the turtle (Tale 77)

Role: turtle · First appears: Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey

In Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey, after one day the turtle planted his banana in a clearing while the monkey hung his in a tree. Five days later, the monkey’s banana was dry, but the turtle’s bore ripe fruit. When the monkey jumped from the tree, the turtle’s shells pierced his side and killed him; the turtle dried the monkey’s meat and sold it to the other monkeys.

The monkeys threw the turtle into a lake to drown him, but he survived and floated on the water holding a large fish. Only a pregnant monkey remained, and the turtle came and drowned her too.

Relationship record

Life events

• The turtle planted his banana in the clearing while the monkey hung his in a tree.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: the monkey (Tale 77)
  • “The turtle planted his in the clearing, but the monkey hung his in a tree when he went to climb.”
• The monkey's banana dried out, while the turtle's banana bore ripe fruit.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: the monkey (Tale 77)
  • “When they arrived where they had planted, the monkey saw that his banana was dry, but that which the turtle had planted bore ripe fruit.”
• The turtle's shells pierced the monkey when he jumped from the tree, killing him.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: the monkey (Tale 77)
  • “Then the monkey jumped, and the shells pierced his side so that he died.”
• The turtle sold the dead monkey's dried meat to the other monkeys.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: the monkey (Tale 77)
  • “The turtle dried his meat and sold it to the other monkeys”
• The monkeys threw the turtle into the lake to drown him, but he survived.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: the monkey (Tale 77)
  • “They threw him in the lake and when they had watched a long time, they saw him float on the water and he was holding a large fish.”
• The turtle drowned the only surviving pregnant monkey.(Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey)
  • With: a pregnant monkey (Tale 77)
  • “Only a pregnant monkey was left, but the turtle came and drowned her also.”

Tale 77 · The Turtle and the Monkey

• enemies with the monkey (Tale 77) “Then the monkey jumped, and the shells pierced his side so that he died.”
• enemies with a pregnant monkey (Tale 77) “Only a pregnant monkey was left, but the turtle came and drowned her also.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Tinguian. Made with Rho MD.