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51: The Lion's share

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Description

The ass divides booty equally between himself, the fox, and the lion. The lion eats the ass. The fox then divides: gives the lion meat and keeps bones.

Variants

51A. Fox Refuses to be Mediator

Lion decides to abandon lioness because of her bad odor. Ass, hog, and fox as judges. Ass says she has bad odor: lioness slaps him. Hog says she has not: lion slaps him. Fox says he has a bad cold and cannot smell.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Λέων καὶ ὄνος καὶ ἄλωπηξ	51	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_
Qayb-Libaax	51	Somali	Abdulkhaliq Shikh-Osman	Somalia	_
De liuw, de ezel en de fokse	51	Western Frisian	Dam Jaarsma	Netherlands	1954

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
De aap as skiedsrjochter	51	Netherlands	1972	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De foks as karmaster	51A	Netherlands	1972	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De liuw, de ezel en de fokse	51	Netherlands	1951	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De liuw, de ezel en de fokse	51	Netherlands	1971	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De liuw, de fokse en de ezel	51	Netherlands	1966	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Division of the Prey	51	Arab		Internet Archive
Reinaerts historie (Reinaert II) vers 6049-6138	51	Netherlands	1479	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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