C184. Baer (p. 163). Why the Bear is a Wrestler

This is Chase184.

Types

Motifs
F0617 mighty wrestler
H1562.9 test of strength; wrestling
Notes

Werner summarizes Basubiya tale about wrestling for honey (Bantu book; story told to Jacottet); could these half-men be "distant relatives of Uncle Remus's wrestling bear"?

conclusion: "combination of honey, wrestling, and losing all one's possessions in both African and Afro-American tales seems more than coincidental."

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I am sure I have read another version of this story somewhere!

YES: here it is in Jones: Tiger and Bear.