M85. Fox is bluffing, ATU 56A.
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Acharacter unable to climb a tree threatens to knock it down or climb a trunk if a bird or squirrel does not drop a cub or egg. The third character explains that the threat is untenable.
Hottentots, Xhosa, Sutho, Swahili, Comorians, Nubians, Kunama, Sakho, Bilin, Tigre, Egypt, Arabs and Berbers Morocco, Kabilas, Tunisia, Spaniards, Basques, Aragon, Catalans, Portuguese, Galicians, Germans (Lower Saxony, East Prussia), Frisians, Arabs of Qatar, India (Panchatantra), Punjabi (? translated from Urdu), Slovenes, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Albanians, Greeks, Moldovans (Romanians, Gagauz people), Russians (Teresky Bereg, Karelia, Pskov, Gorkovskaya, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Galicia, Podolia, Hutsulshchina, Ugric Russia), Belarusians, Kalmyks, Adygs, Ossetians, Kumyks, Tsezes, Avars, Andians, Dargins, Lucks, Lezgins, Tabasarans, Aguls, Archins, Georgians, Armenians, Turks, Kurds, Turkmens, Tajiks, Mountainous Tajiks, Yazgulyams, Persians, Uzbeks, Swedes, Western Sami, Finns, Karelians, Estonians, Setus, Latvians, Lithuanians, Chuvash, Mari, Mordovians, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Komi, Buryats, Mongols, Oirats, Khakas, Chelkans, Tuvans, Nenets, Nganasans, Western Evenks, Baikal Evenks, Far Eastern Evenks, Kamchatka Evens, Central Yakuts, Nanais, Orochi, Negidals, Wilta, (Japanese), Forest Yukaghirs, Reindeer Koryaks.
SW Africa. Hottentots [The Jackal tells Gorlinka to throw off the chick, threatens to fly to her nest on the rock; she throws the chick twice; the Heron explains that the Jackal cannot fly; the Jackal asks the Heron how she is holds her neck when the wind blows from one side or the other; the Heron shows the Jackal hits her neck, since then the herons have a crooked neck]: Bleek in Dähnhardt 1912:280, in Koropchevsky 1874:16.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Suto [The Jackal threatens the Dove, the Leopard explains to her that the Jackal is bluffing]: Jacottet in Werner 1909:446; the braid [the jackal tells the dove to drop the chick - he wants to admire it; supposedly it's safe - the lion has declared universal peace; the dove throws the chick, the jackal asks the second to compare it with the first; the dove sees that the jackal has eaten both; the jackal threatens to climb the tree if the dove does not come to him watches; the dove complains to the secretary bird, who explains that the jackal deceived her; the jackal asks the secretary to teach him how to run, then show him how he sleeps; the secretary is on the alert, says he is not a dove]: Klipple 1992:42; Swahili [The Hare threatens the Dove, the Hawk explains to her that the Hare is bluffing; the hare pretends to be dead, falls into ashes; suspicious of a trap, the Hawk says that if the Hare is dead, he must move his tail; The hare moves, the Hawk flies away]: Jacottet in Werner 1909:446-447; the Comorians [The raven, sitting on the baobab, complains to the Hare that his wife abandoned him with seven children; The hare demands to shed the chick, otherwise he will climb a tree and ruin the entire nest; so every day there is a chick left; The Vulture explains that the Hare will not be able to climb the tree; The hare climbed inside the dead bull; Vulture is sees, tells the bull, if he is really dead, to raise its front leg; the Hare raises, the Vulture laughs; the hare hides in the Vulture's cave; he says that the cave has always welcomed him, and now he is silent; the hare shouts, as asked, "Hello, Your Holiness Vulture!" ; The vulture laughs; The hare goes to the forest, learns new tricks from three genies]: Hatubou 2004, No. 15:67-75.
Sudan-East Africa. Nubians [The fox spades clay, threatens to knock down a palm tree, the Duck sheds its chick every day; for the fourth time, the Raven teaches the Duck to answer that birds can fly to another tree; The fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven who came down to peck; he says that his parents cursed him, told him to be pushed off the top of the mountain; the Raven takes off, laughs at the Fox]: Reinisch 1879, No. 6 : 213-217; =Dähnhardt 1912:280-281; Klipple 1992:43; =Meinhof 1921a, No. 67:287-290; Katznelson transfer 1968:102-104); kunama [in a tree nest in a rhino bird's nest 17 eggs; the Jackal brought a clay axe threatens to cut down a tree; a rhino bird drops so many times; the Raven explains that a tree can only be cut down with a steel ax; the Jackal pretended to be dead, the Raven came down to peck at him, The jackal grabbed it, ate it]: Dähnhardt 1912:281-282; sakho [the Kaffir horned crow (Bucorvus leadbeateri) has one hundred blind chicks and a hundred sighted ones; the jackal made a saw out of clay, threatens to knock it down sycamoru, if the raven does not shed two chicks; so many times, only a hundred blind chicks remain; the raven explained to the horned crow that the jackal had a clay drink; the jackal pretended to be dead, the horned crow went down, the jackal killed him]: Reinisch 1889, No. 36:234-236; bilin [the Kaffir horned crow has a nest in a tree with 17 chicks; the fox brings a clay ax, threatens to cut down a tree, demands to throw it off a chick; every day he gets a chick, the last one remains; the Raven explains to the Horned Raven that the Fox has an ax made of clay; the Fox pretended to be dead, the Raven descended, the Fox grabbed him; the Raven asks to be executed The only way is to put it under the milk jug; a week later, the Fox picks up the jug - the Raven is alive; the Raven explains that now we need to light a fire in the pit and throw it there; the Fox does, Raven flies away]: Reinisch 1883, No. 13:231-234; tiger [white hawk has bred chicks; the fox has made an ax out of clay, tells the chick to be dumped, threatens to cut down a tree; when the last chick is left, the raven explains that a tree cannot be cut down with a clay ax; the ax broke; when he learned that it was the raven that the hawk had taught the hawk, the fox pretended to be dead; the raven came down, she grabbed it; he offered to throw it into the burning fire; the fox threw, the raven flew away]: Littmann 1910, No. 11:12-13.
North Africa. Berbers Beni Snou (NW Algeria near the border with Morocco) {it is not said that the jackal threatens to climb the rock, but the threat is assumed, otherwise the partridge would not give up the chicks} [partridge made a nest on a rock; the jackal demands that the chick be given to him; successively ate everyone, the last one was left; upon learning of this, the stork grabbed the jackal and threw it into the sea; he climbed ashore; replies to the woman that he was trembling because she repeats the surahs of the Koran; the woman asks him to teach her children; the jackal eats them one at a time; answers the woman that the children have gone for firewood; disappeared into a hole; the woman grabbed his tail; the jackal asks why she keeps the root; the woman let go of her tail, the jackal disappeared]: Destaing 1907, No. 3:251-252; the Arabs of Morocco (Rabat) [Jackal {"Wolf", but in the Maghreb they call the jackal a "wolf"; cf. Aceval 2005:207, note 31} threatens the Dove to climb the tree and eat everyone if she does not drop the chick; one day, the Stork explains to Dove that the Jackal will not be able to fulfill his threat; the Jackal invites Stork to guests; gives hot soup, which burns its beak; The dove painted it with henna, since then the stork's beak is red]: That Thay 2001, No. 74:88-90; kabila: Frobenius 1921b, No. 1 [The Jackal threatens the Lark to climb on a tree if it does not shed a chick; when one of the seven chicks is left, the Fox explains that the Jackal will not be able to carry out the threat; the Jackal tries to climb and falls; the Eagle promises the Lark to protect it; raises Jackal in the air, asking how he sees the world; red; white; black; does not see at all; the Eagle throws him, he shouts "Into the lake or to a pile of straw!" , falls into the lake, gets ashore], 10 [=Frobenius, Fox 1937:83-85; The jackal threatens the chicken to climb a cliff and eat it if it doesn't drop the chicken; she sheds a chicken every day; Eagle explains that the Jackal will not be able to climb the rock; seeing him try to do so unsuccessfully, the Eagle suggests taking him to a country where there are many chickens; throws him off when the Jackal replies that he is no longer distinguishes between trees on the ground; the Jackal wants to fall into water or straw, but falls on rocks; var: The eagle raises the Jackal not on his back, but in his claws]: 5-7, 29-30; Rivière 1882 [The jackal threatens the chicken to climb on the rock, she has to throw the chicken; she tells the cockerel not to crow so as not to attract the jackal's attention, but he continues to crow; when there is only one chicken left, Ais explains that the jackal is not will be able to climb the rock; the jackal grabbed the stork, who asked him to eat it by the pond; carried the jackal and threw it into the water; answered the sheep that he was swimming, promised not to eat it, but to guard it; on the fourth day, the sheep saw the herd and ran away; the jackal: why did I have to guard it? my father did not guard and my grandfather did not guard!] : 141-142; Tunisia [The dove laid eggs every year and then incubated them on the tallest tree in the forest, and a jackal ("wolf", see above) would come to her, throw his tail over a rosemary trunk and speak that she would now climb a tree and eat it if she didn't throw her chicks on it. Then she threw them off for him. The king of birds began to count how many chicks had bred this year; the dove said that the jackal ate her chicks. Then the stork volunteered to help her: he told her not to give up the chicks, because the jackal would not be able to climb the tree. When the jackal came and demanded the chicks, the dove did not give them away and said that it was the stork that taught her that way. Then the jackal decided to take revenge on the stork. He found him and pretended to be sick, said as if he fell into a cold pond and caught a cold, then the stork covered him with its wings and the jackal chewed at them. The stork decided to take revenge on the jackal; when his wings had healed, he found him and invited him to a party in heaven. The jackal climbed the stork when they took to the sky, the stork threw it off, it fell and crashed]: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 41 in Korovkina MS; Egyptian Arabs: Uther 2004 (1), No. 56A: 50.
Southern Europe. Portuguese: Cardigos 2006, No. 56A [the fox threatens the bird to cut down a tree with its tail if it does not shed its chick; the bird dumps; the owl explains to it that the fox will not be able to carry out the threat]: 28; Vas Oliveira et al. 2017 [owl nests in a tree; fox: throw off the chick, otherwise I'll get to you all; same the next day; owl sees an owl crying, says fox claws are not enough to climb up the trunk, and the teeth are not enough to gnaw through it; when she found out who taught the owl, the fox watched the owl when it fell into the river and grabbed it; owl: don't eat me wet - my stomach hurts, dry it first; dry it, the owl said that the fox can now eat it, but must first call it a scientist among birds; the fox opened its mouth, the owl flew away]: 254-255; Galicians [the magpie has 7 chicks in the willow nest; the fox threatens to knock it down The willow with its tail; it sheds its chicks one by one; the other forty explains that the fox will not be able to carry out its threat]: Contos 1972, No. 14:24-25; Basques: Barandiaran 196:134 [Fox brought the Wolf to the tree where the Raven's nest; ordered the chick to be thrown down, otherwise she threatened to knock down the tree; so lured all the crow's chicks; led the Wolf to the man who had cheese in the basket; offered Steal a wolf; a man beat the Wolf], 137-139 [The fox asks Drozdikha what she is so happy with; she replies that she has three chicks; the fox tells you to give one, otherwise she will cut down a tree with her tail; this is how she gave them all three; complains to the Dog; she says that if Drozdikha gives what she wants, she will kill Lisa; pretends to be dead, Drozdikha tells Lisa about it, she comes up, the Dog bites her], 139-141 [The fox tells Drozdikha throw off her chick, threatens to cut down a tree; she does not believe it; then the Fox smeared her tail with wet clay, Drozdikha believed it was an ax, threw off the chick, then two more; The dog promised to punish the Fox; pretended to be dead; grabbed Lisa, bit her almost to death; Vulture promised to take the Fox to the snowy top, supposedly it was not snow, but chicken feathers; threw her there, Lisa rolled down; Fox's brother healed, this Fox was made the leader of all foxes]; Aragon [the fox threatens a magpie (or another bird) to cut down a tree with its tail, which sheds several chicks; another bird (raven, avdotka) explains that a fox will not be able to knock down a tree; usually a fox grabs an audotka, but she advises announcing it (alcaraván comí!) , flies away]: González Sanz 1996, No. 56A: 66; Spaniards: Malinovskaya 2002 [The fox threatens to cut the oak with its tail, Magpie sheds its chick; when the last chick remains, the Heron explains that You can only cut down an oak tree with a steel ax; the fox swallows the Heron, which before that advises Magpie to shout loudly about it; the Fox opens its mouth, the Heron flies out of it]: 205-208; Hernández Fernández 2013, No. 56A-56B [the fox threatens the bird (dove) to cut down the tree with its tail, tells the chick to be dumped; another bird explains that the fox will not be able to carry out the threat; the fox is going to take revenge on the counselor; the dog hides in wheat to kill a fox]: 56-57; Menendez, Alvarez 2002 (Castilla y Leon) [magpie and her chicks, a hungry wolf threatens a magpie to cut down a tree with its tail, she feeds him chicks one at a time; when she stays last, the rooster explains that the wolf will not be able to carry out the threat; the wolf swallows the rooster, but he tells him to cast a spell so that his sharp beak does not hurt the wolf's throat; the wolf opens its mouth cast a spell, the rooster gets outside and runs away]: 95-98; Catalans [The fox tells the Magpie (or another bird) to drop the chick, threatens to cut down a tree with its tail; after dropping several chicks, the bird tells the Crow (or Avdotka) about this; she explains that the Fox will not be able to cut down a tree; often the Fox deceives an adviser bird; Avdotka advises Lisa to announce it; she opens her mouth, he flies away]: González Sanz 1996, No. 56A: 66.
Western Europe. Germans (Lower Saxony, East Prussia), Friezes: Uther 2004 (1), No. 56A: 50.
South Asia. Panchatantra [The fox threatens Gorlinka to cut down a tree if she does not leave her chick; she throws it; the sparrow explains that the Fox cannot cut down a tree, and if she climbs, she can fly to another; Fox Sparrow asks what he does when the wind blows from all sides, asks him to show; The sparrow puts his head under his wing, the Fox grabs it]: Dähnhardt 1912:279; Punjabi (? Urdu translation) [Fox threats to push down the tree]: Jason 1989:21.
The Balkans. Slovenes, Macedonians, Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 56A: 50; Hungarians [the fox threatens to cut down a tree (plow the field) if the bird does not give it a chick; the bird gives its chicks one after another; the dog teaches the fox to answer: cut it down if you have an ax (open it if you have a plow); the dog chases the fox; the fox pretends to be dead and grabs the crow]: Kovács 1987, No. 56A: 259; Bulgarians [The fox tells Soyka, Thrush or another bird to throw a chick or egg from its nest, otherwise it will cut down the tree with its tail; Magpie or Raven explains that the Fox will not be able to do so; the Fox pretends dead, grabs Magpie (Raven), who comes down to peck at her; she asks to be thrown from a high place, flies away]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 56A: 50; (cf. Klyagina-Kondratyeva 1951 [the fox tells the thrush to drop one egg after another; women promise the thrush to hide the greyhound in the bushes; the bunch tells the fox that there is a chicken in the bushes; the fox managed to escape into the hole; asks his legs, eyes how they helped, promises to give them boots, a mirror; tail in response: hold the dog, the fox by the tail; the fox stuck its tail out to the dog, it pulled it out and ate it]: 224-226); Albanians [The fox threatens to climb into the Dove's nest, which has to throw off its chick; a raven with cheese in its beak says that the Fox will not be able to climb the tree; the fox asks the Raven to sing, he dropped the cheese]: Serkova 1989:241-242; Moldovans [The fox threatens to eat the Thrush, who is forced to give her a chick every time; the Raven explains that Lisa cannot reach the nest; the fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven, who came down to peck; the crow explains that it must be washed first, then lowered from the mountain; flies away]: Botezat et al. 1976:58-59; (cf. Romanians [every time a quail hatches chicks, the fox ties thorns to its tail, pretends to be pasha, demands that the quail be removed from its land; eats chicks; the hound finds out about this; when the fox came next time, the hound rushed after it, drove it into a hole; the fox asks its eyes, front legs, hind legs, how they helped her escape, they answer, the fox praises them; the tail did not help ; the fox stuck it out, the dog pulled the fox by the tail and bit it to death]: Gaster 1915, No. 94:290-293; Gagauz people [The fox tells the Lark that this is her land, she is going to sow; if he does not remove his own from the tree nest, she will eat his chicks; the Lark complains to the Greyhound; she hides in the furrow, chases the Fox, the Fox is in the hole; asks her front, hind legs if they agreed to have the greyhound bite them; those they say that they did not agree; when the tail asks, he replies that he agreed, for the Fox "imposed a bush on him and he was sweating, plowing the ground"; the fox puts out the tail with the Greyhound, she pulls it out, kills; Lark, as promised, feeds the Greyhound with hot pancakes; for this purpose, he distracts the woman who brought lunch to her husband in the field]: Moshkov 1904, No. 143:211-212).
Central Europe. Russians (Teresky Bereg, Pskov, Voronezh, Saratov, Perm), Ukrainians (Galicia, Hutsulshchina, Podolia, Ugric Rus), Belarusians [The fox threatens to knock down (bend) a tree and eat Thrush chicks (Nightingale, Woodpecker); Crow (Magpie) gives Thrush good advice; Fox pretends to be dead and catches the Raven]: SUS 1979, No. 56A: 59; Russians (Teresky Bereg) [Zavarunushko bird bred chicks; the fox promises to cut down the tree with its tail, tells you to throw an egg; the bird threw it; the magpie advises you to answer: your tail is not an ax, a knife, or a saber; the fox pretended to be dead, put it on itself a piece of meat, a magpie came down, the fox grabbed it; forty: your father did not torment my mother like that: he put it in a barrel without a bottom and rolled it down the mountain; the fox did so, the magpie flew away]: Balashov 1970, No. 143:391-392 ( =1991:58-59); Russians (Karelia, Zaonezhye, Kizhi) [The thrush made a nest in front of the fox's window, the fox began to sing and threw its baby's thrush. The next morning, the fox began to sing again, but the hare heard it and convinced the thrush that the fox would not make it to the nest. The fox's thrush refused, and she realized that it was the hare's fault, threatened to punish her, but he heard it. He smeared himself in soot and the fox "swept on the w...", made a raft and drove off. A fox met him on the river and asked where the elder came from, who said that he was from Moscow and that he could hear that the hare "swept along the w...". The fox decided to run away from shame]: Onegin 1986, No. 16:75-76; Russians (Pskov) [the fox promises to cut down the tree with its tail if the thrush does not shed its chick; the magpie asks why the thrush cries; teaches tell the fox that neither she nor her fox's children are afraid; when she learned that the magpie taught the thrush, the fox pretended to be dead, grabbed the magpie and ate it]: Ploschuk 2004, No. 5:66-67; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [fox threatens to cut down an oak tree if the thrush does not shed the chick; when there are only two chicks left, the crow explained that the fox did not have an ax; the fox pretended to be dead, the crow came down, the fox grabbed it, shoved it in the stolen thread view, plugged it with straw, lowered it down the mountain; the straw flew out, and the crow with it; crows drove isa through the forest]: Borovik, Mirer 1939, No. 15:19; Russians (Voronezhskaya, formerly 1860, Zap. in Voronezh Uyezd by K.O. Alexandrov-Dolnik) [Borov goes to the forest for acorns, meets a wolf, a bear, a hare and a fox one by one. The animals ask the hog to take them with them, he warns that they will not be able to jump over the hole they meet on the way, they insist, go with the hog and fall into the hole. Animals are starving, the fox offers to eat someone who "can't stretch his voice", the hare is the first to fall behind, it is eaten, another time the wolf. The fox hid the wolf's meat and eats slowly. The bear asks why she is not starving. The fox advises you to stick your paw under your ribs to find out how to eat, the bear performs and dies. The fox threatens a thrush that nests in a tree above the hole, which will eat its children if it does not feed it. The thrush brings her chicken, then water, then throws sticks so that the fox can get out of the hole. She demands that the thrush make her laugh, he tells her to run after him, brings her to the village, shouts "Grandma grandmother, bring me a piece of bacon," dogs come running to the noise and tear the fox apart. More about blue caftan and honey]: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 30:45-46 (=Tonkov 1949, No. 2:155-156); Russians (Voronezh, Liskinsky District, p. Middle Ikorets, 1966) [The fox asks the thrush to feed her, otherwise he promises to cut down the tree on which he lives with his children. He agrees. Grandma and granddaughter are distracted, they try to catch him, and the fox picks up the basket of pies they left behind. The fox asks her for a drink, and the thrush sits on a barrel of beer that the man is carrying, he can't drive away the thrush and hits the barrel with an ax, the beer spills, the Fox gets drunk. The fox asks her to laugh, the thrush brings her to the village, pulls the hair from the cow that her grandmother milks, the old man tries to drive away the thrush, but hits his wife, she falls and tumbles with milk. The fox asks the thrush to scare her, he blindfolds her and brings her to the flock, dogs chase the fox and catch up and tear it in front of her hole]: Kretov 1977, No. 3:18-19; Russians (the recording place is not indicated) [The fox threatens to bend the oak, the Woodpecker agrees to dump the chick to teach blacksmithing; the fox takes the chick, eats it; the second to the shoe, the third to the tailor]: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 32:33.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks: Basangova 2002:184-185 [The fox threatens Cormorant that he will drink a pond, chew down the tree on which his nest is; he drops an egg for her; Gopher explains to Cormorant that the Fox will not be able to do this do; The cormorant confesses to Lisa who taught him; The fox praises the beauty of the Gopher, he sticks out of the mink, the Fox grabs it; he says he should be eaten by eight, manages to return to the hole], 213- 214 [At the top of the poplar, the lame Magpie has a nest with seven chicks; The fox threatens to knock down the poplar with its tail, the Magpie drops one chick; the mouse advises asking the Fox to hit the poplar with its tail; The fox is enough the beauty of the Mouse, she sticks out of the hole, the Fox swallows it; The mouse speaks from her womb so that the Fox does not eat it with poplar leaves; the fox opens its mouth in surprise, the Mouse jumps out, hides in the hole]; Vatagin 1964 [the fox tells the cormorant to drop the egg, otherwise it will cut the tree, dry the pond; twice; gopher: the fox will not be able to do it; the fox will not be able to do it; the fox is gopher: you are so beautiful! the gopher got out of the pit, the fox grabbed it; gopher: clever first counts to 8; the fox opened its mouth, the gopher ran away]: 258-259; Adygs [The fox tells the Dove to throw off one, the second chick, threatens to cut down tree; Heron explains that the Fox will not be able to climb the tree; the Fox asks the Heron what she will do if the wind blows from all sides; she hides her head under her wing, the Fox grabs it and eats it]: Aliyeva 1978, No. 77:348-350; Ossetians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 56A: 50; Kumyks [Sparrow breeds three chicks every year; The fox threatens to cut down a tree, orders to dump the chick, eats it; the crow tells you to ask where is her ax and where is the arba, take away the tree; The fox grabs the Raven, who asks me to tell you what day it is to write her will; Lisa says it's Wednesday, the Raven is flying away]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 74:189-190; Lezgins: Ganieva 2011a, No. 75 [Vervelag-hala (hala - "aunt") has made a nest; Azhdaha threatens to knock down a tree with its tail, tear off a branch with a fang, tells you to throw off the chick; the fox teaches you to answer, "let the fang dry, the tail will be like a feather," I must say that she taught Tetek to answer; Azhdakha threw himself on her back, Tetherka lifted him to the sky, began to ask if the sky was larger or the earth; when he replied that the earth had thrown it off, he crashed, two chicks jumped out of his stomach, flew to her mother], 110 [The sparrow asked the old woman to remove the thorn from his leg; she took it out, threw it into the fire; the sparrow demanded the thorn back, the old woman gave seven lavash; the sparrow gave them to shepherds who were drinking milk; then she demanded back, they gave her seven sheep; she flew to the wedding, danced with her bride, and slaughtered the sheep and served kebabs; The sparrow demanded either to return the sheep or give it to the bride; received the bride, exchanged her for saz, began to play; a hawk appeared, the Sparrow dropped the saz, he crashed; since then Sparrow has been flying and singing; The fox threatens to knock down a tree, a forest; a sparrow sheds a chick; for the third time, the Pigeon advises to say that a peasant with dogs will come and cut down a tree; the Fox grabs the Pigeon, who asks which today is the day, the Fox replies that Wednesday, the Pigeon is flying away]: 200-201, 268-271; Archins [every year the Fox requires the Pigeon to drop one chick, otherwise it will climb a tree, ruin the entire nest; the bird Malik Ulhazin explains that the Fox can't climb the tree; the fox asks the bird where it turns its head if the wind is on the left; - Right; and on the right? - To the left; and from both sides? - I hide it under my wing; The fox asks to show, grabs and eats the bird]: Dirr 1908, No. 13:115-116 (=Dirr 1922, No. 34:157-158); Caezes (Didois) [The fox tells the Dove to throw down the chick, threatens to knock down the chick with its tail tree; The crow explains that the Fox will not be able to do this; the fox rushed to the Raven, she flew away]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 75:200-201; Avars: Atayev 1972, No. 18 [The fox demands that Magpie shed the chick, threatens to cut down a tree; The dog explains that the Fox does not have an ax; tore the Fox]: 26-27 (=Mazaev, Kasumov 1997 (1): 37-38); Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 77 [Ilagwala bird has made a nest, the Fox tells to shed the chick, threatens to overturn the tree; when the last chick was left, the birds explained to Ilagwale that the Fox could not knock down the tree; the fox left]: 205; the Andeans [the tit has three chicks; the fox says that the field and its tree, demands to shed the chick; the tit threw off everyone one by one; quail: next time ask the fox if it has an ax; the fox hears the quail; asks if it sings with his ears, eyes and mouth; quail: with his mouth ; then sing with your eyes and ears closed; the fox grabbed him; quail: what day did you catch me? fox: Wednesday; quail flew away; fox: if she said it was Monday, it would not have opened its mouth, but closed more tightly]: Salimov 2010:228; Tabasarans [forty brought chicks in the tree; a fox came, said that she would cut down a tree and eat all the chicks if the magpie did not throw it alone; the magpie threw it, the fox ate it; the crow explained to the magpie that the fox did not have an ax; when the fox came back to forty, it did not believed and did not throw off the chick; the fox asked who said that she did not have an ax; the magpie replied that it was a crow; the fox lay down on the rock, spreading a rumor that she was dead; the crows began to her to flock; the fox grabbed the one that helped the magpie; said, "You told the magpie I don't have an ax, now tell me what execution should I do against you?" ; crow: "Do whatever you want, but don't throw it off the cliff"; the fox threw it off a high cliff; the crow flew away]: Uslar 1979, No. 18:532-533; Aguly: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 75 [Gargugai made a nest, Wolf threatens to knock down a tree, tells the chick to be thrown down; for the third time, the gargoyle asks the Wolf to open his mouth, defecates, the Wolf runs to wash; the hunters shot the Wolf, ripped his stomach, the chicks flew out, returned to mothers]: 200-201; Maysak 2014, No. M30 [the fox came to forty twice and asked for one chick to be given to her so that she would not eat them all. Magpie obeyed, but for the third time she decided to consult a crow. When the fox came for the third chick, the magpie asked her to open her mouth to throw the chick there. Then the magpie spoiled the fox's open mouth, and the fox left with nothing]: 470; Dargins: Ganieva 2011a, No. 79 [the Googlachai bird has made a nest, the Wolf tells you to shed the chick; so three times; the Fox calls the Wolf to the mill, Googlachai swings on a swing, they say they see rams, the Wolf also swings, but does not see the rams, he is told to spin, he falls, bursts, the chicks flew out of his stomach, returned to Google]: 208-209; Kapiyeva 1991 [=197:121-125; Khan the Wolf tells the Kukluhai bird to throw off one of the three chicks, otherwise he will cut down a tree; the next day he calls woodcutters with axes, gets the second; on the third woodcutters begin to cut down the tree, the last chick falls to the Wolf; the fox promises to help K., calls the Wolf to the mill to eat flour; ties it to the wheel, the Wolf runs away without a tail; the fox pretends to be different fox, healer, tells the Wolf to hide in a haystack, sets fire, Wolf dies; Fox is chosen khan; K. brings out chicks again, Fox calls woodcutters, tree falls, Fox eats chicks]: 136-140; varnishes : Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 80 [The fox tells the Magpie to throw off the chick, otherwise she will cut down the tree; for the third time, the Partridge teaches not to give up the chick; The Fox invites the Partridge to sing with her eyes closed, enough; Partridge invites Lisa to say a prayer before eating, flies away]: 210-211; Khalilov 1965, No. 7 (village. Kurkley, West 1862) [The fox threatens to cut down a tree if Magpie does not shed its chick; this is how it eats two chicks; the Partridge explains to Magpie that the Fox cannot cut down a tree; the Fox asks the Partridge to sing with her eyes closed, grabs it; she asks if the Fox will eat her without thanking Allah; the Fox opens his mouth, the Partridge flies away]: 20-22; Georgians: Janashvili 1903a, No. 1 [The fox tells the Woodpecker to throw off the chick, promises to cut it down, cut the tree with an ax or a knife; Woodpecker does not throw off the third, because the Raven told him that the Fox had no tools; the fox pretended to be dead, grabbed the Raven who had flown up; he promised her a treasure, leads her to the house , where there are many dogs, they tore the Fox to pieces]: 129-131; Kurdovanidze 1988, No. 16 [The fox threatens the Bird to cut down and cut down a tree if it does not shed its chick; it dumps all three one by one; complains to the hunter, he kills Lisa]: 51-52; Armenians [The fox tells the newlywed to give her jewelry, otherwise he will reveal her sin; tells the Wolf that she took out the jewelry with her tail in the water; tells people that the Wolf is being beaten ; The fox falls into a trap, pretends to be dead; the man throws it away, she runs away; tells the Wolf that he has pulled too much gold, shows a trap of meat; The wolf is caught, killed; the fox threatens the Dove cut down a tree, he throws off the chick, then the second; the crow tells the Dove that the Fox is lying; the fox pretends to be dead, catches the Raven; she asks not to be thrown off the cliff; next time not to throw it into the lake as if it will be eaten by worms, leeches; both times the Raven flies away; hunters kill the Fox]: Bunyatov et al. 1900, No. 11:139-144; Turks [the jackal demands that the thrush throw him one, then the second chick; the raven explains that the jackal will not be able to carry out the threat; the jackal pretends to be dead, grabs the crow that has descended; he says he is most afraid of being thrown into the abyss; the jackal throws him, the raven ]: Dor 2002, No. 15:51-52; Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 9:33; Kurds: Druzhinina 1959:17 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 56A: 50; Farizov, Rudenko 1959 [Stork has a nest in a tree; Fox tells Stork that must cut down the tree to make a new axle for the mill wheel; agrees not to cut down when the Stork throws one stork to him; a month later, the second; the Raven explains that the Fox has neither a mill nor an ax; The fox pretends to be dead, catches the Raven who comes down to peck; he advises to say first, Bismillah, to make the cape twice as large, flies away]: 17-19.
Iran - Central Asia. Turkmens [The fox threatens the Parrot to eat it, tells the Parrot to drop an egg; every day demands a new one; the Crow explains that the Fox will not be able to climb the tree, tells the Parrot to tell Lisa that her the Raven taught; the Fox pretends to be dead, the Raven bites her tongue, the Fox grabs her; the Raven asks the Fox to convert to her faith and say Kar-kar before eating her; the fox opens her mouth, The crow flies away]: Stebleva 1969, No. 14:40-41 (=Fur Fair 1980:76-79); Tajiks: Amonov 1972:291-293 [The fox threatens Gorlinka to climb a tree and eat it with her chicks, she has to shed the chicks; the Raven explains that the Fox has no wings; next time Gorlinka does not believe the Fox; the fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven; she asks for permission to make a will; says that if The fox will eat her bones, then fall ill; let him throw it to the bottom of the ravine, the bones will break and crumble; the fox throws, the Raven flies away]; Amonov, Ulug-zade 1960:61-63 [The fox threatens Soyka to climb a tree and eat it her and her chicks, she has to shed her chicks; the Raven explains that the Fox has no wings; next time Soyka does not believe the Fox; the Fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven; he advises to break it Hard bones on stones, thrown off a cliff; The raven flies away, the Fox rushes after him, breaks to death]; Levin et al., 1981, No. 34 (Darai Mira) [The fox threatens to knock down the plane tree, the bird throws its chick, then another; Magpie explains that the Fox could not burn the tree; the fox pretends to be dead, the Magpie put her head in her ass, the Fox grabbed her; the Magpie asks to eat it on the mountain, tell her name; flies away; the fox jumps after her, crashes; Magpie bites her from behind; Fox asks for food from her ears; Magpie replies that he will start under the tail, get to her ears], 300 (Kulyab) [every year the fox tells the swallow to shed its chicks, otherwise he will take it himself; the raven tells the fox to answer rude; the fox pretended to be dead, the raven came down, the fox grabbed it; the raven advises to throw it first from the top so that it can fly and the meat becomes soft; the fox rushed after the crow and crashed]: 139-141, 252-253; mountain Tajiks: Rosenfeld, Rychkova 1990, No. 38 [Darvaz, up Pyanju; =Semenov 1900 (2): 34, =1903, No. 7:11-12; Kite every time Lisa throws off a chick, one day refuses; she threatens to eat it; he wants to grab it, she falls into the water, goes with the flow; the crow thinks the Fox is dead, the Fox grabs it; further like (40)] 40 [The fox threatens the Hawk to wrap its tail around a tree, knock it down; he sheds one chick; the Raven explains that the Fox will not be able to fulfill its threat; the fox grabs the Raven, who asks to take it to the mountain, read the fatiha, flutters out of its mouth (=Semenov 1903, No. 7:111-112)]: 139-140, 141-142; Yazgulyams [The fox tells the Dove to throw the chick, otherwise she will climb to the poplar herself; the same with the second ; Magpie explains that the Fox will not be able to climb the tree; The fox pretended to be dead, laid out her guts; Magpie pecked, wanted to bite her eyes, Lisa grabbed her; Magpie wanted to know before she died Lisa's name; The fox put Magpie's head into the hollow of her tooth, gave her name, bit off Magpie's head]: Grunberg, Steblin-Kamensky 1976, No. 67:592-594; Persians: Ottomans 1958 [The crow made a nest, bred chicks; The fox dresses as a forester, begins to saw a tree, promises to wait two days for the abandoned chick; Magpie tells the Crow that the forester will not saw the green tree, discovers the Fox, her drank stupid; Fox pretends to be dead, grabs Magpie, who comes down to peck her eyes; Magpie offers her a profitable friendship, tells her to swear, the Fox opens her mouth; the next day, the birds peck Fox, that sinks]: 480-483; Romaskevich 1934a, No. 1 (Isfahan) [about the same]: 39-40; Uzbeks [The fox tells Magpie to dump the chick, threatens to tear out the tree; this is how it eats four out of five chicks; Quail tells not to believe Lisa; she grabs her sleeping; Quail promises to help Lisa steal food from the wedding; pretends to be hit, distracts people; now the Fox demands to make her laugh; Quail sits on the horns of a cow, owner throws a stick, breaks its horn, the cow knocks over the milk; to get rid of the Fox, Quail invites her to grab a piece of nickle on the road; the fox falls into a trap, killed]: Sheverdin 1984:97-100 (=Westerman 2009:183-185).
Baltoscandia. Estonians: Jakobson 1954 [The crow makes a nest on a handle stuck in the ground and forgotten pitchfork; the fox says her pitchfork, tells her to throw off the chick as payment, the grizite to cut down the pitchfork; the crow throws off; she threw off three chicks like this; then she guessed about the deception, didn't throw it off again; The fox pretended to be dead; the crow pecked her back leg, the Fox jumped up in pain, ran away]: 83-85 (=1987:55-56); Kippar 1986, No. 56A [many records, including the set]: 64-65; Viidalepp et al. 1967, No. 14 [The fox tells Drozdikha to throw down one chick, threaten to cut down an aspen, pretends that her tail is an ax; the crow shouts that The fox is lying; the fox pretends to be dead, the Raven comes down to peck at her, the Fox grabs her, rips off her feathers; the crow asks her to pray before eating; at the word Amen, he breaks out; overgrown feathers now gray, and the Raven used to be completely black]: 42-43; Finns [Magpie has five chicks; the Fox threatens to cut down a tree, orders to dump one, then the second chick; the Raven explains to Magpie that the Fox has there is no ax; the Fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven; she suggests moving away so that the Fox does not be laughed at when she sees her devour alive; says that she will walk by herself; the Fox releases her]: Rakhimova 2000:170 (roughly the same in Konkka 1993:173-176, in Dähnhardt 1912:283, in Goldberg 1957:15-18); Karelians: Evseev 1981 [The fox tells Soroka to dump the chick, threatens to cut down a birch tree; giving the second chick, Magpie complains to the Crow; she explains that the Fox will not be able to cut down the tree; the Fox pretends to be dead, the Raven comes down, the Fox grabs her; the Raven offers to kill her, as her father and mother were killed - putting it in a basket and lowering it from the mountain; flies away from the basket]: 234-235; Onegin 2010, No. 5: (Kalevalsky district) [the fox pretends to cut a tree with its tail, tells the crow to throw off the chick; then the second; forty: y the fox does not have an ax; the fox asks the crow who told her; pretended to be dead, grabbed a magpie; she says that when the fox ate her grandmother, she put her in a basket, pushed her downhill, her bones softened; the fox did so, the magpie flew away; the man put the meat in the hole, covered it with straw, the fox and the crane failed; the crane pretended to be dead, the man threw it away, he flew away; and killed the fox]: 99-100; Latvians: Alksnite et al. 1958 [Starling has a birch nest; The fox says he is going to cut down the birch tree to make a plough; promises not to cut down if the Starling throws its chick; the Raven explains that the Fox does not have an ax; Fox says that her axe is her tail; Skorets does not believe that it is possible to cut down a birch tree; the fox pretends to be dead, grabs the Raven who comes down to peck at her; she asks to deal with her like her uncle - let her down from the mountain to the wheel hub; the crow flies out from the other side of the hub; =Aris 1971:51-52]: 52; Niedre 1952 [just like Alksnit et al., fox and thrush]: 18; (cf. Alksnite et al. 1958:55-57 [The cat knocked over the pot of milk, decided to go away to pray for sins; he is greeted, the Hare, the Fox, the Wolf, the Bear decide to go with him; the Cat puts a perch through the hole - who will walk through it, sins will be removed; the cat crossed, the rest fell down; they decide who to eat - who has the weakest voice (the Hare), the roughest (the Bear); the fox eats the bear's intestines, says his own; The wolf rips his stomach, dies; threatens the Starling that he will eat his chicks if he does not fill the hole with branches; climbs along the branches; tells herself to feed herself, teaches him to waddle on the way in front of an old woman carrying a cake; the old woman runs for starling, Fox eats a cake; give a drink: distract the man carrying a barrel of beer; cheer: the men are threshing, let the starling sit alone on his head; others hit with a flail, the skorets flew away, the man fell; the skorets hid in the nest; the fox went, sees an empty jug, decided to drown it, put it around her neck, drowned]); Lithuanians [The fox tells Drozda to throw off the chick, otherwise she threatens to cut down the spruce; Thrush consistently throws Lisa four chicks, the fifth remains; the crow teaches to ask the Fox what she will cut; the Fox asks the Thrush who taught him; pretends to be dead, the Raven goes down to peck at her, the Fox grabs her; the crow asks do not do with her what the old man did to the old woman - put it in a barrel without a bottom and rolled it; the Fox puts the Crow in a barrel without a bottom, she flies away]: Lebite 1965:8-9 (same as Kerbelite 2014, No. 36:81-82); Western Sami: Kohl-Larsen 1982, No. 32 [very similar to Lagercrantz 1958, No. 337]: 174-177; Lagercrantz 1958, No. 337 (Lyngen, coast of northern Norway) [the heron has a nest on a tree with 5 eggs; the fox threatens to cut down a tree, tells it to throw one egg; next time again; the crow teaches the heron to answer: you have neither an ax nor a knife; fox: who taught you? heron: a crow; a fox pretended to be dead, grabbed a crow; a crow: what is the wind today? the fox said, the crow flew away]: 19-20.
Volga - Perm. Chuvash [The fox threatens to hack the Owl with an ax, her chicks with a sword, makes four chicks drop successively; the Raven explains that the Fox's axe is her teeth, the saber is her tail; the fox pretended dead, the Raven came down to peck his eyes, the Fox grabbed him]: Sidorova 1979:33 (=Eisin 1993:24-25); Marie (meadow) [The fox threatens to cut down a tree, the Owl sheds her one, then the second chick; the last one remains; the Magpie says that the Fox does not have an ax and cannot climb a tree; the fox pretends to be dead, catches Magpie when she comes down to peck her eyes; Magpie says she will die only if you grab it by the three feathers of its tail and hit a rotten tree; flies away]: Tudorovskaya, Eman 1945:94-95 (=Aktsorin 1984:266-268, =Sabitova 1992:29-31); Mordovians (Erzya): Evseviev 1964, No. 2 [ the fox tells the oatmeal to throw off the chick, otherwise it will climb the tree on its own; so several times; the crow tells her to answer that the fox will not be able to climb the tree; the fox caught the crow; she tells her to lay out food for her, herself lie under the mountain, she goes right into the fox's mouth with the food; the crow ate everything and flew away]: 21-22; Samorodov 1972 [The fox tells Sinitsa to throw one, the second chick; the crow teaches to answer that the Fox cannot reach the nest Tits; The fox wants to eat the Raven, she first advises feeding her porridge and butter, it will taste better; eats porridge, flies away]: 27-29 (=Pomerantseva 1973:14-16); Paasonen 1941 [the bear tells the tit to throw off one, the second chick; the crow teaches not to give up the last, to answer that the bear will not be able to get into the nest; he pretended to fall asleep, put a pot of soup next to him; the crow came down, her bear grabbed it; she asked for permission to say goodbye to the white light, flew away, telling the bear to kiss her ass]: 280-281; Bashkirs [The fox tells Karagush (vulture korshun) to throw off the chick, otherwise will climb a tree; then the second; Magpie advises that Karagush invite Lisa to rise; she breaks her teeth against the trunk; threatens Magpie; she suggests that she be executed as her ancestors betrayed: throw into the abyss in a bottomless bucket; flies away]: Barag 1989, No. 93:404-405 (=Yukhma 1990:108-109); the Udmurts [the fox tells the owl to throw off the chick, otherwise it will cut down a pine tree; the dove explains that the fox does not will be able to cut down a pine tree; it pretended to be dead; the dove flew off to peck out her eyes, the fox grabbed it; the pigeon asks to take him by the 3 feathers, hit the ground; flies away]: Kralina 1961, No. 22:69-71; Komi [fox threatens to knock down (bend) a tree and eat thrush chicks; a crow (magpie) gives good advice to the thrush; the fox takes revenge: pretends to be dead and catches a crow]: Korovina 2012, No. 56A: 74-75.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas: Balter 1958 [The fox tells the Columns to throw the cub off the tree; threatens to jump on the cloud, from there on them; the second threatens to jump to the moon; the Cranes explain that the Fox will not be able to jump; the fox tells the Cranes that the fire offers to hide in her hole; they fell on her, flew away, two stayed; they promise to move her across the sea so that she could catch up with the whole flock; they throw her into the sea, The fox drowned]: 60-63 (quail in Dachshunds 1988:230-232); Katanov 1907, No. 380 [=196:127-130; The fox threatens the yellow-breasted bird to knock down a tree, forcing it to give it its four chicks every year; The scoters tell the bird to tell Lisa that she has neither a knife nor an ax; the fox catches two Turpans; they promise to take it wherever it wants; they throw it into the sea, she climbs onto the rock; leaning against the rock, asks the maral to take care of her, he breaks against the rock; wolves take away her meat; she lowers her tail into the water, runs, rattling with ice that sticks to her tail; wolves lower their tails, they freeze; one runs away with his tail off; the fox lures him to people, he is killed; the fox tells the quail that it has not eaten before, it promises to feed it; distracts the poor old man, he throws a bag and a stick, the fox eats it provisions from the bag; the quail promises to make her laugh; sits on the horns of a cow, then on the old woman's back, the old man hits her with an ax, kills a cow, then his wife, the fox laughs; the quail promises to scare the fox, leads dogs, they ripped off the fox's tail; the fox grabs the quail; she says that if the fox has good thoughts, it will throw it over its back; the fox does so, the quail flies away; but then the fox pretends to be dead, caught and ate a quail]: 392-395; Chelkans [The fox tells Magpie to throw off one and then the second chick, threatens to climb the willow and eat everyone; The bear explains that the Fox cannot climb the tree; The fox invites the Bear to go to bed on the edge of the cliff, pushes him down; feasts; invites Wolves to compare vomiting; she has meat and fat, they have grass used instead of onuch; Fox teaches Wolves to lower their tails in water, meat and lard will fall from above; an old woman beats Wolves frozen in ice, they run away without tails]: Kandarakova 1988:151-154; Tuvans: Plotkina, Grebnev 1955 [The fox found mutton antlers, threatens butt the talnik, drink the river, Magpie throws his chick every morning; so four; the Bear explains that the Fox is cheating; the fox lures the Bear into its hole like meat; The bear is stuck, The fox ate it from behind; told the Wolves that if you put the tail into the ice-hole, meat came from the sky; told the old man and the old woman that the wolves were in the ice, the old man killed them]: 76-81; Samdan 1994, No. 21 [Magpie and seven She lived as chicks on iron poplar; the fox consistently demands that the chicks be given to her, otherwise she threatens to pull out the poplar, run so that the steppe catches fire; two chicks remain; The mouse explains that the Fox will not fulfill threat, let Magpie ask where Fox's horns can pull out the poplar and legs to run so fast; the Fox wants to grab the Mouse, she asks to be run on the ground first, whizzed into the hole]: 371-373 (about the same in Kalzan 1964:109-114); the Buryats [The Fox threatens the Magpie to eat her 13 eggs, break the horse riding, stir up the ground, drink water; one by one, the Magpie gives her 10 eggs; the Han Hardag bird explains that The fox can't blow anything; takes off its wings to swim and lie in the sun; the fox grabs its wings; XX promises to take it to a place where there is firewood without an ax, meat without a knife; lifts it into the air dumps to solid ground]: Barannikova et al. 2000, No. 3:45-49 (cf. Khangalov 1960, No. 127 [The fox makes the girl Honhinur give her 27 rattles, otherwise she will take her gold ring in her mouth, trample on her ground; two swans explain to H. that the Fox will not be able to do it; Having learned from H. who gave it away, the Fox grabs the Swans; they offer to ride it, throw it into the sea; she hardly gets ashore; (Quail in Eliasov 1973, No. 28:216-217)]: 355-357); darhats (somon Khujirt, Uburkhangai aimag) [lived a gray lame Magpie with seven gray eggs; The fox told her to give her one egg, otherwise she would break her golden aspen with her forehead; Magpie was frightened and gave an egg; The fox began to come every day, she ate 6 eggs like this; Mouse advises Magpie to ask Lisa where her horns are to break the golden aspen with her forehead; Fox threatens Magpie, makes her confess who taught her, grabbed the Mouse, put it in her mouth; The mouse says that if you eat with your mouth closed, it tastes better, jumped out of her mouth and ran away; the girl Narangarvuu said she learned this fairy tale from a second-grade textbook]: Mongolian expedition Russian State University for the Humanities, Western August 21, 2006, No. WS 30009; Mongols [The fox tells Solovykha to drop the egg, threatens to dig the ground under the aspen tree, dry the well from which the bird drinks, pluck feathers from its wings; this is how it gets four out of five eggs; The mouse says the Fox is unable to carry out the threat (she tries, but hurts her paws, almost bursts, does not jump); Fox grabs the Mouse; Nightingale advises her to open her mouth wide, Mouse jumps up, runs away on the ice; Fox's tail freezes to the ice, she dies]: Mikhailov 1962:182-183 (=197:203-205); Oirats (Xinjiang; based on the materials of Khan Tenger magazine, published in 1981-1993) years in Urumqi) [the fox threatens to knock down three strong poplars, gnaw sorrel, drink all the water from the well; the quail advises the sparrow: "Where are your horns to knock down three poplars as strong as sandalwood? Where are your fangs to nibble all the sorrel? Where is your stomach to drink all the water from the well?" ; the fox fails to get hold of the sparrow's only egg left; it grabs a quail sitting under the tree; it manages to deceive the fox and avoid death {without details}]: Menyaev 2017:340 (with reference at Xan Tenggri 1981:134);.
Western Siberia. Nenets: Voskoboynikov, Menovshchikov 1951 [The fox tells the bird to throw its chick, threatens to cut down a tree, waves its tail with a sword; the bird throws the chick; the raven explains to her that the tail is impossible cut down a tree; The fox buries into the ground, sticks out his tongue; the Raven grabs him, the Fox grabs the Raven; the Raven asks him to push him off the cliff; the Raven flies away, the Fox falls, breaks his legs]: 89-90; Pushkareva, Khomich 2001, No. 3 [part of a long text about Fox's tricks); The fox tells Kuksha to throw off the chick, promises to raise it, threatens to cut down the tree with a sword, she is in the sheath and tail; when the last fourth chick, the Raven, remains explains that the Fox will not carry out the threat; the Fox hits the trunk with its tail, only blows the wind loudly; hides with his tongue out, the Raven bites him, he grabs the Raven; she says that she must die ridiculously; push her off a cliff into a whirlpool, she will spin in a whirlpool, soak her wings, won't be able to fly, so it's funny to die; when she takes off, she tells the Fox to hit her harder, he falls into the water, goes with the flow (= Nenyang 1997:129-130)]: 151-157; Tereshchenko 1929 [The fox tells Shokhomyako (tundra bird) to shed an testicle, threatens to cut down a tree with a sword in a woolen sheath; the same with the second; Raven explains that Lisa does not a saber, but a tail; the third time the bird refuses to throw off the chick, the Fox hits the trunk with its tail in vain; pretends to be dead, the Raven goes down to peck at it, she grabs it; he suggests leaving it on cape, run off the mountain and grab it; takes off, the Fox falls into the river]: 132-134; nganasany [The fox asks the Raven to sing, he croaks, dropping the meat; tells him to throw off the cub, otherwise he threatens to cut it down the tree, says that its tail is an ax; the raven drops; the bird explains to him that Lisa cannot cut down the tree; the fox asks the bird to come down to bite lice from it, tries to grab it; tears off only the white feather ; now the fox has a white chest]: Voskoboynikov, Menovshchikov 1951:118-119 (retelling in Paderina, Plitchenko 1986:94-96).
Eastern Siberia. Evenki of the Baikal Region: Voskoboynikov 1967, No. 1 [The fox promises to cut down a tree if the bird does not throw its chick; The mouse explains that the Fox has nothing to cut; the fox eats the Mouse]: 22-23; Titov 1936, No. 64 ( Chipa) [The fox promises to cut down the tree if the bird does not throw off its chick; Hazel grouse explains that Lisa has nothing to cut; the fox catches Hazel grouse; he tells her to open her mouth to be praised by her geese; flies away]: 209 (=Koptelov 1956:230-231); Baikal Evenks (north of Transbaikalia) [the fox tells the bird to throw down the chick, threatens to cut down the tree; then the second; the third; the hazel grouse taught the bird to tell the fox that it has nothing to cut; Having found out who the adviser was, the fox caught the hazel grouse and returned to the bird; at this time geese are flying; the fox bird: show off prey to the geese; the fox opened its mouth, the hazel grouse flew away; the fox went to the river, laughs at the burbot: not can run; burbot promises to overtake her; agreed with relatives, placing them at a distance; the fox hears the voice of burbot in front of him all the time; having reached the upper reaches of the river, she is completely exhausted]: Pinegina 2019:26 -27; Evenks of Buryatia [(=Titov 1936?) ; The fox forces the bird to throw its chicks, threatens to climb a tree or cut it down; Grouse explains that the Fox will not be able to do this, refuses to throw off the chick; the Fox grabbed Hazel Grouse; he tells me to show how she can catch birds, let the geese look and praise them; fly away]: Voskoboynikov 1958:49-50; Turukhan Evenks (Nepa River) [The fox promises to cut down a tree if the bird does not drop her chick; Ryabchik explains that the Fox has nothing to cut; the fox catches Hazel grouse; he asks, How do Russian cows mooe? The fox is mooing; How do sheep bleat? The fox bleats, opening its mouth, Hazel grouse flies away]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 18:20; Evenki (Podkamennaya Tunguska) [the fox threatens to cut down the tree, tells the nuthatch to shed the chick; hazel grouse explains that the fox does not will be able to fulfill his threat; the fox grabbed the hazel grouse; he asks how cows mooe, how deer scream, praise the fox; how do dogs bark? the fox barked, the hazel grouse flew away]: Suvorov 1956:62-63; Evenki (Chita Region) [the bird throws four chicks to Lisa one by one; the hazel grouse explains that the Fox will not be able to climb the tree and cut it down; the fox grabs the Hazel grouse; he tells him to go with his mouth open for the geese to praise; Fox opens, Hazel grouse flies away]: Voskoboynikov 1960a, No. 6:47-48; Olekmin Evenks [The fox threatens the Bird to cut down a tree, which gives one of five eggs; Hazel Grouse explains that the Fox will not be able to fulfill its threat; Lisa grabbed Hazel Grouse; he advises eating his wing first; Fox opens his mouth, saying "Okay", Hazel grouse flies away]: Romanova, Myreeeva 1971, No. 4:39-40; Bount Evenks (Irkutsk Region) [The fox threatens the Bird to cut down or climb a tree, which throws four out of five chicks to it one by one; the hazel grouse explains that this is impossible; the fox grabs the Hazel grouse, who asks her to show how she is knows how to catch birds; she opens her mouth, Hazel grouse flies away]: Voskoboynikov 1958:49-59, 1973, No. 1:24-26; Kalar Evenks (north of Transbaikalia) [The fox promises to cut down a tree if the bird does not throw its chick ; Hazel grouse explains that the Fox has nothing to cut; The fox catches the hazel grouse, shows the bird; that, Here the Geese are flying, boast of their prey, the Fox opens its mouth, the hazel grouse flies away; the fox agrees to run racing with Burbot; he places his relatives along the river, Lisa loses]: Voskoboynikov 1960a [as in Pinegina et al., without an episode with burbot], No. 7:47-48; Pinegina et al. 1952:17-18; Ayansky Evenks [The fox tells the Flying Squirrel to eat her cub, otherwise he promises to climb the tree; the Flying Squirrel gives all four cubs one by one; when he finds out what is going on, the Owl takes the Fox, throws it at island; she asks bears, seals, seals to line up from island to mainland to count them; when she reaches the shore, she comes to live with her older brother; calls to herd deer, eats them all; advises The bear get fat by lowering its tail into the water; the tail froze, comes off]: Levin, Vasilevich 1936, No. 2:221-224; Sakhalin Evenks [The fox knocks its tail on the tree, promises to cut down, tells Orlitsa to throw it off the chick; so twice; the Eagle returns, grabs it, throws it into the sea on the island; the fox explains to Nerpe that she cries because he cannot count them, seals; invites seals to put their heads out, runs across along them to the mainland]: Bereznitsky 2003, No. 19:445-446 (=2005, No. 17:466-467); Evens: Voskoboynikov, Menovshchikov 1951:286-290 [(=Novikova 1987:21-24); Lisa disguises her ears with blades of grass as if it were horns, threatens to break a tree if the Eagle does not shed its egg; after eating all three eggs, reveals the deception; the Eagle takes her to an island in the sea; Lisa replies to Nerpe that she does not cry, but counts her relatives; asks to put a Seal to count them; on his backs, the Seal gets to the shore, confesses to deception], 291-300 [The fox demands that Kedrovka throw her eggs, threatens to cut down a tree; Garandya bird {Petrova 2013: 186: A fairy-tale bird that looks like a huge eagle} explains that Lisa can't do it; the fox tries to capture Garandya, who takes her to the island; then the episode with the Seals; the fox is called to guard the old man's deer eats them, fills stuffed animals with grass; continues to deceive the old man; brings the Bear to him, who wounds him with an arrow; the fox undertakes to heal, pulls out the liver, the Bear dies; binds the old man, leaves die; The mouse frees him, he kills the Fox]; Kamchatka Evens: Kasten, Avak 2014:55-59 [by the sea, a fox sees an eagle's nest on a tree; put reeds in her ears so as not to recognize it, tells him to throw it off the egg, otherwise she would knock down the tree with a stick; after eating all the eggs, she shouted to the eagle that she had deceived her; she grabbed the fox and threw it into the sea; the fox climbed onto the ice floe; the seal sees that the fox is crying, suggests counting its people; the fox tells the seals to line up from the ice floe to the shore; ran ashore, told the seals that she had deceived them], 71-73 [same, another storyteller], 79-91 [the same thing; the fox says sticks inserted into her ears are these are her horns, threatens to hurt; the eagle throws the fox into the sea; the fox tells the seal that it counts the stars, knows how to count animals, suggests counting the seal - let them gather; runs ashore over the bodies of the seal, thinks "one, two, five, head"; one seal is outraged by this score; the fox runs away]; central Yakuts: Illarionov et al. 2008, No. 3 (1938, Kobyaysky District, Central Yakutia) [The fox tells the bird Tyuyonen drop the egg, otherwise he will chew a meadow, a valley, knock down a willow; when one of the four eggs remains, the Chipmunk advises to ask Lisa to carry out the threat; the fox only broke her teeth; suggests that the Chipmunk swing in an iron cradle; first swings by itself; when the Chipmunk lies down, the fox ties it with an iron rope; the bird T. rubs the rope with its beak; the chipmunk comes to the fox collection, falls out of it stored dust, foxes laugh, he sees her teeth broken, hits; since then, fox sivodushki have dark fur; where the rope dug into the Chipmunk's body, there is a different color of wool {stripes}]: 119-123; Ergis 1964, No. 5 (Salyn Nasleg of Churapchinsky Ulus, 1956) [The fox says that the Stork has built a nest on her tree, tells her to shed the chick the second day; the Raven advises that Stork threaten to go down and extend the Fox's head; the fox pretends to be dead, the Raven She has time to peck out her eyes; the Fox says that she goes to the area Secluded Nora to eat; Capercaillie, Kite, Owl, Partridge join her; the Fox leads them into her hole, eats them; The partridge asks her let go, promises to feed her; distracts people bringing food to the priest; sits on a yoke, a man throws an ax at her, kills a horse, the Fox laughs; the partridge leads the Fox into the barn, the dogs tear off her tip tail, now it is white], 6 (2nd Siktyakh Heritage of Kobyay Ulus, 1938) [as in Illarionov et al., but the bird's name is Tykei ("cheating, deception, flattery"; quail in Sivtsev-Omolloon 1976:56-60)]: 44-47, 48-51; (cf. dolgans [The fox comes to an old man named Ukukuut-Chukukuut, asks him to eat his child; he gives the children one by one; Lisa offers to play with children, puts W. in the cradle, binds, puts them to sleep, pushes them into a ravine; W. calls ermines, arctic foxes, mice to gnaw their belts, gives them a vazhenka for this; pours ash into his pants, comes to the fox's house, where that Fox hits; hits a tambourine, jumps, ashes come out of his pants, hears a fox laugh in the corner; roasts and hits Lisa, kills]: Popov 1937:33-35 (=Efremov 2000, No. 9:197-199).
Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais: Aurora 1986, No. 14 [The Fox pretends to be the Devil, tells the Flying Squirrel to throw off the cub; then more; the Heron explains that it is the Fox; the Fox disguises itself as a fish, grabs the Heron by the tail, it takes off , tells the Fox to shout, Heavenly people are fun, the Fox falls on the island; tells the Worm that her people are on every island; the Worm exposes his own, the Fox runs ashore on the worms, believes Odin, two, sirbidok, three, four, sirbidok; says he will count properly on the way back; trapped by old man Ka, he carried a fox, it caused rain, snow, came to life (unclear); along with Heron feasts in the house while the drunks sleep; both run away]: 68-69; Sam, Sem 2020, No. 33 [the fox pretended to be a monster, tells the flying squirrel to throw off its chicks; she throws a bump twice; heron: chase the fox, it's toothless, tell me that I taught me to answer this way; the fox grabbed the heron by the tail, and it lifted it high into the air and threw it into the swamp; the worm does not believe that the fox does not cry; if it has more relatives, then he is right; the fox tells them to line up across the swamp, runs across a living bridge and thinks the latter has scratched his eyes; other foxes offer her to steal yukola from the Ka-map hunter; the fox fell into a trap, K. took off his skin and left dry, the skin broke in the rain, K. threw it into the fire]: 137-141; Hodger 2011 [The fox threatens to cut down a tree with a "spider ax", Flying to her three cubs one by one; the Heron announces that the Fox - not an evil spirit, he will not be able to cut down a tree; the Fox grabs the Heron by the tail, which carries it over the sea, the Heron says that it gnaws carrion and feces, defecates, the Fox falls on an island, finds no food; says that her the head will turn into a sea bump, the eyes into sea cream, the skin into seaweed, the wool into seaweed, the bones into sea fins, the tail into a panicle; responds to the earthworm, that she does not cry, but sings like parents used to sing; suggests that the worm call its relatives, then calls her to see who is bigger; jumps on a chain of worms, counting them, finds himself on on the other side; worms promise that she falls into the trap of old Ka; she fell, Ka took off her skin, threw the carcass away, the Fox caused snow, hail, rain, a new skin grew, the Fox came to life; the Heron offers together go to old man Ka's party; the house offers to shout louder, the hosts woke up, the Fox ran through the chimney, turned black, the Heron flew out through the hole in the roof]: 85-91; Orochi: Aurora, Lebedeva 1966, No. 1 [The fox tells the Flying Squirrel to eat her cub, threatens to cut it with an ax, roast it on a spit; the flying squirrel gives three cubs one by one; the Heron explains to the Flying Dog that Lisa has there is neither an ax nor a skewer; the flying squirrel no longer gives the Fox its cubs, she rushes at the Heron, grabs the tail; the Heron carries it above the ground, the Fox falls on the island; says Nerpe that he counts the breeds animals; to count the Seal, asks them to appear; Seals fill the strait, the Fox runs to the mainland over their bodies; defecates on the last Seal; dies in a hunter's trap]: 127-128; Berezinsky 1999, No. 10 [The fox tells the Squirrel to eat her cub, threatens to knock down a tree; the squirrel gives two cubs one by one; the owl explains to Belka that the Fox does not have an ax; takes the Fox to the island; the Fox asks Nerpa if she has many relatives, says she has stars in the sky; Seals stick out their heads to count stars, Lisa runs over their heads to the mainland; falls asleep, the old woman kills her, makes a hat out of her skin; The fox comes, promises the old woman to feed the dogs if she gives her a hat for a while; takes the hat away; her child is sick; The tit says that she is a shaman, promises to cure the child, asks for a gift her hat; takes it to the old woman]: 147-148; the Udege people [the fox tells the heron to marry him; after receiving it, he ate the chick; said that the owner of the taiga took it; received the second one; the owl explained to the heron that the fox is deceiving her; when the fox comes again, the heron is ready to fight, the fox ran away; he grabbed the kingfisher; he says he is a Bua bird; you have to go to the edge of the cliff and shout, "Boa, I'll eat your bird!" ; the fox believed, the kingfisher flew away, the fox jumped after him and crashed]: Lebedeva et al. 1998, No. 37:267-269; Negidals: Khasanova, Pevnov 2003, No. 60 [The fox frightens Letyaga, imitating Filin, makes one Throw her cubs away one by one; Grandfather Owl promises to punish the Fox; enough, throws her into the sea; the fox asks the seal to show how many of them are; jumps ashore on their heads], 61 [The fox knocks on the tree with its tail, The fox throws her chicks; the owl grandfather tells her not to be afraid of the Fox, takes the Fox, throws her into the sea; the fox points the Nerpa to the talniki on the shore, says that they are her relatives; says Nerp, jumping over their heads; insults when he jumps ashore; the seal promises that Lisa will die on what the old woman dries the bird cherry on; the fox eats bird cherry, the old woman kills her with a chock, makes a hat; the other Fox offers to go get water asks for a hat so that his ear does not freeze, runs away; The crow cannot return the hat; The bird flies to the Foxes to camla, puts a hat on it, she brings it to the old woman]: 117-118, 122; Cincius 1982, No. 24 [the fox tells the flying squirrel throw her cub to eat, threatens to hurt her; the flying squirrel gives four cubs one by one; the owl grandfather explains to the flying squirrel that the Fox's horns are herbal; the flying squirrel no longer gives the cubs, Fox rushes at the owl grandfather, who carries it above the ground, throws it into the sea; the fox tells the seal that he sings the songs that her parents sang at her parents' matchmaking, that her people are as numerous as stars; asks how many relatives does the seal have; counts the seal leaning out of the water, runs across to the mainland over their bodies; meets burbot; the fox runs along the shore, the burbot swims; the fox calls out to him; he first responds through one bend {i.e. in front}, then two; the fox came to where the old woman left the bird cherry to dry; the fox ate the bird cherry, fell asleep; the old woman came, killed the fox with a knife, took off her skin, made a hat; wolf offered to guard the hat while the old woman feeds the puppies, takes the hat away; the crow offers to return it, the old woman asks how she will talk to the wolf; carr-carr, the old woman does not like it; bird: black man, the old woman agrees; the bird flew into the winter road, there are hares, foxes, wolves, crows, ferrets and an old man and an old woman; cross mother camlaet; bird: chwick; old man: this is a good shaman, let him wear our hat; bird put it on and flew away, brought it to the old woman; she gave her a handmade knife for her nose, a needle in her paws]: 132-135 (quail in Sanghi 1989:274-277); Wilta [("the tradition of Sakhalin Negidals and Wilt"); Fox she ate squirrels, for which Owl took her to an island where there was no food; Lisa cries, says she will die, her eyes and teeth will be sea stones, her wool will be grass, her ribs a fin]: Bereznitsky 2003:77; ( cf. The Udege people [The fox asks the Heron to marry him; eats him, says that the owner of the taiga (Buá) took his wife; gets a second chick; the Owl tells the Heron that the Fox is deceiving her; She attacks the Fox, he runs away, grabs Kingfisher; he asks the Fox to shout at the edge of the cliff: Buá, I'm eating your bird! Fox flies out of his teeth, Fox falls off a cliff, crashes]: Lebedeva 1998, No. 37:267-269).
(Wed. Japan. The Japanese [Sparrow has three eggs in its nest; the Monkey (or Ogre) demands one, then comes after another; the third one rolled out of the nest, the Monkey did not find it, took the Sparrow herself; hatched The sparrow makes rice dumplings, gives them to objects and animals that promise to help him; together they come to the Monkey's house, hide in different places and attack the owner who enters; he dies]: Ikeda 1971, № 333C: 93; variants in Borovkov 1938:184-185; Markova 2000, No. 73:269-272).
(Wed. Japan. Japanese (Isoho monogatari, 1610-1630s) [On the fox's advice, the dove brought the chicks out on the ground; the fox ate them; the dove made a nest in the tree; another dove told her to say to the fox: "Come up here yourself. And if you can't get up, you'll never get my kids!" ; the fox asked the first dove who taught her this; when she found out, she went to the second dove and asked: "That's when you're sitting on a perch, a strong wind blows in front, back, left and right, where you need it turn around to hide?" ; the dove replied: "When the wind blows from the left, you have to hide your head under the right wing, when the wind is blowing from the right, you have to hide your head under the left wing. When the wind blows from the front, you have to throw your head back, when the wind blows from behind, your head is lowered forward"; the fox said that this cannot happen; the dove began to show what she was talking about; when turned back, the fox attacked her and ate it]: Toropygina 2008:233-234).
SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs (b. Yasachnaya) [The fox threatens the Raven to cut down a tree, she throws one chick to her; so three times; the chaishile bird explains to the Raven that the Fox does not have an ax; the fox wants to eat h, she suggests going to take food from women; one of them kills Lisa on foot]: Jochelson 1900, No. 25:66-67; reindeer Koryaks [The fox puts blades of grass in her ears, knocks them on the tree trunk, says Orlice that she will knock him down if she does not will drop an egg; this is how he gets two eggs; laughs and explains that you cannot cut down a tree with a blade of grass; the Eagle grabs it, carries it across the sea, throws it on the island; the Fox sings, Seals, Walruses, Whales come; Fox explains that she wants to know if there are more animals at sea or on land; to do this, sea animals must form a chain to the mainland, and she will run over their backs and count; when she reaches the shore, the Fox meets A bear; he says he is not afraid of people; the Fox reports this to the hunters, they injure the Bear with an arrow; the Fox comes to treat him; inserts a sharp hot stone into the wound; the Bear dies, the Fox brings his meat for children]: Jochelson 1908, No. 36:184-185.