M170B. The corolla of the vessel on the neck. .22.23.

The zoomorphic character put his head in a vessel, which crashed, leaving the corolla around his neck. The character uses this as proof of his high position.

Burmese, Gujarati, Kumaoni, Rajastanis, Maldives.

Burma â€" Indochina. The Burmese [the cat put his head in a pot of fish, the owner threw a stone at it, the pot broke, and the corolla remained around the cat's neck; he walked and told the people he met that this was a sign of his wisdom, let them give it back children; a duckling, a chicken, a crow and a bow chick went with him; at night, the cat eats a duckling, then a chicken; the other two guessed it, attacked him, since then the eyes of the cats are not along, but across]: Nikulin 1988:459-462.

South Asia. Gujarati [the cat climbed headlong into the jar of oil, but his head could not be pulled back; the king broke the vessel to free the cat, but the neck remained around his neck and the cat ran away; in the field, sorghum said to the mice that he was now a holy man, began to preach; slowly grabbed and ate mice; then they noticed and hid]: Hertel 1921, No. 68:298-299; Kumaoni [the cat climbed its head into the molasses vessel, He could not pull it out, the vessel broke, but the neck remained on the cat's neck; he told the mice and birds that he was now a vegetarian and a pilgrim; they went with him, stopped in a cave; the cat spoke to his companions and those they themselves offered him to settle not in the depths of the cave, but at the entrance; at night he ate birds and mice, and in the morning said that some had broken the agreement and left; the fox advised him to look at the cat's bowel movements; birds and mice are terrified of their credulity]: Upreti 1894:116-117; Rajastans [the cat put her head in the pot to lick the remains of the cottage cheese, but could not take it out; broke the pot and the corolla remained with her around her neck; she began to say that it was Kedar's chain, that she refused to kill and went to bathe in the sacred Ganges; persuaded a peacock, a pigeon, and a mouse to go with her; began to beat the cymbals, and her three followers dance; but the mouse noticed that the cat was ready to jump, began to dig a hole quickly; the cat rushed to the mouse, but did not reach it, and the peacock and the pigeon also disappeared at that time; the dog came in; the cat became terrified mutter about Kedar's chain, but the dog tore it; the mouse found only the whisk of the pot and brought it to show the peacock and the pigeon; all three laughed heartily]: Dinesh 1979:67-73; Maldives [cat shoved head into a jug with leftover fish paste and could not pull it out; the jug broke, but the corolla remained around the cat's neck; she thought it made it look noble; told the rat that she had a rosary around her neck that she was just fasting and praying; the rat invited her to her place; the cat ate one out of seven rats every night and then ate the rat itself]: Romero-Frias 2012, No. 33:126-127.