the man (Tale 32)
Role: man · First appears: Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man
In Tale 32, the hunter rescued the man from a pit along with Leopard, Serpent, and rat. Saying he was very poor, the man was taken home by the kind-hearted hunter and allowed to stay with him. He later falsely accused his host of stealing the valuables of the King, although he knew the hunter was innocent. Next morning, when the hunter asked for a traitor’s blood to mix with the serpent’s powder, the King pointed out the man, who was beheaded, and the powder was mixed with his blood.
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) Serpent rat (Tale 32)
- “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
- The man falsely accused the hunter of stealing the King’s valuables.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
- With: the hunter (Tale 32) the King (Tale 32)
- “The wicked fellow thereupon falsely accused his host of the theft, although he knew quite well that he was innocent.”
- When the hunter asked for a traitor’s blood to mix the serpent’s powder with, the King pointed out the man who had falsely accused him, and the man was beheaded; the powder was mixed with his blood.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
- With: the hunter (Tale 32) the King (Tale 32)
- “The man was at once beheaded and the powder was mixed as the serpent had commanded.”
Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man
- benefactor: the hunter (Tale 32) “He, saying he was very poor, was taken home by the kind-hearted hunter and allowed to stay with him.”
- enemies with the hunter (Tale 32) “The wicked fellow thereupon falsely accused his host of the theft, although he knew quite well that he was innocent.”
- enemies with the King (Tale 32) “The man was at once beheaded and the powder was mixed as the serpent had commanded.”
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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.