Motif
Broken food-sharing bargain
broken_food_sharing_bargain
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
hausa
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Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk THE FRIENDLY LION 201 / THE BOY, THE GIRL, AND DODO 203 / FALSEHOOD AND TRUTH 205 / VIRTUE PAYS BETTER THAN GREED.; lines 9747-9766 confidence: high
The King of Good and the King of Evil begin a journey; the King of Evil proposes that they eat the King of Good's food first and afterward eat his own.
The King of Evil proposes a reciprocal food arrangement but refuses to share his own food after the King of Good's supply is exhausted.
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siberian
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Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia II. TALES OF THE LAMUT.1 / III. KOLYMA TALES. / F. B. / W. B.; lines 4395-4490 confidence: high
Mouse says she has more and better provisions and proposes that they eat Snow-Bunting's provisions while days are short, then Mouse's when days are longer.
The co-residents agree to consume one figure's provisions first and the other's later, but Mouse withholds her food once Snow-Bunting's supply is gone.
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