the hunter (Tale 32)

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

In Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man, the hunter rescued Leopard, Serpent, rat and the man from a pit. A short time after, Serpent gave him an antidote for snake-poison; the leopard supplied him with food for many weeks, and the rat brought him cloths, gold dust and ivory. The man, whom the hunter had taken into his home, falsely accused him of stealing the King’s valuables, and the hunter was condemned to die the following day at noon.

Next morning, the hunter used Serpent’s antidote to cure the King’s eldest son. In delight, the King honoured him and sent him home.

Relationship record

Life events

• The hunter rescued the leopard, Serpent, rat, and man from the pit.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: Leopard (Tale 32) Serpent 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: Serpent
  • “A short time after, Serpent came to the hunter and gave him a very powerful antidote for snake-poison.”
• The leopard supplied the hunter with food for many weeks.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: Leopard (Tale 32)
  • “The leopard also showed his gratitude by killing animals for the hunter and supplying him with food for many weeks.”
• The rat gave the hunter cloths, gold dust, and ivory.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: rat (Tale 32)
  • “Then, one day, the rat came to him and gave him a large bundle. “These,” said he, “are some native cloths, gold dust, and ivory.”
• The man falsely accused the hunter of stealing the King’s valuables.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: the man (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.”
• The hunter was condemned to die.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • “He was condemned to die the following day at noon.”
• 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 King (Tale 32) the man (Tale 32)
  • “The man was at once beheaded and the powder was mixed as the serpent had commanded.”
• The hunter’s antidote cured the King’s eldest son, and the King honored the hunter.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
  • With: the King’s eldest son the King (Tale 32)
  • “As soon as it was applied to the prince’s wound the young man was cured. In great delight, the King loaded the hunter with honours and sent him happily home.”

Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man

• recipient: the man (Tale 32) “He, saying he was very poor, was taken home by the kind-hearted hunter and allowed to stay with him.”
• benefactor: Serpent “A short time after, Serpent came to the hunter and gave him a very powerful antidote for snake-poison.”
• benefactor: Leopard (Tale 32) “The leopard also showed his gratitude by killing animals for the hunter and supplying him with food for many weeks.”
• benefactor: rat (Tale 32) “Then, one day, the rat came to him and gave him a large bundle.”
• enemies with the man (Tale 32) “The wicked fellow thereupon falsely accused his host of the theft, although he knew quite well that he was innocent.”
• benefactor: the King (Tale 32) “In great delight, the King loaded the hunter with honours and sent him happily home.”
• recipient: Leopard (Tale 32) “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
• recipient: Serpent “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
• recipient: rat (Tale 32) “However, these animals pleaded so hard for life that at last he helped them out of the pit.”
• friends with Serpent “The hunter immediately thought of the powder which his serpent friend had given him.”
• recipient: the King’s eldest son “As soon as it was applied to the prince’s wound the young man was cured.”

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