M180. Fox and crane, ATU 60.
.11.-.17.19.21.23.24.27.-.32.35.36.38. (.42.)
Azoomorphic character invites someone else to visit, but serves food in such a way that he can't take it in his mouth. Another, having invited the first to visit, puts him in a similar position.
Western pygmies (aka?) , fang, buheba, bulu, zezuru, nyanja, lulua (?) , luba (?) , Gogo, Zigula, Nyamwanga, Tiv, Mosi, Gola, Ngas, Mukulu, Tigre, Beja, Malgashi, Arabs of Egypt, Morocco, Spaniards, Basques, Catalans, Portuguese, Galicians, Aragon, Italians (Valle d'Aosta, Puglia), Latins (Phaedra), Sardinians, Irish, French, Flemish, Flemish, Friesians, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein), Arabs of Iraq, Saudia, Marathi, Bengalis, Santals, Fijians, Mangarai, Burma Naga, Ancient Greece, Hungarians, Croats, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Albanians, Greeks, Czechs, Russian written tradition, Russians (Teresky Bereg, Novgorod, Tverskaya), Ukrainians (Volyn, Hutsulshchina, Poltava), Belarusians, Abaza people, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Persians, Tajiks, Finns, Karelians, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Eastern Sami, Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Chuvash, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Komi, Nenets, Central (?) Yakuts, Japanese, (Tsimshian).
Bantu-speaking Africa. Western pygmies (aka?) [The monkey calls the turtle to eat boiled beef; the table is too high for the turtle, it is given a tall but unstable bench, the turtle falls, during which time the monkeys eat everything; the turtle calls the monkey, that must get through the swamp, it comes covered in mud; the turtle sends it to the river to wash, during which time it eats everything]: Trilles 1932:344-345; fang [the turtle comes to the monkey (ape), she tells his wife cook bananas, serve them in a tall basket, the turtle can't reach it; the monkey comes to the turtle, which has cooked the chicken, but tells them to wash its hands white; the monkey can't do it, it stays hungry]: Klipple 1992:49; buheba [the spider calls the turtle to visit, tells them to go to the stream to wash its feet before eating; when the turtle goes back, its feet become dirty again, it returns to wash them again, the spider itself eats everything; the turtle calls the spider, serves dinner at the bottom of the river, the spider put pebbles in his jacket pockets, sank to the bottom, the turtle told him to take off his jacket, he was left without a treat]: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1986, No. 71: 171-173; bulu [the turtle comes to the monkey, who tells his wife to cook the chicken, but puts the food on a tall stand, the turtle cannot reach it; when the monkey comes to the turtle, the turtle tells him to eat wash your hands white, you can't]: Klipple 1992:49-50; nyanja [the baboon calls the turtle to drink beer, but it all happens in a tree where the turtle can't climb; the turtle calls the baboons, puts beer amidst burnt grass requires clean hands; tells them it's their own fault]: Klipple 1992:49; zezuru [a turtle burns grass around the house, calls a baboon to visit, tells him to wash his hands, but they're back in ash every time, they eat the turtles alone; the baboon calls the turtle, serves food in a narrow-necked jug, the turtle can't reach it, the baboon schemes everything himself]: Klipple 1992:48; lulua (?) [the toad invited the monkey to visit, cooked the chicken and the mouse - but let her wash her hands first to make them white; the monkey cannot wash his hands to white, remains hungry; the monkey calls the toad, offers to sit on a high bench, stretch out his legs; the toad can't, stayed hungry]: Lambrecht 1963:75-76; bast: Lambrecht 1963:75-76 [the monkey calls the toad to visit, offers to sit on a high bench, stretch out his legs; the toad can't, stayed hungry; calls the monkey, tells him to wash his hands until white, the toad can't, stayed hungry], 77-78 [the toad invited the monkey to visit, cooked chicken and cassava - but let her wash her hands first to make them white; the monkey cannot wash his hands to white, remains hungry; the monkey calls the toad, offers to sit on the ground, the toad can't get food, remained hungry]; luba (?) [The crocodile invited the monkey to drink beer - but let him wash his hands first to make them white; the monkey cannot wash his hands to white, the crocodile drinks everything himself; the monkey calls the crocodile, offers to sit down on a high bench, the crocodile remained hungry, since then he has been an enemy of monkeys]: Lambrecht 1963:74-75; gogo [the macaque calls the turtle to visit, puts it on a high bench, the turtle grazes, remains hungry; calls a macaque, scatters ash on the floor, the macaque comes with wet feet, they turn black, she grabs her face in fear, it also turns black]: Arewa 1961, No. 1001:66; zigula [the cat calls the turtle to drink beer, puts sticks on the path that the turtle cannot climb over, it comes when the beer is already drunk; calls the cat, leaves water in front of the door to wash its face, but the cat's face remains black; the turtle says that the cat also deliberately prevented her from arriving on time]: Dammann 1938, No. 9:156-157 (=Arewa 1961, No. 1001:68); Nyamwanga: Arewa 1961, No. 1001 [1) the macaque invited the turtle to visit, sat it on a high chair, the turtle fell, remained hungry; invited the macaque, asked her to wash her hands before eating; the macaque returned after walking through the ash, the turtle sent her to wash again, during which time she ate everything; 2) the hare invited He sat the turtle on a high chair, she could not reach the food; the turtle invited the hare, he was walking on the burnt grass, she sent him to wash, the turtle and his wife ate everything]: 67.
West Africa. Tiv [on the first day, Huere and Hiwe work in the turtle's garden; she serves food by the bench, everyone has eaten; comes to work for Hiwe; he serves food on a high bench, the turtle can't reach it; friendship goes wrong]: Klipple 1992:50; mosi [the wasp comes to the toad, she serves food, but first tells you to stop jumping {apparently flying in a zigzag}; the wasp can't, the toad eats everything; when it comes to the wasp, she asks to wash her dirty feet first; the turtle washes, but when she comes back, they are dirty again; stays hungry]: Klipple 1992:50; naked [the spider was appointed party manager; he ordered those gathered before eating, wash their hands; the monkey could not wash them, the monkey always has them dirty; if left hungry, she arranged a party herself, told them to gather at the bottom of the river; everyone dived, but the spider did not dive; then he put on Mandingo's striped clothes, putting stones in his pockets; the monkey said that striped guests were not accepted, the spider was hungry]: Phinney 1973:39-41; ngas [ a partridge and a dog help each other work in the garden; a partridge sprinkles grain in the grass in front of the dog, and the dog pours porridge on a flat stone; that's where the friendship ends]: Klipple 1992:50; mukula [the raven called an earthen squirrel to visit; told his mother to mix millet with sand; calmly pecked on grains, and the squirrel tried to gnaw it; called a crow to visit, told her mother to cook broth; slurped with a spoon, and the raven burned its beak; invited the squirrel to ride it; lifting it into the air, threw it; she fell on the back of a donkey led by a learned doctor (marabou); rode a donkey; tells the lion that she went to pilgrimage; promises the lion to heal him; let him make belts and buffalo skins; tied the lion with belts - let him try to tear it, then he will be cured; the lion cannot tear; the squirrel put a sliver in his ass and left ; after 7 days, the ants gnawed through their belts; the lion went and fell into the well; no one wants to help; finally, the rhesus monkey pulled it out; the lion is going to eat it - he starved for 7 days; the monkey jumped on the tree, but fell and broke her neck]: Jungraithmayr 1981, No. 38:180-184.
Sudan-East Africa. Tigre [fox and crane]: Littmann in El-Shamy 2004, No. 60:25; beja [the jackal invited the crow, pouring the soup on a rock; licked everything himself, the crow got nothing; the raven invited the jackal, put Belila, the jackal could not eat]: Reinisch 1893, No. 11:67-68; malgashi: Haring 1982, No. 2.2.60 (gelding) [the crocodile invites the hedgehog to lunch, cuts the bull, the hedgehog eats enough; calls the crocodile, offers leaves with grasshoppers, the crocodile swallows them instantly; both are dissatisfied with each other, the crocodile swallows the hedgehog]: 282; Klipple 1992 [Madagascar mongoose (wontsira) and rat friends; mongoose climbs a banana, the rat doesn't get bananas; when both go hunting, the rat drags all the prey into a hole in the ground, the mongoose doesn't get anything]: 51.
North Africa. Morocco [fox and crane]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 60:25-26; Egyptian Arabs [Abu l'Hssein (fox) invited a crow to visit, but spilled porridge on a flat stone; the raven responded by inviting a fox and became peck dates right on a palm tree - eat too, brother; the fox recognized the crow as an equal]: Bushnaq 1987:219; Germans (Schleswig-Holstein): Uther 2004 (1), No. 60:55-56.
Southern Europe. Aragon [a fox invites a stork to visit, serves food on a flat plate; a stork calls a fox, serves it in a deep jug]: González Sanz 1996, No. 60:67; Catalans [a fox calls a stork, suggests porridge smeared on stone; the stork suggests taking the fox to the sky, where the wedding throws down]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 60:33-34; Spaniards (Murcia) [raven (eagle) invites a fox to visit, serves food at narrow-necked dishes; the fox invites the crow (eagle) gives food in small dishes; the raven (eagle) invites the fox to a wedding in heaven, carries it; the third time the fox replies that it does not see the earth, its bird drops; falling, the fox screams to make it soft (different versions, rhymes), breaks]: Hernández Fernández 2013, No. 275:81-82; Spaniards, Catalans, Galicians: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 60:118-119; Portuguese [fox and stork; multiple entries]: Cardigos 2006, No. 60:29; Portuguese [fox dogs: come to us, orders have been issued for peace between animals ; fox: now, I'll just ask the rooster if he knows about the order to keep us company; fox hunter: if you want chickens, come to me in the evening; released dogs on the fox, and the rooster screams: show them the order; running away from the dogs, the fox picked up stones so that they could climb into the barn; called the donkey: climb there, there's grain; the donkey ate and got stuck; the fox to the crow: do you want meat? the donkey got stuck there; the raven came down to peck at the donkey's ass; the fox met the wolf: distract people and I would steal their basket of rice; the fox ate rice, rice on his head; wolf: so tired, running away, barely alive; fox: a They broke my head, so my brain came out; they say to the old man: let's have a party; the wolf went for the lamb, the fox for the chicken, and the hare for parsley; the hare came back first, the old man killed him with a stick, and the wolf with the fox poked his spit in the ass; they thought that the old man had a hot finger; at night, the fox showed the wolf the reflection of the moon in the well: look what a cake, you need to drink water; the fox was just pretending, and the wolf drank and burst; then the fox became friends with the heron; she spread flour in the can, ate it, and the fox cannot stick its face; the heron invited the fox to attend a feast in heaven, told her to sit on her back; raised it high, threw it off; fox: if I stay alive, I don't go to the festival in heaven anymore; hey, boulder - part; when I fall on a rock, I crashed]: Coelho 1879, No. 7:13-15; Portuguese (Coimbra) [crane invited the fox to dinner with corn porridge; the fox did not get anything because the porridge was in the jug; the next time the fox invited the crane, poured the porridge on the stone and licked everything herself; pretended not to be able to to walk, the wolf agreed to carry it on his back; she says: she ate porridge and food on horseback; next time the wolf read the words and threw the fox into the well; she pretended that there was a lot of good things in the well; let the wolf will sit in the bucket, go down and look for himself; the wolf came down, and the fox went up to another tub and continued to sing its song]: Coelho 1879, No. 8:16-17; Galicians [the fox invited a crow to visit, offered the chicken; it was tough, the crow had difficulty pecking and the fox ate everything quickly; the raven called the fox, fed the intestines in a narrow pot; put his head in there and ate everything, the fox did not get anything]: Contos 1972, No. 13:24; Italians (Valle d'Aosta, Puglia): Cerise Serafini 1975, No. 60:18; Latins (Phaedra's fable) [the fox invited the stork, poured the soup into a flat plate, the stork got nothing; he invited a fox, served porridge in a jug, ate everything himself]: Gasparov 1991, No. 26:279.
Western Europe. The Irish [fox and crane invite each other to visit]: Suilleabháin, Christiansen 1963, No. 60:39; Flemish [fox and stork invite each other to visit; fox gives food on a flat a plate, a stork in a deep jug]: Meyer 1968, No. 60:23.
Western Asia. Saudia [the stork invites a fox to visit, sprinkles peas, pecked everything himself quickly; the fox invited the crow, spilled the milk, licked everything herself; to take revenge, the stork invites the jackal to ride him on air and drops; he falls on the shepherd; the shepherd runs away in horror, the jackal gets the sheep; he invites other jackals and is chosen by the sheikh; promises the lion a woolen cape and pays a high price for it; the lion tore off the jackal's tail to identify it among others; he arranged it so that other jackals were left without a tail; the lion cannot identify the deceiver]: Nowak 1960, No. 4:5; Iraqi Arabs: Stevens 2006, No. 14 [the stork calls the jackal for lunch, leads to the thorny thickets, easily pecks berries there, and the jackal peels off; the jackal calls the stork, pours milk on the stone, licks, the stork remains hungry; the stork suggests to teach him how to fly, lifts him on his back; throws it off when the jackal replies that he no longer sees the ground; the jackal asks God to let him fall on the shepherd's sheep coat; puts it on, the sheep take him for a shepherd, he takes them to a cave, feasts with jackals; a lion asks where the fur coat comes from; the jackal says that everyone in his family was tailors; measures a lion: you need 20 camels, 50 sheep, 100 chickens; when it's all eaten, asks for buttons for another 20 sheep and 50 chickens; having figured out what's going on, the lion grabs the jackal, he runs away with his tail cut off; promises other jackals to teach them a new dance, ties his tails, shouts that a pack is coming lions, jackals are running, now everyone remains tailless; the lion can't find a culprit]: 80-82; Weissbach 1908, No. 28 [translated to Lebedev 1990, No. 2:26-29; the fox invited the stork, poured the soup into a flat plate; promised to teach her how to run, sat her on her back, ran over the thorns; the stork grew feathers, he invited the fox to teach her how to fly, threw it from a height, she fell on the shepherd; he ran away, the fox put it on sheepskin coat; told the lion that she was making sheepskin coats; he asked her to sew, she demanded 300 sheep skins; dug a hole, hid her skins there, hid herself; the lion hung a jug at the exit, it was buzzing in the wind, the fox thought that the lion was guarding her; got out; offered the lion to feed him, brought him to the mule; the lion said that his valley, the mule, that the record of his possession of the valley was on his hoof; the lion leaned down, the mule killed him, the fox ate lion]: 139-145.
South Asia. Marathi [the jackal calls the crocodile to visit, serves food in the tree, the crocodile cannot get there; the crocodile calls the jackal, hides in the mud; the jackal does not fit, says he has not seen it yet clay had eyes]: Manwaring 1899, No. 232:33; Santals [the jackal invited a drawing bird, made beer from lizards and frogs, she could not eat it; inviting the jackal, served mice in a pumpkin with a narrow with his neck, the jackal can't put his face in there; he ate the drawing itself; he goes, every time he says who he has already eaten; swallows chicken, goat, cow, buffalo, water pond, pole; he pierced his stomach and jackal died]: Bodding 1925, No. 14:199-207; Bengalis [? (Bangladesh); fox and crane]: Jason 1989, No. 60:21.
Melanesia. Fijians [the heron invited the bird to a bush, served food in a vessel so narrowly necked that the bush could not stick its beak; invited them to stay the night, but gave it too high headrest; the shrub invited the heron, put food on the leaves, the heron remained hungry]: Polinskaya 1989, No. 12:321-322.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Burma's Naga [a monkey invited a heron, gave hot aruma tubers, she can't peck at them; invited a monkey, gave a liquid porridge, a monkey can't pick it up with its paw]: Zapadova 1977:225-226.
Malaysia-Indonesia. Mangaray [a dog invites a heron to visit, offers food on a flat plate; a heron calls a dog, offers food in a bamboo jar]: Burger 1941, No. 9:268.
The Balkans. Ancient Greece [Perry 1952, No. 426; the fox offers the crane liquid porridge to make it uncomfortable to eat; the crane offers the fox a narrow-necked dish; the fox is uncomfortable to eat]: Gasparov 1968, № 385:178-179 (=1991, No. 26 [fox and stork]: 279); Greeks [a crane calls a fox to visit, serves milk in a deep jug; a fox calls a crane, breaks a jug of milk on a stone, licks milk]: Megas 1970, No. 4:7.
Central Europe. Russian written tradition: Tarkovsky, Tarkovskaya 2005, No. 7 ["The Spectacle of Human Life" by A.A. Vinius (1674, dozens of copies of the last quarter of the 17th century, printed edition of 1712, read and rewritten in the same 18th century), which is a translation and retelling of the collection of fables "Theatrum Morum", published by E. Sadeler in 1608 in Prague in German: the fox invited a crane, served liquid food on flat dishes; the crane remained hungry, the fox got everything; when she came to the crane's invitation to visit him, he served food in a glass vessel with a narrow neck; the fox licked the vessel, but could not get food]; No. 18 ["Jesop" by Simbirsk captain Pyotr Kashinsky (1675, out of two lists that have survived to us one dates from 1684 and the other to the first third of the 18th century), which consists of three books and is a free translation of fables from the collection "Przypowieśći Aezopowe, z Łacińskiego na Polskie z pilnośćiů przełozone. Przydane sů k temu przypowieśći z Gabryela Greka y Laurenthego Abstemiusa", published in Krakow around 1600: the fox called the heron for lunch and poured the liquid porridge onto the table; the heron remained hungry and after a while invited the fox to her place; when she came, she served food in a tall glass vessel; the fox could not eat it (Book 1: "The Parable of Jesop Frantsky")]: 305, 371; Russians ( Novgorod, Tverskaya), Ukrainians (Volyn, Hutsulshchina, Poltava), Belarusians [Fox and Crane (Stork): invite each other to visit; fox treats cranes from plates, fool foxes - from bottles]: SUS 1979, No. 60:60; Russians (Terek Bereg) [the crane asks the fox to marry him; she first refused, then came herself, called him for lunch; cooked porridge, licked everything herself off the plate; the crane called the fox, served a jug of meat, ate everything himself; the fox decided not to go after the crane]: Balashov 1991:44-45.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abazins [the fox calls the crane to visit, gives liquid soup in a plate, the crane cannot take anything, the fox eats everything; the crane calls the fox, gives food in a narrow-necked jug, the fox leaves hungry]: Tugov 1985, No. 9:26-27; Georgians [a fox and a crane visit each other; a fox serves food on a flat plate, a crane in a deep jug]: Kurdovanidze 2000, No. 60:15; Azerbaijanis [fox invited the stork to visit, spread the porridge on a tray; the stork invited the fox, put the porridge in a jug; offered to ride the fox; when the ground was not visible, he threw it down; the fox fell into the school yard, stole the notebook, I came to the hole, pretended to read; tells the bear to call her mullah baba, promises to learn the cubs; the bear: the meat is yours, and the bones are mine (in the sense of learning); the fox ate the cubs, answers for several months, that they cannot be shown, otherwise they will be unaccustomed to reading; then throws a bag with their bones to the bear; the bear is stuck in a hole, the fox came out from the other side, went behind the bear and "began to crumple it"; the bear asks the ploughman if he saw; he saw; the bear promises to bring rams for his silence; but he told his wife; the bear heard, promised to kill the ploughman; the fox promised to save him if he gave her two chickens; teaches you what to say; tied a broom to her tail; bear: what kind of dust? - The king's son was prescribed bear meat, the army is looking for a bear. - Where can I hide? - Get into the bag, they will think that wheat; the fox and the plowman beat the bear with sticks; the fox has come for the chickens; the plowman's stomach grumbles: a few years ago he ate a hunting dog puppy, now wants to go out; the fox ran away]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:505-512; Kurds [a fox calls a crane, offers thinly rolled dough; a crane calls a fox, serves porridge in a deep jug; the fox promises to teach the crane its tricks, ties a rope to its leg and tail, the crane falls, barely alive; the crane offers the fox to teach it how to fly; picks it up, drops, the fox breaks]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 165:470-471.
Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Marzolph 1984, No. 60 (Farce, Khorasan, etc.) [the crane (crow) and the fox invite each other to visit; the crane serves food in a deep jug, the fox serves food on a flat plate]: 43; Osmanov 1958 [the fox calls the stork, offers a talker in a stone bowl, the stork stays hungry; the stork calls the fox, serves food in a narrow-necked pumpkin; offers to raise the fox into the air, the fox gladly agrees; when he replies that he does not see the ground at all, the stork throws it off; praying achund thinks that a genie is falling from the sky, runs away, leaving his sheepskin coat, the Fox falls on his sheepskin coat; puts it on, becomes Aga-Sheikh the fox; the stork is ashamed that he threw off the Fox, he went to Mecca, became a Haji Stork]: 443-444 (= Rosenfeld 1958:44-47); Romaskevich 1934a, No. 45 [the fox came to visit the crane, which poured wheat on the stone, ate everything himself; the fox called the crane, poured flour into the water, poured it on the stone, licked everything itself; promised to show the crane a game, put its head in the mud under a stone; the crane put the fox on its back, took off, threw it off, it fell and went into the mud; the shepherd pulled it by the tail; fox: I wanted to dig a treasure here my father, you prevented me, now give me one sheep; he brought me a fat one, but the fox did not like it and took the skinny one, sat on horseback and rode it; everyone says that she is going to a praying mantis; wolf, hyena, bear, the leopard, the boar, the lion join; the sheep died, it was cooked; at night the fox ate the meat, the bones put in the wolf's ass; let's jump over the ditch - whoever falls bones from the ass ate; fell out of the wolf's ass, he was killed, put in a cauldron; the fox ate the meat, the bones in the bear's ass; then the same with all the animals; the fox and the lion remained; the fox pretends to eat its eyes; the lion let his eyes be pulled out; the fox: our fathers jumped over this cliff; the lion jumped, crashed to death]: 227-230; Tajiks (Tashkent) [the crane and the fox go to visit each other; the crane offers food, but the fox does not; then the cranes were invited foxes, served food in dishes with a narrow neck; foxes invited cranes, served food on flat plates; the crane and fox became friends]: Levin et al. 1981, No. 380:291.
Baltoscandia. Norwegians [cat and sparrow or fox and goose invite each other to visit, serve food in such a way that the guest is unable to eat it]: Hodne 1984, No. 60:32; Swedes [crane invited the fox to visit, gave cream in a deep vessel; the fox invited the crane, smeared the cream on a flat stone, licked everything herself]: Stier 1971, No. 47:183; Karelians (Kalevalsky District): Concca 1959, No. 17 (1886) [the fox calls the wader's wife to become the godmother of the fox; promises that neither she nor the fox will touch the wader's children; the fox has grown up, ate the wader's chick; the fox calls the waders to visit, gives porridge to plates, waders do not peck; waders call the fox broth in a jug; the fox and the sandpiper became friends]: 76-78; Onegin 2010, No. 6 [the crane came to the fox to spin; she poured food on the stone, the crane could not eat; the crane could not eat; the crane called a fox, poured food into a tall butter churn, the fox remained hungry]: 101-102; Estonians [in Estonia, the story is known only in publications; the set does not]: Kippar 1986, No. 60:68-69; Latvians [Lisa and the crane invites each other to visit. A fox treats a crane from a plate, a crane treats a fox from a narrow-neck jug]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 60:254; Eastern Sami {inari or chips, Utsjoki}: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 60:218; Lithuanians, Finns, Danes.
Volga - Perm. Bashkirs: Barag 1989, No. 94 [the crane calls the fox to visit, serves soup in a narrow-necked pot; the fox calls the crane, serves food in a flat trough; both see hunters, the crane climbs into the fox hole, pretends to be dead; he was pulled out, he took off, the hunters began to watch, at which time the fox ran away]: 405-406; Bessonov 1941, No. 77 [the fox called the crane, served porridge in a flat plate; the crane called the fox, served porridge in a deep tub; reproaches the fox]: 332; Chuvash: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 60:218; the Udmurts [the hare built a house from a fire pit (stiff parts of the spindle stem), and the fox was made of ice; in the spring the fox's house melted; she asked for the hare, he did not let him in; then she climbed to the stove with a log and drove him out; called the crane to visit, treats him with peas; the fool bites, the peas rolling; returned home, put sour cream and butter in a narrow tub, called the fox, decided that the fox would not reach it; and she climbed into the tub and ate]: Potanin 1884, No. 10:235; Komi [fox and crane (stork) they visit each other; a fox treats a crane from a plate, a fool treats a fox from a bottle]: Korovina 2012, No. 60:75; Kazan Tatars [the fox invited the crane, smeared the porridge on the plate; the crane invited Lisa, served the soup in a deep bowl]: Zamaletdinov 2008a, No. 10:46.
Eastern Siberia. Yakuts (a summary of one or two texts, a link to the archive and the "Reading Book" for primary school, published in 1940 in Yakut; central? recent Russian borrowing?) [a fox and a crane go to visit each other; a crane treats a fox from a narrow-necked jug; a fox places a plate in front of the crane]: Ergis 1967, No. 6:162.
Japan. Japanese: Inada, Ozawa 1977 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 60:55-56.
(Wed. NW Coast. Tsimshian [Beaver invited Porcupine to visit; drove him on his back, dived with him several times, almost drowning him; fed him branches that Porcupine did not eat; Porcupine decided to take revenge, invited Beaver to his place, gave him bark and needles to eat; picked him up a tree; jumping down, Beaver crashed to death]: Boas 1902:73-80).