M192. Dried carcass, ATU 68. .17.21.-.23.30.
Ascavenger who climbs into an animal's carcass or wears fresh animal skin cannot get out of it, because the skin has dried up from the heat. He got out when the skin became soft again or torn by someone else.
(Tigre, Morocco), Omani Arabs, Harsusi, Lepcha, Meimei, Khmer, Panchatantra, Jataki, Chhattisgarhi (Bilaspur), Marathi, Konkani, Nepali, Gondas, Baiga, Muria, Kota, Sinhalese, Wakhans.
(Check: Sudan - East Africa. Tigre: Littmann in El-Shamy 2004, No. 69:31).
(Check: North Africa. Morocco (Marrakech): Legey in El-Shamy 2004, No. 69:31).
Western Asia. Oman [Abu Navas was walking through the desert and was thirsty; the leopard offered him to climb inside; there was a place with salt water, a place with brackish water and a place with fresh water; but let the NA not look up; After getting drunk, the NA wanted to eat; raised his head, saw two hanging objects and ate one; these were the internal organs of the leopard and he died, but the NA stayed inside; it rained, the leopard carcass got wet and the NA managed get out; saw women herding goats; they went to the party, agreeing to leave the goats under the supervision of the Academy of Sciences; the Academy of Sciences has a vision: a white river and a red river; he milked the goats, creating a white river, and stabbed them to create a river blood; one woman came up and was horrified, called the others; they did not hear well; AN explains: she shouts for you to leave all the gold jewelry for the NA; the women did it, the NA took away the jewelry, hung on the tree, and he climbed it himself; explained to the caravan merchants that there were ornaments on this tree; they gave all the camels along with their luggage for the tree from the decoration; the NA took them and fled; the merchants remained wait for new ornaments to grow on the tree, and they're still waiting]: Taibah, MacDonald 2016:47-48; harsushi [fox, wolf, leopard, hyena, vulture and raven went hunting; the vulture flew away, the fox and the raven found nothing, the hyena found a basket of dates, the wolf stole the kid, the leopard killed the camel; they gathered around the fire to cook meat; the hyena went to bed, told her to wake her up when everything was ready; the fox ate and dates, and the meat intended for the hyena shoved bones and bones into her ass; in the morning she told the hyena that she had already eaten everything herself, told her to relieve herself, and bones and bones were under the hyena; the fox asked for the hyena to carry it to the acacia, and then carry it; jump off, scream that the hyena is tired; hyena: the fox is tired; but others rushed to the hyena and ate it; the fox offered to jump off the cliff - this is what their fathers did when they were circumcised; the fox and the leopard jumped safely, and the wolf broke his leg, was eaten; the fox offers to jump off a high cliff, jumps; the leopard crashed; offers the fox start eating it; fox: will eat it when the leopard dies; after eating the leopard, the fox told the donkey that it was dying of thirst; she allowed it to get inside through the ass - she had water in her stomach; the fox drank water, ate it the donkey's insides are dead; the fox wanted dew to fall, then it would fill one wadi with blood and the other with milk; the dew fell out, the donkey's ass softened, the fox got out; says to the woman and daughter that they are called to be circumcised, and she is ready to guard their herd; the fox milked the goats with milk; slaughtered them, filling another wadi with blood; arranged the carcasses as if the goats were grazing; a woman and a girl returned without finding anyone; the girl saw goats slaughtered, shouted to her mother to hold the fox; the woman hears hard; the fox: she screams that robbers are coming, let the woman give her the necklace, she will bury it and she will hide; daughter screams again; fox: she tells you to give yourself to me; the woman is furious, the fox runs away, carrying jewelry; hangs them on a dry tree, relieves herself by throwing sand at excrement; speaks to the caravan that the tree makes jewelry; he gives his herd for the tree; warns that if he meets his need near the tree, it will not give ornaments; the caravan waits three days, catches up with the fox; they they come back, the fox picks up its excrement, says that it is the caravan who could not resist; the fox brings its camels to places where there are many others; she is told that its camels may be trampled by local camels and horses; but the fox refuses to take her own; her camels died, she received a large ransom for them]: Stroomer 2004, No. 2:5-17.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Lepcha [the jackal climbed inside the dead elephant, can't get out; hears the tiger's roar, shouts to the tiger that it's meat; the tiger has begun to eat the elephant's carcass, the jackal got out; the jackal began to visit the tiger's house, when not, he took all the meat, the cubs lose weight; the wife tells the tiger everything; he tells the jackal to be invited and he will hide himself; the jackal comes in, but explains that he must sit down with his tail outside; the tiger rushes, the jackal runs away, hides in the hollow of a tree, the tiger rushes, gets stuck, dies; the jackal sits on a tree, falls from hunger, sees that the tiger is dead; eats it, comes to his wife, she says that since he is killed her husband, let him now provide the family with meat; the jackal catches only ants; the tigress leads him to the cows, asks him to kill the calf; the jackal rushes around, explains that she chooses the fattest; the tigress herself kills a cow, asks the jackal to carry meat; he can hardly drag his lungs along the ground; he rushes by the river because he cannot cross, explains that he is looking for the smallest ford; the tigress and the cubs cross, and the jackal takes river]: Stocks 1925, No. 13:368-370; Meitei [from N. Bemni Saingha's book; a royal elephant got lost in the forest and died; a pair of foxes climbed inside the carcass to eat meat; when they tried to get out, it turned out that the carcass had dried up; the fox, on behalf of the elephant, began to call the king's men for help: the dicks hardened; when the elephant's carcass was rubbed with oil; the fox jumped out and ran away, but the fox was captured; the king ordered to be cut off his head; the fox was left tied in the stable for the night; the jackal came; the fox: they want to marry a princess; the jackal gladly took the place of the fox and was beheaded in the morning]: Oinam et al. s.a.
Burma - Indochina. Khmer [the hare pretends to be dead; the banana merchant picks it up, puts it in his basket; the hare eats bananas, runs away; the snail tells the hare that the water belongs to it, let the hare not drink from pond; hare: if you swim across the pond faster than I run it, you're right; the snail places other snails along the shore, they respond to the hare; since then, the hares only drink dew; the hare promises to cure the crocodile from skin disease if he takes it to the other side; jumping ashore, insults the crocodile and runs away; climbed into the belly of a buffalo; under the sun, the skin has dried up and shrunk; the hare asks the person to pour on carcass of water; jumps out and shouts that he will not thank his savior; the crocodile pretends to be a log; the hare: if you are a log, then swim against the current, if the crocodile goes with the flow; the crocodile swam downstream; crawled ashore, pretended to be dead, the hare came up, the crocodile swallowed it, the hare began to fiddle with his intestines, the crocodile had to regurgitate him; the hare sat on a resinous stump and stuck; does not tell elephants drink water from the pond, he himself, the hare, is the watchman put by Indra; the elephant grabs the hare and throws it aside, the hare is released again; he is trapped by the gardener, begged the toad to release him - he will save her from warts; once free, insults the toad; next time the toad frees the hare for promising to give his daughter for her son; the hare runs away again; says he ate five elephants and wants to clear his throat tiger liver; monkey assures the tiger that the hare is not dangerous; the tiger agrees to return by contacting the monkey with its tails; hare: are you also leading this bad tiger to pay off the debt? the tiger ran, dragging the toad; when he saw the grimace of a dead toad, he thought it was laughing at him; the hare was trapped again, pretended to be dead, the peasant took it out, he ran away; the peasant caught him again; the monk predicts that today the farmer will have normal food; he thinks that the predictor is bad: he has a hare and a fish at home; a hare teaches a fish to pretend to be asleep; it will be thrown into the water, it will swim, master will try to catch it at the top under which the hare; both escape]: Gorgoniev 1973:115-126 (probably the same in Sacher 1979:91f in Uther 2004 (1), No. 68:52).
South Asia. Panchatantra: Bødker 1957, No. 710 [the jackal eats the elephant's carcass and gets inside; the skin dries up in the sun, hardens; the jackal convinces passers-by that he is a deity in the elephant's carcass let them pour water on it; the skin is wet, the jackal got out], 714 [the jackal climbed into the elephant's carcass, it is dry, he can't get out; convinced the rishi who was passing by that he was a saint, the rishi caused rain, the carcass got wet, the jackal got out]: 74, 75; Jataki 148 and 490 [the jackal ate the way inside the elephant's carcass, the skin dried; after the rain it got wet, the jackal got out but lost his hair]: Bødker 1957, No. 788:80; Marathi [jackal offers the barber to set up a vegetable garden; he gives him money, the jackal buys the plot, eats everything himself, invites other animals, each time tells the barber that the fruits are not yet ripe; he spies ties a knife to a cucumber, the jackal cut himself; lay on the rock for three days, the blood dried to the stone; it rained, the jackal freed himself; found the bull's carcass, climbed inside, the carcass dried, you can't get out ; people came to bury the carcass; the jackal says from the inside that he is a local god, tells me to bring chicken and other food, water the carcass; the carcass is soaked, the jackal is out; the poor brahmana has 7 daughters, he says that let the jackal take one; the jackal persuades him to give him the girl; leads to a crevice, there is a palace, the jackal takes off his skin, becomes a prince; gives his father-in-law a melon to plant her; many melons grow the neighbor buys them, inside the jewelry; the youngest daughter opened the last one, the brahmana went to the neighbor, who said she knew nothing; the brahmana took the jewelry that was in the last melon to the jeweler, he accused him of stealing, took everything away; the jackal gave him a magic dish; the Raja found out about it, took it away; the jackal gave him a rope and a stick; the rope tied the raja and his entourage, the stick began to beat, the raja all returned; the same with other offenders; the younger sister saw the eldest husband in the guise of a man, the jackal's wife threw his skin into the fire, he remained human]: Frere 1868, No. 12:175-194; konkani (dialect Mulvani, Maharashtra) [the hungry fox found a dying camel; climbed through his mouth into his stomach and began to devour its insides; the camel died, its mouth closed; the fox realized that he could not get out and began call for help; Lord Shanker and Sati Parvati passed by and helped him free himself; he went with them; after a while said he was thirsty; Shanker told him to elbow on a rock; fox He did this, water poured from there; then he said he was hungry; Shanker told him to take a banana palm leaf and sit under the banyan; the fox did it, food appeared on the leaf; then he said he was tired; Shanker told him to sit on one of the stumps; the fox did it, carried it on him; the fox returned to the foxes and said he had acquired three skills; the foxes followed him; he tried unsuccessfully to repeat the miracle with the rock (the foxes broke their elbows in blood) and with a banana leaf (the rising wind covered their eyes with dust); when it was his turn to the stumps, the foxes told him to show the miracle on himself; the fox jumped on the pointed stump and died]: Gangeyee 1975, No. 6:34-39; Nepalis [the jackal shouted "hawk" while he was stealing chickens; people agreed to see if the jackal was captured, dragged to execution; when dragged along the grass, he screams "in pain" when at the stones, pretends to be happy; he is deliberately dragged along the grass; hung, beaten, he swells; a bear is walking, the jackal pretends to be happy; apparently reluctantly allows the bear untie it, hangs it instead of himself, runs away; the bear is heavy, the noose immediately strangled him; the jackal found the elephant's soaked carcass, climbed inside and eats; the sun came out, the carcass dried up, the jackal did not get out; Mahadeva and Parvati came up; the jackal shouts from the elephant's carcass that it was M., and if he wants to prove the opposite, let it rain; the rain poured, the carcass is wet, the jackal ran away, climbed into a hole under the wall; M. grabbed his leg, the jackal asked why he grabbed the root; M. let go of the jackal's paw, he ran away; M. put a figure covered with bird glue in his way, gave him sugar; the jackal began to ask for sugar, the figure is silent, he hits her, sticks with all his limbs; at the request of P., M. released the jackal, made her companion]: Heunemann 1980:166-169 (=Sakya, Griffith 1980:56-59); baiga [The Jackal and the Elephant came to the field, ate; the Jackal is thirsty; the Elephant invites the Jackal to get inside it, there is a lot of water; the Jackal crawls through his trunk, drinks, eats the Elephant's liver, he dies; they walk by Mahadeo and Sahadeo; The Jackal replies that he is M.'s father; he suggests raining; the Jackal cannot, M. causes rain, the Elephant's carcass gets wet, the Jackal gets out; M. and S. made a wax doll; the Jackal asked her for food, she is silent, he hits, sticks; they gave it to the baiga youth to beat him every day; the tied Jackal is swollen; replies to another Jackal that his they are well fed; the other changes places with him; the other Jackal promises to marry the bride; brings him his daughter Ahir; then his father-in-law throws his son-in-law away, buries him, wants to get together with his daughter; falls ill leprosy, dies; Baiga's wife digs up her husband, revives]: Elwin 1944, No. 23.5:463-465; chhattisgarhi (Bilaspur) [the elephant invited the jackal to ride it to find food; he noticed the field sugar cane; the jackal was full and thirsty; the elephant offered to see if the cranes (they are where the water is) could be seen, but the cranes were not visible; then offered to climb into his belly, there was water; warned do not look up; the jackal climbed through his nose, got drunk, saw his heart, liver, etc., started eating; the elephant died, the jackal continued to feed on it from the inside; the carcass dried up, the jackal could not get out; Mahadeo and Parbati were walking by ; M. said he was M., asked who was inside; jackal: and I am Sahadeo, M.'s father; if you are M., cause a downpour; the rain soaked the carcass, the jackal ran away; M. decided to take revenge, hid in the water, the jackal came up, M. grabbed his leg; the jackal said that he was holding the root, M. let him go; pretended to be dead; jackal: the corpse must let gas out; M. did it, the jackal ran away; M. made the figure of an old woman out of wax, a basket of sweets in his hands; the figure hit him with his hand, then another, he stuck; M. tied the jackal in his yard, whipped him every day; another jackal came; the first said that he was being fattened here, the other swapped seats with him; M. began to beat him; when he found out that he had made a mistake, M. let the jackal go and made him his guard; when the jackal howls at night, he served for M.]: Gordon 1908:61-64; gondas [jackal riding a fox, taking a leaf instead of a saber, went hunting, got nothing; on the road I saw a dead buffalo, ate it and climbed inside; the skin dried up, and in the wind, Bhimsen was born from the buffalo's nostrils (name of one of the Pandavas); jackal: who are you? B.: I'm Bhimsen and who are you? jackal: I'm B.; B. suggested that Bhimsen be considered someone who could cause rain; the jackal caused only a little rain, and B. caused a long downpour; the carcass got wet, the jackal got out, and B. became the god of rain]: Elwin 1949, No. 11:439; muria [camel and jackal agreed to share food; the camel put the jackal on his back, who ate leaves; when the camel started drinking water, the jackal made it fall; the camel made it fall; the camel pretended to be dead; the carcass was soaked in the rain, the jackal stuck his head and ate; the carcass dried up from the sun, the jackal could not pull out his head; the camel got up, did not let the jackal go; then the carcass was soaked again in the rain, the jackal freed]: Elwin 1944, No. 23.2:460-461; cat [Ajav and Ajayn have four sons; A. and A. took a pig and a jackal into the house and told them to cultivate the field; the wife noticed that the pig was working and the jackal was catching crabs and spoils his work; when the jackal returned, pretended to praise him for his work, sat him on a hot ladle, the jackal ran away; squeezed pus into the pot, the wound closed; covered the pus with leaves, said it was melted butter, exchanged the young man for an ox; the young man brought the pot, opened it, the father broke the pot against his son's head; the jackal drove the ox, which fell into the ravine, soon died; the jackal ate it, climbed inside, the carcass slid lower, the jackal could not get out; the young man came to fresh the ox; the jackal: bring the rooster and bring the dog, you'll get the reward; the young man did it; the jackal: tie the dog to your leg Let go of the rooster, pull the carcass; the young man freed the jackal, he took the rooster, the dog pulled the young man, both fell into the ravine, the others pulled them out; when the jackal was inside the carcass, the young man put his hand to grab his tail; grabbed the leg; jackal: you grabbed the root of the tree; the young man let the jackal go; the jackal bit him; so that the young man does not go crazy, you need the jackal's teeth; the jackal meets Ajayn, wants to eat; woman: I'm thin, in a week I'll come back, after eating, bring the other jackals; she came, ash in the basket, told the jackals to bend down, squeezed the bellows they had brought, ash in the eyes of the jackals, made medicine from their teeth; the young man was married; they said: hit with a stone, hit with a club (figuratively); he killed his wife with a stone, a club; the mother drowned the corpse in the pond, drowned the goat there; the young man's uncle, the father of the victim, came; the young man climbed into the pond; began to ask: your daughter had horns? udder? etc.; uncle is gone, the fool drowned; No. 17:252-271 ~ (16), but only the jackal story; there is no episode "not a leg, but a root"]: Emeneau 1944, No. 16:233-251; Sinhalese [jackal began to eat a dead elephant; climbed inside; the skin is dry and he cannot get back; he hears blows to the drum; says he is Devatava, asks who is going where and why; the man with the drum replies that he is going to the party; the imaginary D. tells fill the drum with water and pour over the carcass, then he will receive the treasure; when he gets out of the carcass, the jackal runs away; the crows flew to peck at the carcass; it began to rain and it was carried along the river far into the sea; the crows drowned]: Parker 1910, No. 39:249-250
Iran - Central Asia. Vakhans [the fox fraternized with the bear; a bird was flying in the sky; the fox: "Look, the bear is a bird flying in the sky and does not say hello to me!" ; bear: "Why should she bow to you, fox?" ; fox: "After all, I gave her these wings!" ; bear: "If you have wings for her, I'm your brother, since you know how to do it, then make me fly the same way!" ; fox: "Go, bring me branches from the forest, I'll make you the same wings"; when he picked up branches, told me to bring a stone slab; the bear brought it, lay down on the top of the mountain; the fox attached branches to his back, and She tied the stove to his belly; then told him to rush down; the bear jumped and crashed; the fox clutched the back of the bear with its claws, started eating it; bear: "You, fox, would start with the earlobe, it's very sweet meat!" ; fox: "I started from this side, and I'll get to my earlobes too"; after milking the bear's meat, I climbed into its skin and fell asleep; the skin hardened; the fox prayed: "Oh God, free me from this skin, I'll be like this thankful!" ; it rained, the skin got wet, the fox got out; pretended to be dead on the road; the merchant who was passing by picked it up and tied it over the pack of apricots; the fox made a hole in the bag, began to pour apricots out of it; rope weakened, the fox got rid of it and ran away]: Pakhalina 1975, No. 1:135-136.