M53F. Pretending to be a monster, it eats supplies. .11.41.

The character is involved in preparing food supplies. After leaving under some pretext, he returns in the form of a monster or predator. Everyone runs away, the deceiver eats supplies, and then returns as usual. As a result, it was exposed.

Nyanja [hare], safwa [hare], southern tutchoni [raven].

Bantu-speaking Africa. Nyanja [the hare and the man cultivate the site; every time before eating, the hare says that he will go swimming, take off his skin, comes back, the man runs away in horror, the hare eats everything, goes again returns to the river with his skin on; each time he leaves the man his bow, which breaks; then the man takes his own bow, shoots at the monster, hits the eye; when he returns, the hare says that hurt the eye; the person decides not to work with the hare anymore]: Holland 1916:141-143; safwa [the badger turns into a rat, steals axes and seeds in the village, gives it to the hare, he sows pumpkins; when they ripen, the hare pretends to be sick, supposedly goes for medicine, takes off its skin, frightens the badger with its appearance, eats pumpkins; for the third time, the badger followed, burned the hare's skin]: Arewa 1961, No. 1225:77.

Subarctic. Southern tutchoni [Raven has two assistants, he sleeps, and they cook candlefish fat; The raven pretends to go away, asks his assistants to continue working; disguises himself as a bear, wearing moss breaks in, his assistants run away in horror, the Raven drinks fat, leaves, returns as usual, asks what happened; tells him to beat the bear with a club next time; says he needs go cut wood; repeats the trick, but gets hit in the eye; when he comes back, his eye is stiff; says the sliver has bounced, but the helpers understand what's going on; then the Raven comes out, tells the birds make noise as if enemies are coming; tells his assistants to fight outside and he will protect the house; drinks fat from two boxes; when the third one finishes drinking, his assistants find him; close him in a box, let him down the mountain, the box splits, the raven flies away]: McClennan 2007 (1), No. 1e: 26-29.