M74A. Strange newborn names, ATU 15.

.11.-.16.27.-.37. (.38.)

The character pretends to be invited to visit several times in connection with the birth of a child, or gives names to various tracts that the boat passes by. The names and titles sound strange, but they become clear when it turns out that the character ate supplies.

Congo, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Kabila, Morocco, Spaniards, Galicians, Catalans, Portuguese, Italians (Calabria), Frisians, Flemish, Dutch, Walloons, French, Germans (Grimms, Schleswig-Holstein, Pomerania), Scots, Irish, Slovenes, Croats, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Serbs, Albanians, Hungarians, Romanians, Greeks, Russians (Teresky Bereg, Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Vologda, Vladimir, Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov), Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina, Kharkiv, Kursk, Chernigov), Belarusians, Adygs, Abazins, Karachays, Ossetians, Avars, Tsezes, Kumyks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Tajiks, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Faroese, Latvians, Lithuanians, Livs, Lutsies, Estonians, Setus, Finns, Counselors, Veps, Karelians, Western and Eastern Sami, Komi, Udmurts, Mari, Mordovians, Chuvash, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Chulym Turks, Altaians, Mansi, Northern and Eastern Khanty, Tundra Nenets, Dolgans, Northwestern Evenks (Erbogachen, Ingarigdov, Tunguska), Evenks of Buryatia, Evenks, central (?) and Western (Vilyuan) Yakuts, Dolgans, Negidals, (Japanese).

Bantu-speaking Africa. Congo [in drought, Antelope and Rabbit decide to dig a well; Rabbit offers food when they finish working; leaves every now and then - supposedly his wife is giving birth; replies that the child was named Unfinished, Half-finished, Finished, eats supplies; explains that Wild Cat ate everything; Antelope does not believe, offers a laxative, Rabbit's tail is wet; Antelope forbids him to use open water reservoir; Rabbit violates the ban; Antelope puts a figure near the reservoir, smeared it with a sticky mass; The rabbit hits it, sticks, the Antelope kills him]: Dennett 1898:90-93 (translated into Kotlyar 1973:42-45).

Sudan - East Africa. Sudan, Eritrea: El-Shamy 2004, No. 15:4-5

North Africa. The Arabs of Egypt, Algeria, Morocco: El-Shamy 2004, No. 15:4-5; Kabyles: Frobenius 1921b, No. 4 [the jackal and the hedgehog decided to grow beans together; prepared a pot of butter and a pot honey - they will return from work in the evening and eat; jackal: a neighbor has a child, we will have to go give him a name; went to where the pots were hidden, ate butter and honey, filled the pots with earth, anointed him from above remnants of oil and honey; returning, he replied that the child was named bis auf dem Boden; during harvesting and processing the harvest, the jackal adjusts so that the hedgehog does all the work; suggests dividing: the jackal beans, hedgehog straw; hedgehog is indignant; the jackal asks (his) brothers, who say: whoever gets to the barn faster will get the grain; the hedgehog leaves his brother there; when the jackal runs up, the hedgehog (i.e. hedgehog's brother) says that he has already arrived; animals award beans to a hedgehog; both argue about who ate butter and honey; man: go to bed with shards under you; eaten by whoever has them covered with oil and honey; in the morning The jackal got up and changed his shards; the hedgehog accused him, the jackal tried to hit and bite him, got all pierced; decided not to mess with the hedgehog anymore, the harvest went to the hedgehog]: 13-16; Rivière, p. 89 in Cosquin 1887 [ the lion, the jackal and the wild boar live together, they have a pot of butter; they go to work in the fields; the jackal says that his uncle invites him to the wedding; eats half the oil; the rest the next day; when the lion and the jackal are found, they caught up and killed the jackal]: 162.

Southern Europe. Italians (Calabria, 1 source): Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 15:12; Spaniards: Camarena, Chevallier 1997, No. 15 (many Spanish, Galician, Catalan and Portuguese records) [the fox and the wolf decide to cultivate the field together; buried the sheep, leaving their tails above the ground to eat later; the fox says she is called for christening; eats the sheep, sticks the tail in back; says the child was named the Beginning (Mio Empecéme); the next day, the Sequel (Mio Segundéme); the third time, the End (Mio Acabébe); after work, the wolf pulls the tails falls; understands the deception]: 40-42; Shishlova 1971 [the wolf shows the fox a new home and supplies; the fox says that she is called for her nephew's christening, asks the cubs to understand, promises to bring a pie with jam; eats wolf supplies, says that the nephew was named Beginning; the pie was supposedly pecked by starlings; next time - Half; goldfinches pecked; third time - To the Bottom; no pies again - the confectioner's oven fell apart ; the wolf calls the fox a liar, does not call to him anymore; but the fox slipped in; they argue who ate the honey, the fox offers to watch it in the morning; smears honey on the face of a sleeping wolf; he believes he ate honey himself]: 64- 69; Portuguese [The fox pretends to be dead, the fish merchant carries sardines, picks up the fox, throws them to the sardines, he throws them away, jumps, eats them; then the Fox usually invites the Wolf to teach him how to catch them fish; ties a rope to his neck and the other end to a basket of stones; the Wolf dives for sardines, the Fox throws the basket into the water, it pulls the Wolf to the bottom; or the Wolf and the Fox stock up supplies - sheep carcass or butter; The fox says that his name is to be the godson of a newborn, returns, saying that the child was called the Beginning; then Half, the End; if the sheep's carcass was stored, the Fox leaves the tail, suggests to the Wolf pull; the tail "breaks off", the Fox says he knows nothing; suggests identifying the culprit - whoever has a sweaty ass ate; pees under the sleeping Wolf; or gives him shoes and prints traces in closet; or offers to jump on the axle of the cart, whoever has a heavier belly will run into it; The wolf jumps, the axle pierces it]: Cardigos 2006, No. 1:19-23; Catalans [The Wolf and the Fox reap rye, having received an advance payment a pot of honey; the fox leaves three times - his name is to baptize the child; he actually eats honey; says that the child was named Beginning, Middle, End; The wolf accuses the Fox, he offers to lie in the sun - who Honey will come out to the navel, and he ate it; The wolf falls asleep, the Fox smears his navel with honey]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 15:6-7.

Western Europe. The French: Arnaudin 1967, No. 5.2 [the fox stole a pot of honey; together with the wolf, they decided to cultivate the land; they just started working, as the fox says her name is for christening; when he returns, he says that the child was called Beginning; then Half; End; in the evening, the wolf discovers the loss of honey; the fox suggests going to bed: whoever has a wet tail in the morning ate honey; at night, the fox wrote on the wolf's tail ; he had to admit he was a thief]: 82-88; Cosquin 1887, No. 54 []: 156-159; Gennep 1933:518 (Nantes) [The fox and the Wolf began to live together; made supplies; Lisa says her name is to baptize the child; when she returns, says he's called "Rice Soup"; then "Lamb Leg", "Chocolate Cream"; when he discovers that everything is eaten, the Wolf wants to kill Lisa, but she swears she is innocent and promises to pay for everything], 520-521 (Languedoc) [The fox and the wolf found a pot of honey; the fox says that someone seems to be knocking; his name is to baptize the child; returning, he says he called Quarter; then Half; Dummy; when he finds an empty pot, The wolf promises to eat the Fox; he replies that the Wolf ate the honey; suggests going to bed - whoever the honey comes on is eaten; the fox smears the Wolf while he sleeps]; the walloons [the wolf and the fox have a pot of sour cream; the fox says she is called for christening; on her return; the child was named Entamé ("cob"); next time Half; third time Tout léché ("licked"); wolf chases a fox]: Laport 1932, No.*15:26; the Dutch [mouse and cat stored fat for the winter, hid them in the church; the cat goes three times, supposedly, to christening; the mouse asks the child's name every time; From the surface; Half empty; Empty; when winter came, the mouse found the pot empty; started scolding the cat and it bit off its head]: Soer 1979:30-31; Scots [domestic dog, wild dog, wolf and fox found a keg oil, buried; the fox said her name was called for christening; when she returned, she said that the child was named Foveeal "under his mouth"; next time Half; then Licked to the end; they found that the oil disappeared; the wolf was hung by the hind legs, the fox put oil under his face as if it had flowed out of his mouth; then the wolf and fox bought land and became farmers; when they sowed oats, the wolf chose the roots, and when they planted potatoes - tops; the wolf began to steal potatoes; the fox advised me to read the name on the mare's hoof; she kicked him and killed him]: Campbell 1890 (3), No. 65:108-111; Germans [cat invited a mouse to live together; they bought a pot of fat, hid it in the church under the altar; one day a cat tells the mouse that it should go to her aunt's christening; she went to church herself, licked the fat on top of the pot; said that the child was named Pocob; then Seredinka; Scraper; closer to spring, the mouse offered to go get the pot; it was empty; the mouse said "Scraper"; then the cat rushed at her and ate]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 2:5-7 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:8-10); Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Pomerania), Friesians, Flemish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 15:15; Irish [Lisa pretends to be called for a christening party and eats up oil supplies]: Jackson 1936:285.

The Balkans. Slovenes [the wolf plants grapes, calls for help from a fox and a hare, prepares a treat - honey; the fox pretends to be called for christening, eats honey herself, replies that they fed her well, the baby was named Cob; next time Seredyshek; Scrabyshek; honey is gone, Lisa says that it was eaten by the Hare - his tail is in honey; The Wolf chased, bit off the Hare's tail, now it's short]: Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:249- 250; the Serbs [the wolf and the fox found honey, agreed to leave it until the deadline; the fox pretends to be called for christening; the bear asks what the child was named; the fox: Begins; then Polovinash; then Ogrebash; when the wolf found out that there was no honey, he and the fox began to blame each other; the wolf suggests comparing the secretions; the fox replaced them; offers to jump over the fire, whoever falls into the fire is to blame; the wolf fell into the fire, burned; the fox lay down on the road, picked it up, she threw the fish off the cart, told the wolf she had caught it; smeared her head with bacon; told the wolf that she was even worse than he was; he took it to the ice-hole; she taught me to put a tail into the ice-hole and say, "Catch big and small fish"; the tail froze; in the morning the fox called people, they killed the wolf]: Zlatković 2005:5:19-20; Croats [wolf, fox, hare they cultivated the peasant's field, received a barrel of honey, agreed not to touch it until a certain date; the fox pretends to be called for christening; eats a third of the honey, replies that the child was named Pocob; in next time - Middle; End; when the Wolf and the Hare decide to try honey, the barrel is empty; the fox offers to go to bed: whoever has honey on his body ate it; honey came out on the fox, but she smeared it with it the hare and told the wolf that the hare ate the honey; he heard it and rushed to run; the wolf chased, bit off its tail; since then the hare tail is short]: Dähnhardt 1912:242-243; Bulgarians: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 15 [fox and wolf (together with a bear, hare, hedgehog, etc.) hide a pot of honey (with butter; cook a cauldron of food); the fox pretends to be called for christening, eats supplies, then replies that the child they called the Beginning, then the Middle, the End (or similar "names"); when it turns out that the supplies are gone, the fox accuses the wolf (hare, hedgehog); to prove the charge, it replaces excrement]: 42; Klyagina- Kondratyeva 1951 [wolf, bear, fox, hedgehog, prepared honey, spend the winter together; the fox says her name is for christening, rested in the tub, said that the child was named Cob Tub; then a half-tub; Licker-in-a-ravine-catalog; there is no honey, the fox offers to leave the house, whoever has honey on his tracks is a thief; says that there is a round dance in the sky; while everyone is watching, he washes honey from his traces, waving hedgehogs; the hedgehog was beaten]: 238-239; Albanians [the fox tells the wolf that she is called for christening; eats half of the honey stored by the wolf, says that the child was named Zanafilla (~ "beginning"); next time - Maroscha (~ "end"); at the end of winter, the wolf discovers that there is no honey, hits the fox and throws it away; a priest carrying a bag of wafers picks it up for fur; the fox gnawed a hole, threw in wafers, jumped out on its own; eats wafers, replies to the wolf that they are given in church when you say "amen"; the wolf comes to church, says "amen", he is beaten; the fox explains that the wolf has a rude voice, tells him to bring ticks, pulls him out teeth, he goes back to church, speaks in a thin voice, gets beaten again; fox: it's because you beat me then]: Lambertz 1952:198-201; Hungarians [fox and wolf find a pot of honey in the hollow ( cottage cheese, plums, etc.); decide to save it for the winter (until the harvest is harvested); the fox pretends to be called for christening; eats part first, half of the supplies next time, and the third time everything; accordingly, reports that the child was named Cob, Middle, End, etc.; when he sees an empty pot, the wolf attacks the fox; a man comes to the noise, hits the wolf with a stick, the fox runs away]: Kovács 1987, No. 15:251; Macedonians, Romanians, Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 15:15.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Vologda, Vladimir, Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov), Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina, Kharkiv, Kursk, Chernigov), Belarusians [ Midwife fox: a fox and a wolf (bear) keep honey (butter) in reserve; the fox pretends to be called a midwife and eats honey; she accuses the wolf and, to prove his guilt, smears it on him, sleeping belly with honey, which seemed to have drowned out of it]: SUS 1979, No. 15:54; Russians (Teresky Bereg) [the fox's hut is icy, the wolf's hut is needles; in the spring, the fox's hut melted; the fox came to the wolf; asked first allow her to sit under a broom; then under a bench; on a bench; on the stove; smelled a barrel of butter; said that her name was babble; when she returned, she replies that the child was named Pocob; knocks again with a tail as if her name was; Middle; {the name of the third newborn was not named}; the wolf found that the barrel was empty; the fox offered to lie on the stove; oiled the wolf, washed herself; the wolf believed it was him ate oil]: Balashov 1970, No. 103:330-331 (the same episodes with the fox and bear in No. 114:352-354); Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [the bear had a hut, the fox did not; the fox asked her to let her go; the bear had a tub oil has accumulated; the fox knocks and answers herself; says that her name is to babysit; replies that the child was named Zachinysh; then Seredysh; Scrabysh; the bear found an empty bucket; the fox offers to lie down on the stove - who the oil would leak out; the bear fell asleep, the fox smeared it with oil; the bear believed that he ate the oil]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:13-14; Russians (Vologodskaya) [hidden away from the fox and bear a barrel of honey (or oil); the fox lies down on a bench: I can call her to give birth; knocks her tail - her name; ate butter; bear: what was the name? fox: With a cob; then with the middle; Scraped; there is no oil, the bear accuses the fox; she offers to lie down by the stove - the culprit will leak out of oil; she splashed water herself, told the bear that this is not enough]: Kuzmina 2008, No. 3:41-42; Russians (Vologda) [the wolf has a pole hut, the fox has an icy hut; it melted in the spring; the fox asks to let her go first to the farmstead, then on the porch, on the floor; knocks its tail as if her name; we must adopt the child; she died a bottle of oil herself; the child was named Cob; next time - Scrapers; the wolf was looking for oil in vain, the fox ran away; lay down on the road; the man was carrying fish, picked up the old woman on collar; the fox threw off the fish, advised the wolf to put its tail into the ice-hole; people came running, the wolf cut off its tail; the fox caught up: take me sick; "The broken unbeaten is lucky"]: Efremov 1970, No. 3:158-160; Russians (Vologda, Kirillovsky district) [the old man and the old woman had a magic millstone; the master rode, took him away; the rooster came: return the millstones; the master ordered the rooster to be thrown into the barn; he flew out; ordered to slaughter, fry, serve; the master went to the wind, rooster again: give the millstone; master to the servant: cut his head; the servant cut off his withers, the rooster flew, the master ordered to give the millstones; the rooster could not be carried away; assistants ran in: hare, bear, wolf, fox; the rest went at home, and the fox stayed with the old man and the old woman; says her name is in the gumushki; ate half a roll of butter; What was the name? - Cob; the second time the same (Poscrobushok); asked the old woman to bake pancakes, the old man did not find butter; the fox ran away]: Sokolov, Sokolov 1981, No. 38:153-154; Russians (Nizhny Novgorod) [the bear is stocked honey; the fox lives with him, says that she is a midwife, she will be called; she knocks her tail against the wall herself, the bear wakes her up; when she returns, the fox replies for the first time that the child was named "Beginning", the second time that" Scraper"; the bear asked the fox to bring honey, she says there is no honey; the bear offers to heat the stove; honey has flowed from the fox, it ran away, the bear began to live alone]: Smirnov 1917, No. 163:436; Ukrainians [the fox tried to steal honey, was bitten by bees; came to live with a bear, he has a lot of honey; the bear brought two hives, left one in reserve; the fox pretends to be knocking, calling her for christening; quietly goes to the attic, eats honey; when he returns, he says that the child was named Pocob; then Seredinka; Turn it over and lick; the bear finds an empty hive, the fox runs away]: Petnikov 1956:48-50; Ukrainians (Chernigovskaya, Nezhinsky district) [the grandfather dug a hole, her animals fell, each brought a ransom; the wolf - a hundred horses, a bear - honey, a hare - a bag of money, a fox - geese; the fox stayed with her grandfather; says her name is home; the child was named top; then Seredinka; Scraper; grandfather went to get honey - empty; each of the animals says he did not take it; fox: let's jump off the bench, whoever feathers ate honey; everyone feathered except her; grandfather drove everyone away] : Malinka 1902, No. 36:316-317; Lusatians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 15:15.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi [the fox offers the wolf and bear to farm; harnesses them into a plow; before harvesting, all three stole a jug of butter; while working, the fox pretends to be her name; leaves, eats part of the oil; says that Pshi called her to be the goddaughter, the child was named Full Jug; the next time he called Tlyakotlesh (upper class), the child was named Polkuvshin; in the evening Wark called; name:" A jug that was licked and water was poured into it"; the wolf and the bear ask the fox to bring oil; the fox: you ate it all; we will lie in the sun, whoever has oil on his nose will eat it; smeared the faces of those who slept comrades; they woke up, are about to run away, but they hid; the fox is dancing: both my oil and the harvest; they tore it apart]: Maksimov 1937:99-109; Abaza [cat and mouse have stored food together for the winter; cat says that the neighbor's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, his name is to give the name to the baby; when he returned, he said that the baby was called Eat Top; next time Half eaten; then Upside down; The mouse sees an empty pot, accuses the cat; he replies that it is a slander, ate a mouse]: Tugov 1985, No. 4:21-22; Karachays [The fox tells the Wolf and the Bear that he can even make a rope out of the sand, promises to get food; they find a wineskin full of butter; the fox advises hanging the wineskin on a tree, waiting in the cave for the right moment to attack a herd of sheep; the fox says her name is to give a name to the khan's newborn son; returning said that she named the boy Bashlamysh; then Ortamysh; Jalamysh (beginning, middle, end); The wolf suggests warming up by the fire, going to bed on boards - under whoever the board becomes oil, he ate oil; at night The fox changed the boards; the Bear chased the Wolf, he ran away; the Fox offers the Bear - let the one who reaches the den first get a piece of bacon; the fox replaces the fat with a stone, the Bear broke his teeth; the Fox pretends to eat honey, advises him to stick his head in a hive, the Bear was bitten by bees, he is blind; the Fox pretends to be a Hare, tells the Bear to go to the sound of the bell, leads him to the edge of the abyss, says that he is ahead sheep; the wind pushes the Fox into the abyss, the bird grabs the bell that now rings behind the Bear, he moves away from the abyss]: Rumyantseva 1981:28-34; Ossetians [bear, wolf and fox live together, they have a jug of butter; when they went to the harvest, the fox says she was called for christening; ate butter, said that the child was named Dalbylt ("below the edges"); then "narrow-waisted"; "swept clean"; wolf and the bear finds one ash in the jug; the fox explains that the ash has settled on top of the oil; the bear blows, ashes in his eyes, he is blind; the fox invites the wolf to approach the bear from the front, itself from behind; the bear rips off the wolf's face; the wolf promises to kill the fox; the fox knocks the threads, answers the wolf that he will sew his ass, he will no longer have to eat; the wolf asks to sew it up; when he goes out of need, ripped off his ass; the fox sits by the fire , in the fire of iron; explains that he wants to paint himself with them; the wolf asks to paint it, is burned; the fox weaves a large basket; says that he will roll down to the shepherds in it, quietly drag sheep into the basket; the wolf asks to put it in the basket; rolls it to the shepherds, they kill the wolf]: Dzagurov 1973, No. 20:47-50; Avars: Atayev 1972 [Fox, Bear and Wolf have three jugs of butter, honey and urbech; Lisa speaks three times that she is invited to the Khan's birthday party; eats the contents of the jugs; when she returns, she says that her son was named "Neck", "Middle", "Bottom"; when others opened the jugs, Lisa long gone]: 12-13; Ganieva 2011a, No. 13 [Lisa, Bear and Wolf have three jugs of butter and honey; Lisa says three times that she is invited to the Khan's birthday party; eats the contents of the jugs; returning, she says that her son was named "Neck", "Middle", "Bottom"; at night she vomits, she vomits the faces of the sleeping Wolf and Bear, who accuse each other of stealing, fighting, killing each other; The fox licked their blood]: 80-81; the Caezes (Didois) [The fox and the Bear work together, Lisa says she will go to name the newborn from her relatives, eats sour cream from the Bear's pot herself, replies what they called "Up to the elbow"; next time "Middle", then "Cleaned"; when he finds an empty pot, the Bear offers to go to bed by the fire, whoever has eaten will leak fat; the fox licks sour cream from his face, says who eats his eye; The bear ate his eyes; the fox leads him to the abyss, lives in the Bear's house]: Ganieva 2011a, No. 39:133-134; Kumyks [Fox, Wolf, Bear are hired to the khan to squeeze wheat, get urbech jug and a bag of bread; The fox pretends to be her name, eats half of the urbech and bread, says that her name was to give the khan's child a name, called him "If They Find Out"; by the end of the work, Lisa pretends again that her name eats everything but one churek, the child allegedly gave the name "Over"; offers to sleep in the mill, whoever has the best dream, eats the remaining chorek; Wolf, Bear talk about how they feasted in their dreams; Lisa says she ate a chorek because they were already full during the night]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 14:83-84; Georgians [the fox fraternized with the bear; he promised to drag sheep every day, she - for chicken; the fox melts sheep fat in reserve; pretends to be called for christening; when he returns, he says that the food was bad, there was no wine; advises the bear to go to the wedding; he is driven in the neck, they say that there is no wedding; at this time, the fox emptied one pot of fat, poured ash inside; tells the bear that it sprinkled the fat with ash, let it blow off the ash; the ash covered the bear's eyes, the fox ran away, hid in a hole, covered in clay; the bear did not recognize her, she replied that a fox was running by; the bear left, the fox came back ate the fat from the second pot, filled it with bear manure; the bear He blew again, hot ash in his eyes; the fox brought the doctor, a shepherd with a gun; he killed the bear, promised the fox a chicken a day, gave it only twice; the fox began to steal lambs from him; the shepherd grabbed her, judges acquitted]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (1), No. 3:33; Azerbaijanis [Mouse offers the Cat to be friends; offers to make supplies for the winter, let the Cat collect and accumulate oil; says that he is called for christening cousin; returning, he says he was called Little; to another cousin - Polovinushka; to the third - Dodonyshka; finding an empty pot, the Cat ate the Mouse]: Nabiev 1988:253-255; Turks [fox and wolf (sometimes also bear or camel) make supplies (honey, chicken, lamb); every time the fox says its name is to give birth, eats supplies; when the wolf (wolf and bear, wolf and camel) finds out that supplies are gone, he and the fox lie in the sun; the fox has honey on its stomach, it smears the wolf's belly with it; the wolf chases the fox, it hides in the hole, the wolf grabs its tail; the fox says he grabbed the root]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 6:31.

Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks (Surkhan-Darya) [the wolf and the fox live together; have prepared roasted meat; the harvest has come; the fox says that the padishah's wife calls her to name the child; eats half the meat, replies that the child was given the name Miner; the next time she finished the meat, the child's name Lizhi not-Lizhi; the third time she ate the supplies left in the house, filled the jug with her crap, covered it with clay on top; the child's name was Clay clay; the wolf and the fox began to argue about who ate the meat; the judge ordered them to lie down in a hot frying pan; the wolf was tired of work, fell asleep, and the fox put the fat from under its feet under the wolf's feet; the judge decided in favor of the fox]: Levin et al. 1981, No. 327:256-257.

Baltoscandia. Latvians [wolf, bear, hare, fox came to mow hay; the fox pretends to be called for christening, eats honey brought by the bear, replies that the child was named Pochy; then Half-empty; The last one; advises you to sleep first, then eat honey; smears the wolf's mouth with the remnants of honey; the bear rushed after the wolf, the fox and the hare laughing, the hare's lip burst]: Arys 1971:54-56; Lithuanians [8 options; the fox came to live with a wolf and a bear {Lithuanian bear zh.r.}, at that barrel of honey; says three times that she is called for christening; the names of the newborns are Verkhushka, Seredinka, Donyshko; to find out who ate honey, suggests comparing bowel movements; put grated bird cherry next to her and to the wolf, and smeared honey on the bear's ass; the bear is puzzled, the fox ran away]: Kerbelite 2014, No. 19:55-56; northern Karelians: Onegin 2010, No. 2 (Kalevalsky district) [wolf and fox sowed rye; when threshing, the fox supported the ceiling, the wolf threshed; suggests that everyone received the pile from which they will be visible; peeks out from behind a pile of grain, hides behind a pile of chaff; having received a chaff, the wolf wonders why it is bad; the fox advises adding stones; the wolf is surprised why his porridge is black; the wolf has taken out a bucket of butter; the fox leaves, and when she returns, says that she was a midwife, the child was named Piälta nuoltu ("licked from above"); then "licked to the middle", "the bottom is licked"; the wolf does not understand where the oil went; the fox advises to heat the stove and close the views, the oil will pour out of the ass; the voldk burned down]: 87-89; Stepanova 2000, No. 108 (Tungud parish) [Lisa asks Wolf to take her to his apartment; says she will go to find out , as the neighbors called the newborn, she secretly eats butter herself, says she called Pochinok; then Seryodysh; Oskrebysh; ran into the forest]: 173; Lutsie (West 1927) [the old woman replies to the hare that she is looking for a shepherd for your three geese; towards a wolf; old lady: how do you sing? wolf howls; old lady: no, you will scare all geese; the fox sings a song, the old lady is happy; the fox ate the goose, the feathers are under the threshold; says that she is called for christening, to the attic herself, there is a barrel of oil; what was the name? fox: Beginning; ate another goose; again for christening; called Half; ate the third, again for christening, ate butter, called the hostess to the cold bath and told everything; her mistress with a broom - she stuck, with Since then, the fox has a tail; it pretended to be dead, the fisherman carried the fish and picked it up; the fox threw it all off, eats, says to the wolf that it caught, putting its tail into the well; the tail froze, the fox called the people, they ran to beat wolf, fox head in sauerkraut, full, head in the test; tells the wolf that the brains have leaked; the beaten unbeaten is lucky; the wolf: how beautiful the woodpecker is; the fox: I'll do the same, get into the haystack; set fire to the haystack, the wolf burned; the fox carries bones in a bag, tells the man that she exchanged the money for his horse; open the bag when you go beyond that blue forest; the fox killed the horse, eats; says that if anyone gets to this horse meat faster than her, she will cry; cancer caught on the fox's tail; when she runs up, he is already eating horse meat; the fox has tears from her eyes; old woman: you will recover if you eat the meat of a 9-year-old bear; the fox walks, knocks on the Christmas trees, on each bear, she asks how old she is; 3, 6 are not needed; 9; well, turn around; the bear turned, fell, the fox eats it; the fox tells the people she meets that she is going to repent of their sins, asks what sins they have; the cat ate sour cream, the hare poisoned the sheep, the wolf ate the sheep, the bear lifted the horse; the fox: we cross the hole on the perch; the cat crossed, the rest fell; whose voice is weaker, we will eat it; ate the hare, then the bear; the fox hides under giblets himself, tells the wolf that he eats his own; the wolf pulled out his own, died; the fox ate the wolf, spring has come; the fox to the woodpecker: you can't pour sawdust, eat your chicks; the woodpecker poured, the fox got out; the fox demands for the woodpecker to make her laugh; the husband carries bread, the wife carries porridge with eggs; the woodpecker pretends to be knocked down, they rushed to catch, the fox ate everything; asks for water; the woodpecker punched a hole in the beer keg; asks her to mock; father and sons are threshing grain; woodpecker on their heads; sons wanted to hit the woodpecker, killed their father; the fox laughs; climbed into a hole, asks body members what they did; everyone helped, only the tail behind the bushes clung; she stuck it out to the dogs, they pulled out the fox and tore it]: Annom et al. 2018:289-298; Estonians [before Ivanov Day, a fox, a wolf and a bear stole two barrels of oil; left one in reserve; fox: my name is for christening; ate butter; the child was named Kuhjake; next time Pooleli; Empty (Tühi); on Ivanov Day, all three went to get stored oil; fox: we will lie in the sun, whoever shines his nose ate oil; the bear immediately fell asleep; the wolf wiped his nose thoroughly, also fell asleep; the fox smeared the wolf's nose with oil residues; when the bear and the fox woke up, they began to shame wolf; he ran away, no longer meets bear and fox]: Jakobson 1987:70-72; Seto [grandmother is looking for a shepherd for geese; asks everyone how he will sing when calling geese; rejects the Hare, the Wolf, Bear; takes Lisa, she has a good song; first one goose is missing, then the others; Lisa says she will bring her tomorrow; says her name is to baptize the child; when she returns, she says she was named Start; then Half; End; Grandma calls Lisa to the bathhouse, gushes with a broom, one goose jumps out, Lisa runs away; it turned out that she ate all the oil]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 8:29-34 (=Mägiste 1990: 17-26; =Normann, Tampere 1989:7-10); Norwegians [the fox and bear have oil; the fox says her name is for a christening, leaves, eats oil; smears the bear's tail or nose with leftovers as if he ate it] : Hodne 1984, No. 15:25; the Finns [(same or very similar text in Concca 1991:282-285, =1993:170-173); the wolf and fox began to cut down the forest to build a field; they stored a pot of oil; the fox pretends that her name is for christening, she goes to eat butter; says the child was named "Traute einmal"; next time "Glaubte zweimal"; "Made me happy three times" (Glückte dreimal); when the wolf went to the oil, the pot is empty; the fox offers to lie on a rock in the sun, from which the oil will melt; the wolf fell asleep, the fox smeared his face with oil; the wolf believed he was to blame; when they burned fallen trees, the fox stood and said that it did not allow sparks to fly into the forest, and the wolf carried branches; then he said that it should make sure that the birds did not peck the seeds sown]: Goldberg 1957:9-14; Eastern Sami [the daughter of the elderly is married to a fox; they gave their son-in-law meat for preservation; he replies each time that the meat is safe, but the daughter has given birth to a son Beginning; Middle; End; Calls for a visit; killed his wife, put her in a sledge, asked the wolf and bear to drag her; those: what is the price? fox: drag yes to eat; put a stump, dressed his murdered wife in the clothes; fox, otter, hare, squirrel joined the fox, bear, wolf; the fox calls everyone good people, and the squirrel a bad person; it was eaten; then they ate a hare, an otter, a fox; the wolf ran away; the fox to the bear: I painted the woodpecker's back; the bear asks him to paint; the fox tied him to logs, burned it, carried the bones in a bag, answers the person he met, what does the bear's memory carry; he changed the memory bag for a fat vazhenka; the fox ate so much that he died]: Tales of the Peoples of the North 1991:45-48; Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Faroese , Livonians, Warlords, Veps, Karelians, Western Sami: Uther 2004 (1), No. 15:15.

Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [Bear, Wolf, Dog and Hare have a cow, prepared butter; the fox calls herself an orphan, she is allowed to live; she goes out, knocks on the window, says in a false name that her name is for the occasion the birth of a badger; she is told it, she leaves, eats butter, when she returns, says that the badger was named Pocob; then Seredochek; scraper; when they want to fry potatoes, they find an empty jug; let everyone will lie down by the fire, oil will come out on his stomach; the fox collects oil from her stomach, pours it on the Bear; he asks to check again; the Wolf, the Dog and the Hare pretend to fall asleep, see everything; the Fox is driven away]: Barag 1989, No. 85:389-393; Tatars [fox and bear have prepared a tub of butter and honey; the fox pretends to be called for christening three times; returning, replies that the child was named Pochatushek, Half, Scrabyshek; when the bear finds the loss, the fox offers to go to bed with his stomach up; smears the sick bear's stomach with oil and honey, he remains ill]: Yarmukhametov 1957:191-194 (=197:238-241 ; =Zamaletdinov 2008a, No. 2:25-27); Mordovians (Erzya) [the fox and the bear sowed wheat, the bear chose the roots; the next year they sowed turnips - chose the tops; the bear brought honey; the fox is looking in his head bear, her tail herself - a knock, a knock; - They call her crony; she went up to the attic herself, ate honey; said that the baby was named the Beginning; next time - Middle; the third time - Washed, wiped, on the trough overturned; Bear: Did you eat honey? Fox: You stayed at home, you ate it; whoever gets up first ate it; The bear got up earlier, believed that he ate it himself, but forgot]: Evseviev 1964, No. 5:36-38; Mordovians [the fox forced the bear to live; she knocks her tail on the window as if her name was to baptize the child; she reached the tub with butter herself and began to eat; when she returned, she said that the child was named Cob; then Half; Bottom; for the fourth time washed the tub, put it upside down: the child was called the Tipper; when he found an empty tub, the bear suggests comparing the litter: whose will be oily; the fox changed the droppings with its tail; bear: it's your feces oily, but I have black]: Yurtov 1883, No. 10:29-33; Udmurts [the fox persuaded the man to take her into the house; leaves three times, says that for the child's wedding {apparently for christening}; when asked what they called child, answers: Beginning; Middle; Scraping; she eats the honey stored by a person herself; the man rode on a sleigh, sings, to meet another fox, asked to put her on a sleigh; they go together and sing; then the wolf; bear; the gulf broke; the fox went, brought a branch; the bear brought a whole fir; then the man went by himself; the animals ate the horse, only bones were left; the man came back, cried, went home on foot]: Wichmann 1901, No. 19:106-108; Komi [fox and hare live in an ice hut; have prepared a barrel of butter; at night the fox gets up, says her name is for christening; eats butter; returning, replies that the boy was named the Beginning; the next night - Half; then - The End; the hare found an empty barrel, accused the fox, she ran away; climbed onto the sleigh in which the man was carrying fish, threw everything off, jumped; speaks the wolf that she caught in the ice-hole with her tail lowered into the water; the wolf's tail froze, the woman came, killed the wolf, sold the skin; the hare's hut melted, the fox met and ate it]: Fokos-Fuchs 1951, No. 20:192-198; Marie, Chuvash: Uther 2004 (1), No. 15:15.

Turkestan. Kazakhs [wolf, lion, fox found a bucket of oil, buried it; the fox said that his older brother's wife gave birth, he would go to name the child; he ate oil himself, said that the child was named Bireli ("one ate "; "spruce" is a unit of measure); next time, the middle brother's wife, the child is Ortabel ("middle"); the youngest is "licked clean"; they bought camels for three; a Korsak came and asked for a share; a fox shouted that Korsak had thrown something into his mouth; the wolf and the lion chased him, the fox hid the meat, came back as if he was also chasing Korsak; the fox was slowly eating meat; replies that he had gnawed his rectum; the wolf allowed him to gnaw out, the fox ate it from the inside, the wolf died; the lion chased the fox, grabbed it, he asked to say "mangyt" first, the lion opened its mouth, the fox ran away; the quail offered to take the fox to a place where there was a lot of food, let him close his eyes; brought him to the city, where the fox was killed]: Kaskabasov et al. 1979, No. 45:103-105.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Chulym Turks [the chanterelle asks the elderly to live, will be an assistant; says that she will go to visit her pregnant older sister; eats fish stocks herself; says that the child was named Full; in next time Half a thimble; then It's over; the old man shouts to the old woman to catch the fox, the old woman does not hear, asks again, the fox explains that the old man tells her to boil water; pours boiling water on the old woman, she died; the chanterelle hides in the underground, answers the old man that she is at home; when the old man entered the house, the chanterelle is outside; the old man fell, died, the chanterelle got the farm]: Porotova 1980:82-83 (=Lukina 2004, No. 5.13: 123-124); the Altaians [the old man and the old woman went for brushwood, a chanterelle came out from under the stump, agreed to be a son or daughter; goes to her older, middle, younger brothers three times; does not take silk clothes, goes in simple clothes; the old man discovers that all the oil in the pantry under the spruce has been eaten, shouts to his wife to hold the chanterelle; she does not hear, Lisa explains that he tells him to cook food quickly (oatmeal with milk ); splashes boiling brew into the old woman's face, runs away]: Sadalova 2002, No. 12:107-113.

Western Siberia. Mansi: Lukina 1990, No. 194 [The fox sees an old man making a boat, there is a boy next to him; the fox advises putting the boy under the boat, the old man cut the boy with an ax; people put Fox in the boat because he knows the earth; he finds a bunch of sturgeon gills, eats; says that the reach is called a bunch of sturgeon gills; then a bunch of rolls, Half a loaf of bread; stuck to the shore, the Fox ran into the forest, turned into boy; the old man brought him home to an old woman; at night the boy knocks on the window, says that his child's name is to baptize, eats the fat in the barn in the barn in the neck; says that the child was named Neck; then Middle, Donyshko; the boy suggests lying with the old man on the stove, on whom the fat comes out, he ate; the boy wiped himself with dust, smeared the old man with fat; and now the Fox lives happily and safely]: 501-502; Rombandeeva 2005, No. 15 (d. Lombovozh) [three brothers decide to go to the land of Tunkys; they took Magpie with them as a matchmaker; the fox blasphemes him, undertakes to show the way to the ground of T.; explains the names of the reaches: "The open birch bark body with dishes", "Printed birch bark body with fat", "Empty birch bark body from under fat"; asks to stick to the shallows, otherwise his claws will dry; runs away, saying that T. has not even heard about the ground; brothers; the brothers got stuck in the coastal mud, Magpie pecked their eyes], 16 (d. Khoshlog) [approximately as in (15)]: 179-187, 187-191; Northern Khanty (b. Son) [the fox tells the men that they do not know the way along the river, advises them to take it with them; slowly gnaws at the ends of the arrows (where is the bowstring groove); says that now they are passing the part of the Ob that called the Arrow Groove; gnaws through the bowstrings: this part of the Ob is "Bowstring"; holes in the bottom - "Hole"; tells you to steer to the shore; the boat turns over, the fox has time to jump ashore, shouts to the men, for them to go to their ancestors]: Steinitz in Kippar 2002:203-204 (=Steinitz 2014, No. 31:196-198; Eastern Khanty (b. Vasyugan) [the fox pretended to be dead, the men threw her into the boat; she replies that the reach is called Hungry Island; the whirlpool - We used to drown our bows here; gnawed through the bowstrings; new reach - To the hungry reach- the forest arrived; it was thrown out of the boat]: Lukina 1990, No. 94:251; Nenets: Startsev 1930 (tundra?) [the fox grabbed the crow by the wing; he told her to eat it whole and offered to go to the mountain; there he told the fox to open its mouth and wait for it to fly; the fox opened its mouth, the raven made a circle, flew into the fox and hit it with its beak; the fox fell into the river; saw the Ostyaks sailing in the boat; the Ostyaks said they were going to fight; the fox sat down with them, and when the Ostyaks fell asleep, turned the boat in the opposite direction; found birch bark bodies began to eat food; one ostyak raised his head and asked what kind of river; fox: "Birch bark body!" ; the ostyak fell asleep, the fox crept up to the arrows and gnawed at all the places at the iron and bone inserts, all the ends of the arrows; another Ostyak asked what river; the fox: "Arrow!" ; the ostyak fell asleep, the fox crept up to the bows and gnawed through them in the middle; the third ostyak asked what river; the fox: "The Luk River"; late at night the boat sailed to the plague; the fox woke people up; each took his bow and arrows; attacked sleeping people; they woke up, the battle began; those who slept in the plague won, then recognized their relatives as dead; one of those who came survived, ran to the fox with an ax; she told him to pick him up the axe was higher so that she could put her head on his knee; the ostyak cut his leg; the fox ran away; the other Ostyaks wanted to shoot, but all the bows and arrows were unusable]: 30-31; Tereshchenko 1949 (tundra) [in Overseas warriors come to the boat; the fox offers to take it - knows the area; while they sleep, the fox gnawed through the arrow; replies that they are passing the mouth of the river of arrows; gnawed through the bowstring: the mouth of the bowstring river; the mouth of the ends of the bows; the fox jumps ashore, the warriors' bows are useless]: 131-132.

Eastern Siberia. Dolgans: Popov 1937 [The fox convinces Myshelov's bird that the deer and the camp are strangers; he kills a deer from his own herd, kills his wife and children; later sees that Lisa did not kill her children, just bit their ears; the Mouselov lures the Fox onto thin ice; she fails, gets to the fish mother, promises to cure, acting as a shaman, tells her to put a stick, then get upstairs ice; says that the patient will scream; ate fish and ran away; sits on sledges to a woman, eats a bag of meat, replies that the area is called Polsumy, Donyshko; The bear wants to eat it, she promises get fat after sleeping; both lie down on the edge of the mountain; at night, the Fox lies down on the other side of the Bear, asks him to move, he falls; tells the man that he eats his penis; he cuts off his own, dies; the fox comes to his two wives, hides his face; in the dark, they try to cut the Fox with an ax, but cut the belly of a pregnant woman; tells Wolf that he gets fat by lowering his tail into the ice-hole; the wolf's tail freezes, is torn off; other Wolves say that a Fox came, breaking her tooth on a sharp deer stomach; a lot of Fox sits by the fire; the Wolf smeared his ass in ash, began to dance ridiculously; everyone laughed, one closed her mouth, her Wolf tore up]: 28-33; Ergis 1967b, No. 15 [In the old days, animals and birds knew how to talk. One day, a fox hit the fire and began to burn. When it reached the tip of the tail, the fire went out. In summer, it grew wool like a flame of fire. The fox used to be gray. The fox became friends with the mousetrap and began to hunt together. She tricked a mousetrap into killing her deer and her family. Myshelov decided to take revenge. In summer they go hunting and approach a wide river. The mousetrap flies over, the fox runs after him and falls into the water. She deceives the fish, promising to cure their mother, but eats it, and climbs up the stick that the fish put in. Lisa meets a woman and asks for a ride to the plague. On the way, she starts eating meat carried by a woman in her bag. "What's the name of this area?" - the woman asks. The fox replies: "Plating." They're going further. "What's the name of this area?" - Polsumy. They're going even further. "What kind of area is this?" - Bottom!" - the fox answers and, having eaten all the meat, jumps out of the sledge. A fox meets a bear, pushes it off a cliff, eats its meat, and ties its fat to its tail. He meets a person, deceives him, he dies. Meets a wolf. Makes him put his tail into the ice-hole to gain a lot of fat. The wolf tore off his tail and decided to take revenge on the fox. The wolf makes foxes laugh and recognizes a liar by a broken tooth. Then he attacked a fox and tore it apart]: 364; Yerbogachen Evenks [Lisa gets into a boat with two women, promises to name the tracts in the estuaries of the rivers they sail by; slowly eating meat , calls the Verkhnyaya, Srednyaya, Nizhnyaya rivers; ordered to stick, ran, people ran after her, she went to a tree, he was set on fire, the fox asks, "At least leave it off the mitten"]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 5:11-12; Evenki ( Podkamennaya Tunguska) [the husbands went fishing, told their wives to bring food to the river in five days; the wives forgot where to go, the fox said she knew; slowly eats locusts; reports the names rivers by which they swim: Little, Polovinka, Vseika; asks to force her, runs away; the fox climbed onto the spruce tree, the women set it on fire, since then the fox's hair has turned yellow]: Suvorov 1956:56-57; Ingarigdov Evenks [The fox gets into a boat with three women, promises to name the rivers and mountains they swim past; slowly eating meat, calls the rivers "Vyazia" (the upper ties of the bag containing meat) Bridled, Lousy; ordered to stick, ran, people followed her, she was on a tree, he was set on fire, the fox asks for fire, "At least leave it off your sleeve"; he left, now the fox has a sleeve-length tail]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 7:12-13; Tunguska Evenks [Lisa invites Kuksha to rob; while she sleeps at the bottom of the boat, leads her back to the Kuksha plague, who kills his relatives, the Kuksha has become small and red with shame; Lisa suggests women should swim to a place where there are a lot of fish, they have to take flour with them; pretends to sleep, eats flour, tells women to wake her up if I pass the estuaries of rivers; says their names: I did not start, I reduced it a little, Anyway, Half, Left at the bottom, Finished; ran away, since then Evenki women don't like foxes]: Voskoboynikov, Menovshchikov 1951:172-175; Evenks of Buryatia [fox invites women to show them a river with a lot of fish; tells you to take a supply of flour with you into the boat, fish cannot be caught without it; pretends to sleep, asks you to wake up when the estuaries of the rivers pass, she will tell you what they are called; the fox eats flour; first replies that the river is called Did not start, then Reduced a little, Anyway, Half, Left at the bottom, Finished; tells me to dock, runs away, supposedly she has a stomachache; so women do not like foxes; once driven into a tree, she asks him not to be set on fire; jumped over the fire, has since turned red]: Voskoboynikov 1958:43-45; Evens: Bolshakova, Chaiko 2015 [the fox offers the old man herd his deer; before migrating, the old man tells his wife to feed the fox, and he goes after the deer; there are only skins full of moss; the old people themselves dragged the sledge with fish across the ice of the river; the fox volunteered to help, does The appearance that she twisted her leg, put her on a sledge, she is slowly eating fish; says that the gorge is called Half; the next is the End; the old people have come to the place - no fox, no fish, just a broken fox tooth; the old man tells the old woman to sew his pants and call all the animals to say goodbye as if he were dying; there were holes in his pants, dust inside, old man; the old man began to jump, dust fell down, everyone laughs, and one fox covers mouth; the old woman grabbed the fox by the tail; she tells her to hold it by the tip of its tail, otherwise the sun will hide it; the fox has escaped, only a piece of hair remains, since then the tip of the fox's tail is white]: 41-45; Novikova 1987:4-5 [ the sable tells women that it will help them come to their barns, let them take more meat on the road; on the boat he pretends to fall asleep, secretly eat meat; women ask what the rivers are called, past the mouth of which they swim; sable: Initial, Half, Final; when he finished eating, asks to stick, climbed onto the larch; women began to cut wood, saw it with leather; sable: ax - break, leather - break down; they broke; women set fire to larch, the sable asks the fire to spare it; he spared it, but made the sable small, it used to be a person], 17-21 [the hare has 10 bunnies; fox every day demands to give one cub; the hare complains to the eagle; he advises asking the fox to fight the tree first; she butts, its horns of their grass are broken; the fox asks who taught the hare like this answer; when he learns that the eagle grabs him sleeping; the eagle broke the fox's leg, threw it to the island; she cries, the burbot asks what is wrong; the fox asks that all the burbot come to the surface, it will count them; believing that she crossed their backs to the shore; asks the old man to give her a ride in a sledge; he asks what the rivers are called; Elementary; Middle; Final; the fox took an ax, went for firewood; threw the ax, ran away; the grocery bag was empty, it had two fox teeth; the old man called birds and four-legged animals, stuffed rotten and moss in his pants, lit it, smoke came through the holes, everyone laughed, the old man recognized the toothless fox, became beat her; she asked not to beat her, promised to marry Kagankan's daughter; entered K.'s yurt, ordered her daughter to be given, otherwise she would not be able to sleep and walk; brought the girl to the old man as his wife; hired herd the old man's deer; when the old man comes to see, the deer has only bones; the old man shouts to his wife to catch the fox by the tail; the fox explains that he asks to tie a piece of fat to her tail; the bear says what is afraid of hazel grouses, the fox is like a crossbow; the bear went in front, the arrow hit his stomach; the fox volunteered to treat, pulled out his intestines, the bear died; once caught a crossbow itself]; Yakuts (place records not specified; central?) : Sivtsev-Omoloon 1976 [Wolf and Fox stocked up a hayaka tub (frozen butter with sour cream); at the beginning of winter, Wolf replies that it is too early to print supplies; Lisa says he will go to Hara Haan's neighbor, Wolf asks to bring him gifts; brings a lump to the Wolf - the eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, called Pocob, but each of the guests received little food; next time, the middle daughter-in-law, called the Hoop; the youngest daughter-in-law is the Bottom; finally, the Wolf follows the hayak, he and Lisa swear, cursing each other]: 50-56; Ergis 1967b, No. 7 (Kyrgyz heritage of Vilyuisky Ulus) [A fox and a crane lived together. The fox eats up the general supply of oil and pretends to be invited by her neighbors to her homeland. Having discovered the fox's cheating, the crane threw it into the fire. She caught fire and ran away. The fox resorts to the foam-free milk lake, the bulls of Hara Haap, his daughters and sons, the richest Hara Hean, to the mice and asks everyone to put out the fire on it. They all refuse to do so and the fox curses them. Only the sky and the cloud sent rain and put out the fire, the fox stayed alive but has since turned red. The fox's curse has been fulfilled. The mice gnawed at Harahaan's belly fat. He beat his daughters and sons, and they beat his bulls; the bulls drank the lake, it became shallow, and all the fish in it died out. Har Haan's children dug up plant roots stored by mice, and the mice starved to death], 8 (summary summary of several texts, including archival ones; at least central ones) [On the advice of the chipmunk, the bird she screamed away the fox. The fox wanted to gnaw through the tree and broke her teeth. When meeting, the fox ties the chipmunk to the shaky, freed it by a chokei bird. At a meeting of foxes, a chipmunk makes them laugh, finds the offender by broken teeth and beats her]: 162, 162-163.

Amur-Sakhalin. Negidals [The fox offers a person to help drag a sledge with fish; pretends to break his leg; asks to put it by bags of fish; replies that they have passed the Nachalnaya, Srednyaya, Konechnaya rivers ; limping, goes to the taiga for firewood, throws an ax, spoiling it; in a bag a man finds a broken fox tooth; puts small birds and animals in his pants; shamanite foxes in the house, birds and animals flutter out and they jump out; everyone laughs; one Fox covers her mouth; asks the hunter to spare her, promises to bring him a wife; the old man drinks water from the ice-hole, the Fox bends his head to the water; lets him go for promising to give his daughter; brings it to a person]: Khasanova, Pevnov 2003, No. 64:129-131.

(Wed. Japan. The Japanese (1 entry in Tohoku, clearly a recent borrowing) [cat and mouse cook together, keep food in the temple; the cat says he is going to Mr. Slizanny's funeral from above; then licked-in the middle ; Slicked off; one day they both come to the temple, the mouse sees that the food is gone, blames the cat; he admits that he is bad, eats the mouse; so cats and mice are at odds]: Ikeda 1971, No. 15:20-21.