M89A. Horned hyena .11.
Only horned animals are allowed to attend the festival. The hyena makes fake horns for itself, exposed.
Ila, Kaguru, Lamba, Nsenga, Swahili.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Ila [only horned animals are allowed to attend the festival; the hare pasted their horns with wax, came with the rhinoceros bird, and rightfully sat by the fire; the wax began to melt; the rhino bird began to scream about it, Hare explained that he wanted the grounds of the beer; but the wax melted, the Hare was shamefully kicked out]: Smith, Dale 1920, No. 5:386-387 (retelling in Werner 1933:291-292); kaguru [The hare invites all horned animals to a feast ; The hyena finds old buffalo horns, glues it with resin, comes; The hare puts her on a chair in the sun, says that all the seats in the shade are occupied; the resin has melted, the horns have fallen, the Hyena has been shamefully expelled]: Beidelman 1975a, No. 13:570-572; lamba, nsenga [about like silt]: Werner 1933:291; Swahili [only horned animals gather for the festival; Hyena waxed its horns, came under morning; when the sun was full, the wax melted; Hyena started screaming that some of them would now lose their horns, but others realized that Hyena was a liar, drove her away]: Velten 1898:2 in Werner 1933:291.