C080. Baer (p. 93). Brother Wolf Still in Trouble

This is Chase080.

Types ATU0155 Ungrateful Serpent Returned to Captivity
Motifs
W0154.2.1 rescued animal threatens rescuer
B0274 animal as judge
J1172.3 ungrateful animal returned to captivity
Notes
Klippe finds 48 African versions, of which 41 have all three motifs. and in 35 versions Klipple notes "judge lures the ungrateful character back to his former place by pretending either that he regards the situation as impossible or that he does not understand the case"
Arewa has 11, and Lambrecht adds 3, while Clarke has 4

Baer concludes: "Uncle Remus's tale is a close analogue to the versions occurring most frequently in Africa. Although the tale is also in the European tradition, judging by its absence from Baughman's Index, it is not part of the Anglo-American oral tradition."

Harris also concluded African origin; here is what Baer says "Harris found Bleek's statement of European origin for this tale "at least doubtful," not only because of the variant found among the southern American Negroes but also because of a similar South American Tortoise myth."

also: it persists in American oral tradition; see Dorson, 1967, reporting a tale from 1950s.