Types
ATU0050 the sick lion
Motifs
K0961 the sick lion
Arewa has a Nuba tale that Baer parallels with this story item by item:
Lion was ill.
All the animals except fox cam to visit him.
When hyena complained of fox, lion sent hare to call fox.
Fox pretended he had consulted a learned doctor who prescribed that lion should eat the liver of a hyena.
Wolf and fox killed hyena.
conclusion: "While this is a widespread European tale type, it does also occur in Africa, and in this case the Uncle Remus tale and the Nuba tale are certainly cognate."
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