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Discussion of the Separate Adventures

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Literary Variants.—–‘Ren.,’ iii, i ff.; vi. 750 ff.; xiv, 540 ff.=Méon. 749 ff., 14462 ff., 3919 ff. (?); Rothe, pp. 123 f., 192, 136; Carnoy, pp. 51 and 58: The fox feigns death and eats the fish : ‘Ren.,’ vi. 761 ff.; xiv. 586 ff. = Méon, 14473 ff., 4178 ff.; Rothe, pp. 192, 137; Camoy, p. 58: The wolf feigns death and is beaten : Rein.,’ 208 ff. and ‘Reinke’ 165 ff. : The fox feigns death and the wolf eats the fish. Berachjah ha-Nakdan 99 (Gr., ‘R. F.‘ p. cclxxxiii); Waldis, iv, 73 : The fox feigns death to obtain some bacon and gets it; the wolf tries the same trick, but is beaten.

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PMLA , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 1891 , pp. 47 - 84
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1891

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Note 4 page 47 When I sent my copy of Roger, ‘Fables Sénégalaises,’ to Prof, Fortier, he called my attention to an extremely important note in it on the word bunki (p. 58) ‘nom qu'en ouolof on donne à l'hiène. Cet animal figure très-souent dans les fables des nègres. Ils lui font jouer le rôle d'un lourdaud, toujours dupe de lui-Même et des autres, caractère parfaitement approprilé à ses habitudes et à son extérieur.’ Thus the goat in the tales of the negroes of Luisiana was originally a hyena.

Note 5 page 67 James Russell Lowell kindly directs my attention to this passage.

Note 6 page 69 Kaarle Krohn has kindly informed me that no variants of this adventure have been found in Finland, a fact which strengthens my assumption of its literary origin.

Note 7 page 70 I regret very much that this version, edited by Bulgakov under the title ‘Stefanit i Ichnilat,‘ Petersburg, 1877 (or 1878), has not been accessible to me.