M29X. The hyena is a loser and a loser. 10.-.14.17.23.
As a result of its stupidity or antisocial behavior, the hyena dies or suffers damage. See the motives in square brackets.
SW Africa. Hottentots [M30, M51, M74B, M118, M134C, M169].
Bantu-speaking Africa. Suto-chwana [M109B, M134C]; ila [M89a]; Rwanda [M118]; kikuyu [M30, M33, M51, M91c2]; gogo [M181]; isanzu [L108]; dabida [M51]; luba (?) [M159]; Tutsi [M124, M181], kamba [M91c2, M102, M157]; kaguru [M89a, M104]; isanzu [M104]; Swahili [M89a, M104, M112]; bondei [M104, M169]; zombo [ M156]; lamba [M89a]; shona [M21]; nsenga [M89a]; ndau [M112]; gusii [M118]; dabida [M51]; ambundu [M109B]; ovimbundu [M152A]; tete [ M120].
West Africa. Hausa [L108, M91c2, M104, M106, M159, M172]; mukulu [M137]; vute [M172]; tenda [M28, M30, M118, M181A]; bambara [L34G, M56B, M118, M158, M169, M172]; raspberries [M104]; manden [M45A, M169]; bobo [M57D; when hungry, the Hare climbs a tree with an ax, drops it into the river, searches for it, gets a calebass, filled with food if he wants; when he learns about this, A hyena climbs a tree, throws an ax into the water, pulls out a whip, it hits her, Hyena screams "enough", the whip stops; Hyena brings the whip home, the wife takes it with the door locked, the whip hits her, she has a hard time jumps out the window, disappears]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:148-151; soninke [M159]; cassonke [M106, M156]; mankagna [M30, M104]; lobi [M118]; guro [M56B]; mosi [ M30, M104, M156, M172, M173, M176, M181]; mamprusi [M181]; pears [M118]; background [L108, M45, M104]; senufo [M52]: Pinguilly 1997, No. 3:42-51; susu [M116, M192A]; dagari [M118, M156, M176]; jukun [M118]; songhai [M53, M104, M124, M118, M131, M172, M192a]; vute [M172]; felupe [M23, M57D]; fulbe [M56B, M143, M156, M159, M169]; silver [M104]; kotoko [M127C, M104]; wolof [M124, M156, M169, M172]; ash [M56B, M181]; boulsa [M124]; catch-up [M156].
Sudan - East Africa. Zaghawa [M159]; Masai [M104, M118, M119]; Ngindu [M112]; Moru [the Ngöri women and the Jackal went to collect herbs, but it started raining and they took refuge in the Hyena man's hut; The Jackal tasted the meat offered to him, and when Hyena demanded it back, she could not return it; she had to marry Hyena, she gave birth to him 30 children; once her mother visited her; she told her how bad The hyena treats her; dug {she or her mother?} a hole, made a fire at the bottom, Hyena came, fell into a hole, died]: Evans Pritchard, Mynors 1941, No. 26:74; maba [M104]; nzakara [M132]; bari [M74B]; mundang [M106]; nuers [M109, M181]; shilluk [M109, M124, M181A]; murle [M105, M124]; anuak [K8e, M23], Evans Pritchard, Beaton 1940, No. 18 [various episodes in which a fox cheats a hyena]: 271-273; Bilin [M51]; Joluo [M182]; Oromo [M159]; Sakho [M119, M150, M156]; Amhara [M91c2, M169, M170A]; Somalis [M74B, M119, M124, M150, M159, M169]; Kanuri [ M181A]; Arusha [M91c2, M104]; Sudanese Arabs [K77bb, M158, M159]; Nubians [M169]
North Africa. The Tuaregs [M106]; Western Sahara [L108, M146, M159]; the Berbers of Southern Tunisia [M127, M146].
Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [M153, M176]; Harsushi [M57C]; Jibbali [M91c2]
South Asia. Santala [M169].