M194. Sharing the traveler's property. .21.26. (.29.) .33.34.38.

Several animals take possession of items that belonged to humans. When distributing the loot, one keeps food for himself, and gives others things that are more expensive than food, but are only suitable for humans. Animals that receive these items die or suffer damage.

Tibetans (Amdo, Ham, Sichuan, Sikkim) [hare], Chinese (Liaoning), (Ingush [hare]), salars [hare], Mongols [fox], Japanese [rabbit].

Tibet is the Northeast of India. The Tibetans (Amdo) [the traveler carried a drum with chopsticks and a bag; the rabbit, the wolf, the fox, and the chicken decided to rob him; the rabbit grabbed the wand, limped with it; the man rushed after him, the others they stole the bag, the rabbit ran away, began to divide the prey; he gave the wolf boots: it will be more convenient to steal sheep; the chicken will have a fox fur hat (the chicken goes to peck insects, people will take it for a person, they will not pay attention to it attention); fox cymbals: if you play, the children will dance and rejoice; he took a tsampa for himself and ate it; the wolf in boots could not run, the shepherd caught up with him and beat him; cubs for fear of unfamiliar sounds fell off the cliff and crashed; the chicken could not see anything from under its hat, the man came up unnoticed, pulled the feathers out of its tail, since then the chickens did not fly well; the deceived came to the rabbit; he wheezed, out of his mouth blood; convinced others that Tsampa was poisoned; comrades decided that the rabbit was not to blame and had a split lip since then]: Kajihama 2004, No. 18:68-70; Tibetans [rabbit offers fox and wolf to rob the healer; limped in front of him, he left the bag, chased; the wolf and the fox took the bag; it contained a pair of heavy shoes, a bell, a tsamba idolar and bread; the hare gave his shoes to the wolf, he went to the sheep, they chased him, he can't run, he fell, was killed; the fox began to ring the bell, her children died of fear; the hare ate tsamba and bread]: Shelton 1925, No. 33:136-137; Tibetans (Ham): Hyde- Chambers, Hyde-Chambers 1981 [a fortuneteller who can even change the weather wanders through villages; The hare knows that his bag is full of paid food; meets Magpie, Fox, the weak old Wolf, offers to get the fortuneteller's bag; tells the Fox to pretend to be dead, the Magpie to attract the attention of the fortuneteller; he leaves the bag, comes to the Fox, while the Wolf and the Hare carry the bag; the Hare gives the Wolf shoes, Magpie is a hat, Lisa is a drum, he takes the food himself; The wolf in shoes cannot hunt, the Magpie was under his hat, yak relieved her, Lisa's children were afraid of the drum, drowned; the hare tells his companions that he too the fortuneteller's food did not benefit - his lip burst; since then, the hare has a split lip]: 107-111; Potanin 1914 (Sichuan, Tarando City) [wolf, fox, monkey, crow and hare live together; the hare came up with how to get food: he will run in front of the llama, he will leave his bag to catch the hare, let the others grab the bag; the bag contains boots, pants, rosary, a pipe with a tambourine, as well as bread and other food; hare: let the wolf is endowed with boots, the rams will mistake him for a shepherd; let the monkey put on his pants, tear the fruits in the garden and put them in his pants; let the crow hang a rosary around his neck, fly to the royal dwelling, and be given offerings - cookies and sweets; let the fox take the pipe and tambourine, let him go to other foxes, blow and drum, the foxes follow her, let him bring her here - there will be more of us; the hare himself kept for himself edible; the shepherds chased the wolf, he barely left in boots; the children began to throw stones at the monkey, she barely escaped in her pants; stones were also thrown at the crow, the rosary caught on the branch, she barely escaped; Hearing the sound of a fox drum, all the animals ran away, even its cubs; the hare smeared red paint on his mouth and lips, pretended to be sick: this llama cursed his property; his comrades felt sorry for the hare and they went to bed, and he ran away unnoticed; sat down on the mountain to weave the basket, pretended to be another hare; to catch up with him, he had to sit in the basket and quickly roll down the mountain; the hare braided the basket tightly and lowered them, they they fought badly; he sat down by the fire on the ice; said that the hare hid in the rock, we must wait out the night by the fire; when the firewood came out, the hare pretended to be going for firewood; the animal tails froze to the ice; In the morning, the hare came back and said that the enemy had hid in the well; they saw a hare's reflection in the water; four comrades jumped and drowned]: 426-429; Tibetans (Sikkim) [hare, fox, wolf and raven saw pilgrim; the fox at the river bank pretended to be dead; the pilgrim threw his burden, went to the river, the fox ran away, the wolf and the hare dragged away the luggage; the hare said that he is the oldest, will share the luggage; the boots to the wolf, the rosary to the crow, the bell to the fox, the treats to the hare; the wolf shuffles in his boots, the dogs heard him, ripped him off; the crow's rosary caught on the roof, the children began to torture him; when they heard the bell, the cubs in fear died; the hare cut his lip: when he ate the food, this pilgrim is a sorcerer; since then, a hare with a split lip]: Krapivina 2001:73-79.

China - Korea. The Chinese (Liaoning) [The hare, fox and wolf saw the old man and decided to rob him. The hare jumped out on the road in front of him, he threw his things and ran after the hare. The hare ran and stopped, taking the old man farther and farther away. Finally, he left the old man and returned to the fox and the wolf, and they began to share things. The hare said, "Brother Wolf, take these boots when you go to steal sheep, so you won't get your feet dirty." He said to Lisa: "You have a lot of children and grandchildren, so take these cymbals and play for them." They did so, and the hare ate the meat and rode off to have fun. The wolf went in boots to steal sheep, but he was uncomfortable, he made a noise, was beaten, and his legs were broken. The fox came to the hole and hit the cymbals, and her children and grandchildren, horrified by the loud sound, began to beat against the walls until they died. The wolf and fox found a hare to take revenge on him. He said that the stolen old man returned to the place where he was robbed and prayed to Buddha: "Whoever stole my boots break his legs, whoever stole my cymbals should lose his descendants, and whoever ate my meat - let his lip crack." The wolf and the fox looked - indeed, the hare's upper lip was cracked, and believed it]: Zhou Yang et al. 1994:376-377.

(Wed. Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ingush [text that is very similar to Tibetan, unknown informant, reference to ILI (ing.), Grozny, 1961, p. 96; book borrowing is highly likely]: Sadulaev 2004, No. 38:93-94).

Turkestan. Salars (Altiyuli, Xunhua-Salar Autonomous County) [the hare and the she-wolf went to get the sweet root; the she-wolf dug up and ate it, and left the hare for the bunny; when they returned home, The she-wolf had nothing to carry with her, so she ate the hare and took her sweet root; the hare decided to take revenge; called the wolf cub to play, invited him to fight; stuck a knife in the ground, threw it at he was a wolf cub and ran away; the she-wolf went in pursuit; the hare met the shepherd, who agreed to hide him among the sheep; the she-wolf demanded to tell us where the hare; the shepherd sharpened the sickle, the she-wolf ran away; the hare met a deer, praised it for its beauty; he hid the hare in his nose and then killed the she-wolf; the hare climbed into a hole in the ground and insulted the deer; the deer hurt himself furiously; the hare cut off a piece reindeer meat, became related to a fox and a wolf; they consulted, chose the hare as their older brother; he suggested: "Wolf, fox, the salesman came from there. I'm going to pretend to be lame. [Wanting to] catch me, the salesman will put his chest [on the ground] and chase me. When he runs, grab the chest and run!" ; doing so, they got the chest; the hare handed the fox a drum: "Take this home. Play behind the kids' ears one morning. They're going to grow up fast day by day!" , and gave the wolf a pair of boots: "Take this away. Put them on, go to the mountains, creak [them]. All the sheep will run to you"; the fox played the drum - the children were scared and died; the wolf put on his boots - the sheep ran away; the fox and the wolf wanted to eat the hare; he pretended to be sick and closed his eyes; said that ate his eyes; the wolf said, "Take my eye out, I'll eat it!" ; the hare pulled out and sprinkled it with sugar; the wolf ate it, ordered the second one to be pulled out; the hare pulled out, the wolf said that this eye is not as tasty as the first one; the hare: "You're already full!" ; the same with the fox; the hare brought the wolf and fox to the edge of the cliff; made a fire there, threw it first at the fox, then at the wolf; they stepped back and fell off the cliff]: Tenishev 1964, No. 22:50-53.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Mongols [the fox brought the property of the deceased lama; gave the crow a rosary: read on the tree, you will be full; boots for the wolf: put on, go to the rams, you will be mistaken for a person; the bear - musical cymbals ; the crow caught on the branches with its rosary, choked; the wolf was killed; the bear was afraid of the rumble, ran away; the fox found a bundle of treats, smeared blood on his eyes, told the tiger that it had eaten its eye; the tiger asked pull out one eye, the fox let him eat sweets, the tiger liked it; he asked him to pull out the second one, the fox let him eat it, the tiger did not like it; the fox: so my second one is bitter, I won't pull it out; leads the tiger spends the night on the edge of the cliff, asks him to move, the tiger fell, grabbed the caragan with his teeth; fox: are you, father? the tiger wants to answer, lets go of his grip, falls, breaks; the fox sends the old men to pick up the tiger, undertakes to watch the child, cooks it, puts her head as if the child is sleeping, fed the old people; the old man he rushed to cut the fox, she dodged, he killed his wife; he also killed a bull; he killed himself out of grief; the fox ate bacon, told the seven wolves that fat falls from the sky, if you put the tail into the water, the tails froze; the fox requires the magpie to throw off the cubs, otherwise it will gnaw through the poplar; when the last one is left, the goose explains that the fox will not be able to gnaw through the poplar; the fox went to look for a goose, saw a bull drinking water I did not drink for a month or a month; I waited for his scrotum to fall off, died of hunger]: Potanin 1883, No. 168:552-554).

Japan. Japanese: Ikeda 1979, No. 1A* (center and south of Honshu) [animals agree to rob the messenger; the rabbit pretends not to run fast; the man hangs his bag on a tree, runs after the rabbit ; the fox and the badger carry the bag; there is a letter and rice cakes in the bag; the fox pretends to read and that the letter says how to divide the cakes; "One Badger and the Rabbit, the rest is to Mr. Fox"], 3 ( all of Honshu, north Kyushu) [the rabbit distracts the beggar, while the monkey and the otter steal his things (or all three find them or buy them); these are beans, a straw mat, and salt; the rabbit takes beans, gives a mat to a monkey to sleep on trees, salt to an otter to season fish, or to suppress fish by pouring salt into the water, or catching fish on a tail dipped in salt water; the monkey lies down on the mat and falls off the tree; the salt has dissolved in water; the rabbit eats beans, showers himself with husks, says that the beans were poisoned and now it is covered with boils]: 12, 14.