Serpent

Role: serpent · First appears: Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man

In Tale 32, Serpent was among the animals rescued from a pit by the hunter, after pleading for his life. A short time after, he gave the hunter a powerful antidote for snake-poison; the hunter later thought of the powder his serpent friend had given him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The hunter rescued the leopard, Serpent, rat, and man from the pit.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: the hunter (Tale 32) Leopard (Tale 32) rat (Tale 32) the man (Tale 32)
  • “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
• Serpent gave the hunter a powerful antidote for snake-poison.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: the hunter (Tale 32)
  • “A short time after, Serpent came to the hunter and gave him a very powerful antidote for snake-poison.”

Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man

• recipient: the hunter (Tale 32) “A short time after, Serpent came to the hunter and gave him a very powerful antidote for snake-poison.”
• benefactor: the hunter (Tale 32) “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
• friends with the hunter (Tale 32) “The hunter immediately thought of the powder which his serpent friend had given him.”

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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.