate squirrel, ermine, hare; so as not to eat it , the fox offers to jump over the tar pit - who is a hunter; the bear fell, the wolf and the fox ate it, the fox hid his guts; tells the wolf that he eats his own; the wolf asks to tear his guts out, dies; the fox ate him] : 164-165; Schreck 1987, No. 3 [a man dug a hole, threw a bait, a hare, a fox, a wolf, a bear fell into the hole; the fox offers to eat the hare first; then the wolf; hides the wolf's intestines under him, says to the bear, that he was eating his giblets; the bear died, the fox ate it; when a man came, pretended to be dead, he threw it away, the fox ran away]: 223-224; Eastern Sami [the old woman quarreled with the old man and drove him away from vezha; at this time the mouse climbed onto the table and stole the dry crust; lowered it to the lake with a boat, began to row its paws; hare: mouse, mouse, short leg, thick quilt, eight as comrades; then the same fox; fox; bear; wolf; ermine; sailed to the island, but there was nothing to eat, so they ate the crust; then the bear and fox ate the wolf, fox, hare, ermine; the mouse took refuge in the hole; the fox hid the food, told the bear that she was eating his own guts; gave it a try; the bear ripped his stomach, began to eat his guts; fell asleep; the fox and the mouse began to eat it; the mouse ran to the mainland on thin ice; the fox I waited for the ice to get stronger, and also ran across]: Yermolov 1959:43-45.

Volga - Perm. Chuvash [The cat went to confession; she is joined by the Hare (chewing apple trees), the Fox (killed chickens), the Wolf (killed sheep), the Bear (killed people and cattle); on the way there is a hole, the Cat jumped over, the rest fell; the fox catches a maple leaf, says that this paper says eat a hare first; then a wolf; the fox has stored meat, tells the Bear that it eats its guts; the bear ripped its belly apart; the fox ate bear meat until the snow filled the hole and it got out]: Sidorova 1979:39-40; Mordovians (Erzya): Evseviev 1964, No. 3 [an acorn fell on the mouse, she ran, told the hare that the sky had fallen, the hare ran with her; then the fox, the wolf, the bear, everyone fell into the ravine; decided to eat the one with a thinner voice; ate the mouse, the fox hid a piece; then the hare; the wolf; the fox eats the hidden, says to the bear that eats his giblets; the bear pulled out his guts, died, the fox got out of the hole on it], 4 [the old woman swept the ground, baked a cake, it rolled; meets, takes a bear, a wolf, a hare, a fox as companions; everything fell into the ditch; they cast lots, ate a cake; then a wolf; a hare; the fox hid the hare, told the bear that it was eating its giblets; the bear pulled out his giblets, died; the fox asks the woodpecker to pull it out, that lowered his tail, the fox got out; asked for food; the woodpecker descended in front of the girl who was carrying pancakes, she ran after the woodpecker, the fox ate pancakes; asks for water; the girl carries kvass (the same); laugh; the bride was shaking with her grandfather, the woodpecker sat on his head, the girl hit him with a flail, killed the old man; the fox laughed, wanted to run, run after the woodpecker, he was flying along the village; the dogs caught the fox and ate it]: 24-26, 30-33; Mordovians [a nut fell on the mouse, her mind ran out, she ran; tells the baby that heaven and earth have come together; run together; then rat, hare, fox, wolf, bear; ran to the pit; mouse fell behind, but also ran; bear: let's pull voices, whoever is thinner, we'll eat it; we ate the mouse and then take turns, the fox and the bear remain; the fox did not scream at all, just pretended, and then said that from her scream, the wolf and bear will die; eat hidden meat, says that their guts are; the bear pulled out his own and died]: Yurtov 1883, No. 11:35-41; the Udmurts [the fox climbed into the empty den; the bear came; fox: what are you wandering around, the sky will soon open, heavenly father will shoot; bear gets inside; same wolf, lynx; fox licks paws: I ate my guts; others believe they die, the fox has a supply of meat for the winter]: Steinitz in Kippar 2002:201-202; Komi [a hungry fox persuades a hungry wolf (bear) to rip his belly open and eat his own intestines (break his head and eat his brain); a wolf (bear) dies]: Korovina 2012, No. 21:73.

Turkestan. Karakalpaks: Baskakov 1951 (Takhtakupir District) [camel, tiger, wolf and fox conspired to be friends and went to the desert; the fox persuaded the tiger to offer the camel to be meat for them food and said that when the bread was ripe, they would give him money for it; the camel agreed; when he was slaughtered, the fox ate the better pieces and the wolf the giblets; the fox told the tiger that the wolf ate everything; the tiger He chased him; the fox hid the meat in a hole, told the returning tiger that the camel said: "You will not give my money in the fall" and ran away; then secretly returned for the hidden meat; the tiger came and asked where she has a gut; the fox replied that she had pulled out her back intestine and was now eating it; the tiger said he wanted to eat hers, asked to pull it out; the fox only agreed to help after the tiger had tied its four paws; stuck her face into his back intestine and ate it; the tiger howled, the fox pulled out its face, said it had released its gut; while eating, the tiger died; the fox lay down on the road, pretended to be dead; son the old woman put her in the arba; the fox began to throw off the shepherds (breams) lying there; the old woman's son drove home, told his mother that he had brought her a fox on her hat; then he saw that there was neither a fox nor a fish in the arba; the wolf asked the fox where she got the shepherds from; the fox replied that she put its tail in the ice-hole and caught it; the wolf went to the ice-hole, lowered its tail there, froze; in the morning he was noticed by aul women; they brought men killed a wolf; the fox also ate its meat]: 37-39; Volkov, Mayorov 1959 [lion, wolf, jackal, fox, camel went together, hungry; the fox offers the camel to agree to be eaten, and the next For a year, each of them will bring him one camel so that he will not be alone; the camel agrees; the jackal tries to pull his camel thigh, breaks, dies; the wolf whispers to the fox that he is going to eat a kidney; lion: who ate the kidney? fox: I don't know, the wolf was chewing something; the lion chased the wolf, the fox hid the meat; the lion who returned explained that the camel had left, saying that since the jackal was dead and the lion and the wolf ran away, no one would lead him one camel; hiding his camel intestines, pretends to eat his own; the lion asks to rip his belly open, the fox asks for permission to tie him first, ripped the lion's belly, ate for a long time; chased the fox greyhound, she promised God to give him millet if she escaped; she escaped, but did not give the millet]: 59-61; Kyrgyz [tiger, wolf, fox and bear agreed to share everything they had obtained; accepted a camel as friends; fox camel: Take four and eight sheep from us, two sheep at your expense; if everything is decided by agreement, we will slaughter you and take sheep in the spring, so you will be happy; let's not disassemble the sheep into pregnant women and We will give whichever cowhide we come across; if sheep turn out to be pregnant, you will have sixteen sheep after lambing; lambs are your profit, where else can you find such benefits for yourself? The camel agreed; "A cunning fox looking sideways where it is, there is real fun, this camel is its prey"; with these words, the fox divided the camel carcass into five parts: one part to the tiger, one part to a bear, one part to a wolf, one part to yourself. "Well, will the camel be left empty-handed?" - said the fox, prescribed another part to the camel and added it to her share of meat; the fox secretly swallowed the remaining camel buds after the section; and when she made signs to the wolf to take it for himself, the bear, lifting his hair, muttered - "but there is no heart." Tiger: Where are the camel buds? the fox squinted at the wolf, the tiger killed him; the bear and tiger packed their meat separately and went to have fun; the fox carried all the meat to the cave; the bear and tiger returned: Where is the meat? fox: The camel began to doubt, "now they are quarreling and gnawing, how can you expect sheep from them later", changed his mind, got up and walked away; the bear and the tiger believed her; brought them to a huge rock and turned to Tiger: Your late father used to jump from this side of the gorge to the other in one jump! It looks like you can't get over, you look like a coward! The tiger is ready at the top of the cliff; Fox: He steps and blows up the ground with his paws, just like his late father. Ayay-ayay, if not for cowardice, would have been like a father!.. Your father was a great brave man, if he was going to attack, did not back down, and did not give mercy to those caught. Facing the barrier, he never backed away, as he squeezed to jump, and jumped. I don't want to say that you have a fearful heart, that's all, apparently, your youth has an effect. The tiger jumped, broke his back and died; the fox: "I'll go and bury Joke (the familiar abbreviation of the Kyrgyz word "zholbors": tiger) in a clean place"; hid the corpse; lay down over the hidden meat, catching it, eats quietly; replies that she ripped open his belly, stretched out her large intestine and eats it; the bear tugs his gut, cannot finish because of pain; the fox has stretched it out, the bear died; lives well, decided to get rid of fleas; bit a piece of felt and went to the river; lowered its tail into the water; the fleas went from tail to back; the fox immersed its body in water, the fleas ran from the back to the neck; the fox and neck were immersed in water, fleas ran to felt, the fox let it go with the flow]: Seytaliev 1985:19-20.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas [the fox says he goes to that one, plays the khomys; meets a hare, wolf, bear, everyone asks her to take it with her, the wolf agrees to carry it on his back; they all fall into a hole; the fox tells the wolf that the hare laughs at him, eats the hare; the bear says the same about the wolf, the wolf is eaten; the fox hides pieces of wolf meat under it, tells the bear that it eats its giblets, he tore his belly, died; the fox offers the birds to eat meat, they pull it out of the hole]: Ungvitskaya, Mainogasheva 1984:217-218.

Western Siberia. Nenets [fox advises hungry bears, wolves, wolverines to eat their legs, which they do]: Pushkareva 2003, No. 21:19; Northern Khanty (b. Son) [the fox has climbed into the bear den; the bear comes in; the fox: come in soon, the sky, our father, will now fall; the same wolverine, hare; the bear asks the fox to look out; the fox: is about to fall, there is very little left; the fox licks its paws, says it eats its guts; others also begin to rip out their guts, who can't, the fox helps; has provided itself with meat for half winter]: Steinitz 2014, No. 32:198-199 (=Steinitz 1939, No. 10:131-136).

Eastern Siberia. Turukhansky Evenks (Erbogachen) [the fox invited the bear to go to bed on a rock, lay down at the edge; at night he jumped over the bear, told him to move "higher"; the bear rolled, crashed; the fox made his sausage; wolverine cuts his skis out of wood; the fox eats sausage, said he was eating his tongue, let the wolverine try it; he cut off his tongue, died; the fox came to his house, went to bed with his wife at night, she asked, "Why is he so agile"; the guys began to admit strangers, beat them; cut their mother across, the fox returned; the wolverine remained short]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 8:13.

The Arctic. Asian Eskimos: Menovshchikov 1985, No. 13 [the fox found a fish on the shore; told the wolf that it had caught it in the sea with its tail down; the wolf sat all night, the tail froze, the wolf tore it off, went looking for a fox; she is in a hole, narrowed her eye; says that she is one-eyed and deceived by another fox; the wolf goes to look for his offender, is weak, dead; the elk asks the fox where the moss is good; she directs him to a cliff, an elk fell and crashed; the fox took its moose giblets, met a bear, says it pulled out its giblets; the bear agrees that the fox will pull out his guts; died, fox meat for the whole winter], 14 [fox found two fish on the shore; tells the wolf that it stretched out its gut and there were fish in it; the wolf pulled out its gut and died; the fox told another wolf that it had caught fish with its tail down the ice-hole; the tail the wolf froze, he pulled, the whole skin peeled off; he found a fox, she narrowed her eye, says that she is one-eyed, and the wolf was deceived by her brother], 18 [Bear and Fox hunt together, Bear kills Moose; Fox offers sleep first, hides the fat, says the Raven stole it; the Bear notices the Fox pulling fat from under the kitchen; the Fox explains that it eats its giblets; the Bear kills itself; when he sees another Bear, The fox turns the carcass over with the uneaten side, says it mourns his comrade; says he is most afraid of people, the Bear replies that it is partridges; people shoot at the Bear; the Fox promises it heal by putting hot stones in his wounds; the bear dies; the story of a friend's mourning is told to the Wolf; he kills a mountain ram, agrees to sleep first; Fox ties it to its tail stone; The wolf runs away with his tail cut off, the Fox eats the ram]: 42-43, 44, 51-54.